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Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy / by C. Wankel.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic policy.
- Development economics.
- International economic relations.
- Business.
- Management science.
- International business enterprises.
- Macroeconomics.
- Economic Policy.
- Development Economics.
- International Economics.
- Business and Management.
- International Business.
- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics.
- Local Subjects:
- Economic Policy.
- Development Economics.
- International Economics.
- Business and Management.
- International Business.
- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2008.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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 Ozlem Oz
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611976903
- 9781349540013
- 1349540013
- 9781281976901
- 1281976903
- 9780230612068
- 0230612067
- OCLC:
- 314769726
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