Alleviating poverty through business strategy / edited by Charles Wankel.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Wankel, Charles.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: viii, 246 p. :; ill.

Table of 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.