Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy [[electronic resource] /] / by C. Wankel

• Autore: Wankel C
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2008
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2008.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 339.46; 362.5/570684; 658.408
• Soggetto topico: Economic policy; Development economics; International economics; Business; Management science; International business enterprises; Macroeconomics; Economic Policy; Development Economics; International Economics; Business and Management, general; International Business; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics
• Altri autori: WankelCharles
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : a variety of approaches to alleviating poverty through business strategy / Charles Wankel -- The end of foreign aid as we know it : the profitable alleviation of poverty in a globalized economy / Scott Kelley, Patricia H. Werhane, and Laura P. Hartman -- Innovative business approaches and poverty : toward a first evaluation / Emmanuel Raufflet, Alain Berranger, and Alam Aguilar-Platas -- Information and communication technology for poverty alleviation through education and healthcare--the India experience / Nilay M. Yajnik -- A collaborative-systemic strategy addressing the dynamics of poverty in Guatemala : converting seeming impossibilities into strategic probabilities / James L. Ritchie-Dunham -- In search of sustainable social mission ventures to alleviate poverty / Shelby McIntyre, Albert Bruno, and Patrick Guerra -- Scrutinizing the link between poverty and business strategy : what can we learn from the case of shuttle traders in Laleli, Istanbul? / Mine Eder and Özlem Öz -- Alleviating poverty using microfranchising models : case studies and a critique / Lisa Jones Christensen -- Using business to create a more vibrant craft sector / Jan Hack Katz -- Doing well by doing good--strategizing for the bottom of the pyramid in India / Wolfgang Amann and Shiban Khan -- Marketing in subsistence marketplaces / Madhu Viswanathan, Srinivas Sridharan, and Robin Ritchie.
• Sommario/riassunto: There is a growing realization that business development is the most effective weapon in fighting world poverty. How the for-profit model can be harnessed to provide the poor with a share in the world's prosperity is discussed through actual cases, and nested in innovative theories of business, social sciences, and philosophy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy
• ISBN: 1-349-54001-3; 1-281-97690-3; 9786611976903; 0-230-61206-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782734703321
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