Sustainability challenges and solutions at the base of the pyramid : business, technology and the poor /
Sustainability challenges and solutions at the base of the pyramid : business, technology and the poor /
edited by Prabhu Kandachar and Minna Halme.
- xi, 532 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I. Inclusive markets and BoP strategies -- pt. II. Local enterprises at the BoP : cooparative effors -- pt. III. Are BoP consumers and citizens included? -- pt. IV. Capabilities, opportunities and challenges for MNCs in developing BoP business -- pt. V. Sustainability challenges and solutions.
Around the turn of the millennium it had become painfully evident that development aid, charity or ""global business-as-usual"" were not going to be the mechanisms to alleviate global poverty. This book takes a bottom-up human-centred approach and examines examples that engage the poor in BoP product and service development.
English.
9781906093112 (hbk.)
Small business.
Poverty.
Sustainable development.
338.642 KAN / DS1358
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I. Inclusive markets and BoP strategies -- pt. II. Local enterprises at the BoP : cooparative effors -- pt. III. Are BoP consumers and citizens included? -- pt. IV. Capabilities, opportunities and challenges for MNCs in developing BoP business -- pt. V. Sustainability challenges and solutions.
Around the turn of the millennium it had become painfully evident that development aid, charity or ""global business-as-usual"" were not going to be the mechanisms to alleviate global poverty. This book takes a bottom-up human-centred approach and examines examples that engage the poor in BoP product and service development.
English.
9781906093112 (hbk.)
Small business.
Poverty.
Sustainable development.
338.642 KAN / DS1358