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The rise of the reluctant innovator / edited by Kent Banks ; foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu ; cover image Laura Statchel.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social entrepreneurship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (234 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : London Publishing Partnership, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Despite the tens of billions spent each year in international aid, some of the most promising and exciting social innovations and businesses have come about by chance. Many of the people behind them did not consciously set out to solve anything, but they did. Welcome to the world of the reluctant innovator.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements; Foreword; Archbishop Desmond Tutu; Introduction; Ken Banks; Let a Billion Readers Bloom; Brij Kothari; Silicon Savannah Rising; Erik Hersman; Data-Powered Development; Joel Selanikio; Dial M for Medicine; Josh Nesbit; Where There Is No Light; Laura Stachel; The Power of Touch; Louisa Silva; The Ripple Effect; Lynn Price; Patent Wars; Priti Radhakrishnan; Without Mud There Is No Lotus; Sharon Terry; Building for a Better Future; Wes Janz; About the Authors; Blank Page; Further Discussion
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 23, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 9781907994197
- 190799419X
- 9781907994203
- 1907994203
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