Entrepreneurship and sustainability : business solutions for poverty alleviation from around the world /

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Imprint:Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2012.
Description:1 online resource (271 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11310749
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Other authors / contributors:Halkias, Daphne.
Thurman, Paul W.
ISBN:9781409428749
1409428745
9781409428732
1409428737
9781283620789
1283620782
9781409460480
1409460487
Notes:Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:Entrepreneurship and Sustainability challenges the notion that not-for-profit social entrepreneurship is the only sort that can lead to the alleviation of poverty. It explores how best to bring commercial investors together with those who are best placed to reach the poorest customers. With case studies from around the World, the focus of the contributions is on the new breed of entrepreneurs who are blending a profit motive with a desire to make a difference in their communities and beyond borders. A significant number of the contributions here also recognize that although much research has b.
Other form:Print version: Halkias, Daphne. Entrepreneurship and Sustainability : Business Solutions for Poverty Alleviation from Around the World. Farnham : Ashgate Publishing Ltd, ©2012 9781409428732