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1 online resource |
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polychrome. rdacc http://rdaregistry.info/termList/RDAColourContent/1003 |
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data file rda |
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A BK currents book |
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BK currents book.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction: 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 -- Resources : takeaways and what we say to critics -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- Index. |
| Summary |
The nearly three billion people living on $2 a day are not just the world?s greatest challenge?they represent an extraordinary market opportunity. The key is what Paul Polak and Mal Warwick call Zero-Based Design: starting from scratch to create innovative products and services tailored for the very poor, armed with a thorough understanding of what they really want and need and driven by what Polak and Warwick call?the ruthless pursuit of affordability.? Polak has been doing this work for years, and Warwick has extensive experience in both business and philanthropy. Together, they show how their design principles and vision can enable unapologetic capitalists to supply the very poor with clean drinking water, electricity, irrigation, housing, education, health care, and other necessities at a fraction of the usual cost and at profit margins comparable to those of businesses in the developed world. Promising governmental and philanthropic efforts to end poverty have not reached scale because they lack the incentives of the market to attract massive resources. This book opens an extraordinary opportunity for nimble entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate executives that will result not only in vibrant, growing businesses but also a better life for the world?s poorest people.?One of the most hopeful propositions to come along in a long time. Paul Polak and Mal Warwick?s approach is original, ambitious, and practical?and it just may be the key to reducing the number of people in poverty on a very large scale. Polak and Warwick lay out a practical and systematic way to work on a global scale, transforming the lives of hundreds of millions of poor people.??President Bill Clinton. |
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This edition in English. |
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Poverty.
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Social responsibility of business.
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Industrial management -- Social aspects.
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Poverty |
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Pauvreté. |
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Entreprises -- Responsabilité sociale. |
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Gestion d'entreprise -- Aspect social. |
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poverty. |
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Industrial management -- Social aspects |
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Poverty |
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Social responsibility of business |
| Indexed Term |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General |
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Economics |
| Added Author |
Warwick, Mal.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781609940775 1609940776 (DLC) 2013015980 |
| ISBN |
1609940784 (electronic bk.) |
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9781609940782 (electronic bk.) |
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9781609940799 (electronic bk.) |
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1609940792 (electronic bk.) |
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1299687083 |
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9781299687080 |
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9781784026141 |
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178402614X |
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(hardcover) |
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(hardcover) |
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