ISBN:
9780230612068
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (256 p, online resource)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Series Statement:
Springer eBook Collection
Series Statement:
Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection
Series Statement:
Springer ebook collection / Palgrave Economics and Finance Collection 2000 - 2013
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Printed edition
Keywords:
Sozialwirtschaft
;
Armutsbekämpfung
;
Armut
;
Subsistenzwirtschaft
;
Unternehmensgründung
;
Selbsthilfe
;
Entwicklungsländer
;
Economics
;
Social entrepreneurship Case studies
;
Poverty Case studies
;
Poverty Prevention
;
Business
;
Management science
;
International business enterprises
;
Macroeconomics
;
International economics
;
Economic policy
;
Development economics
;
Entwicklungsländer
;
Unternehmen
;
Soziale Verantwortung
;
Armut
;
Bekämpfung
;
Entwicklungsländer
;
Unternehmen
;
Soziale Verantwortung
;
Armut
;
Bekämpfung
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Table of Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; One: Introduction: A Variety of Approaches to Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy; Two: The End of Foreign Aid as We Know It: The Profitable Alleviation of Poverty in a Globalized Economy; Three: Innovative Business Approaches and Poverty: Toward a First Evaluation; Four: Information and Communication Technology for Poverty Alleviation through Education and Healthcare-The India Experience
Description / Table of Contents:
Five: A Collaborative-Systemic Strategy Addressing the Dynamics of Poverty in Guatemala: Converting Seeming Impossibilities into Strategic ProbabilitiesSix: In Search of Sustainable Social Mission Ventures to Alleviate Poverty; Seven: Scrutinizing the Link between Poverty and Business Strategy: What Can We Learn from the Case of Shuttle Traders in Laleli, Istanbul?; Eight: Alleviating Poverty Using Microfranchising Models: Case Studies and a Critique; Nine: Using Business to Create a More Vibrant Craft Sector; Ten: Doing Well by Doing Good-Strategizing for the Bottom of the Pyramid in India
Description / Table of Contents:
Eleven: Marketing in Subsistence MarketplacesList of Contributors; Index
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Table of Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; One: Introduction: A Variety of Approaches to Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy; Two: The End of Foreign Aid as We Know It: The Profitable Alleviation of Poverty in a Globalized Economy; Three: Innovative Business Approaches and Poverty: Toward a First Evaluation; Four: Information and Communication Technology for Poverty Alleviation through Education and Healthcare-The India Experience
Description / Table of Contents:
Five: A Collaborative-Systemic Strategy Addressing the Dynamics of Poverty in Guatemala: Converting Seeming Impossibilities into Strategic ProbabilitiesSix: In Search of Sustainable Social Mission Ventures to Alleviate Poverty; Seven: Scrutinizing the Link between Poverty and Business Strategy: What Can We Learn from the Case of Shuttle Traders in Laleli, Istanbul?; Eight: Alleviating Poverty Using Microfranchising Models: Case Studies and a Critique; Nine: Using Business to Create a More Vibrant Craft Sector; Ten: Doing Well by Doing Good-Strategizing for the Bottom of the Pyramid in India
Description / Table of Contents:
Eleven: Marketing in Subsistence MarketplacesList of Contributors; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1057/9780230612068
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