Alleviating Poverty Through Business Strategy : Global Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship

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ISBN: 9780230104044 | 0230104045
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Copyright: 3/15/2010

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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.

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Tables and Figures	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction: A Variety of Approaches to Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy	p. 1
The End of Foreign Aid as We Know It: The Profitable Alleviation of Poverty in a Globalized Economy	p. 5
Innovative Business Approaches and Poverty: Toward a First Evaluation	p. 33
Information and Communication Technology for Poverty Alleviation through Education and Healthcare—The India Experience	p. 61
A Collaborative-Systemic Strategy Addressing the Dynamics of Poverty in Guatemala: Converting Seeming Impossibilities into Strategic Probabilities	p. 73
In Search of Sustainable Social Mission Ventures to Alleviate Poverty	p. 99
Scrutinizing the Link between Poverty and Business Strategy: What Can We Learn from the Case of Shuttle Traders in Laleli, Istanbul?	p. 123
Alleviating Poverty Using Microfranchising Models: Case Studies and a Critique	p. 149
Using Business to Create a More Vibrant Craft Sector	p. 171
Doing Well by Doing Good—Strategizing for the Bottom of the Pyramid in India	p. 191
Marketing in Subsistence Marketplaces	p. 209
List of Contributors	p. 233
Index	p. 239
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