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The business solution to poverty : designing products and services for three billion new customers / Paul Polak and Mal Warwick.
Author
Polak, Paul
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Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/Created
San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2013]
Description
xiii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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HC79.P6 P6595 2013
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Poverty
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Social responsibility of business
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Industrial management
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Social aspects
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Warwick, Mal
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BK currents book
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Summary note
The 2.7 billion people living on $2 a day (or less) are not just the world's greatest challenge, they represent an extraordinary market opportunity. By learning how to serve them ethically and effectively, businesses can earn handsome profits while helping to solve one of the world's most intractable problems. The authors show how Zero-Based Design can enable unapologetic capitalists to supply the very poor with clean drinking water, electricity, irrigation, housing, education, healthcare, and other necessities at a fraction of the usual cost and at profit margins attractive to investors.
Notes
Includes a discussion guide.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Eight keys to ending poverty
Only business can end poverty. "The poor are very different from you and me" ; What is poverty? ; What can government and philanthropy do? ; Why business is best equipped to fight global poverty
Zero-based design and the bottom billions. What to do before you launch your business ; The ruthless pursuit of affordability ; Zero-based design in practice : low-cost drip irrigation ; Design for the market ; Zero-based design in practice : a cautionary tale ; Design for scale ; Zero-based design in practice: safe drinking water for small villages ; Design for delivery the last 500 feet ; Building a mission-driven global business
Opportunities abound. It's your turn now.
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ISBN
9781609940775 ((hardcover))
1609940776 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2013015980
OCLC
828482465
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