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| Genre/Form: | Case studies |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul W Thurman |
| ISBN: | 9781409428732 1409428737 9781409428749 1409428745 |
| OCLC Number: | 782128025 |
| Description: | xxvi, 243 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Contents: Foreword; Part I Prologue: Prologue: entrepreneurship and sustainability: can business really alleviate poverty?, Daphne Halkias and Paul W. Thurman; Introduction: business fights poverty: how enterprise, technology and people are changing the way we change lives, Zahid Torres-Rahman. Part II Asia: China: entrepreneurship and poverty alleviation: a Chinese case study, Xin Deng; Lebanon: does microcredit alleviate poverty? Entrepreneurship and sustainability in Lebanon, Janine Saba Zakka; Malaysia: entrepreneurship and sustainability in Malaysia: business solutions for poverty alleviation, Norashfah Hanim Yaakop Yahaya Al-Haj; New Zealand: innovation in poverty research: developing measurements for monitoring social policy impacts on poverty, Paul W. Thurman, Franco Vaccarino and Daphne Halkias; Pakistan: the pro-poor innovative female entrepreneur: linking grassroots enterprises to upscale markets in Pakistan, Shehla Riza Arifeen; The Philippines: an entrepreneur's contribution to poverty alleviation in the Philippines, Andrea Santiago and Fernando Roxas. Part III Africa: East Africa: ethnic supplies: empowering African women through sustainable entrepreneurship, Mirka Fragoudakis, Patrick Akrivos and Daphne Halkias; Nigeria: poverty alleviation consequences of rural educational enterprise: a case study of Madonna University in Elele, Nigeria, Chinyere Nwajiuba, Chinedum Nwajiuba and Kingsley Nwaodu; South Africa: empowering women entrepreneurs in the fight against poverty: the case of the Coca-Cola Company, Chris M. Adendorff; Uganda: Noir/Illuminati II: defining socially responsible affordable luxury clothing, Benoit Leleux; Zambia: a collaborative multi-stakeholder approach to entrepreneurship skills development in Zambia, Ekanath Khatiwada and Norma Juma. Part IV Europe: Cyprus: the Women's Cooperative Bank, Ioannis Violaris and Athanasia Tziortzi; Czech Republic: social entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic, Eva Abramuszkinova Pavlikova; Greece: mastiha from the island of Chios, Greece: a case of sustainable and distributed entrepreneurship, Ioannis N. Katsikis and Klas Eric Soderquist; Italy: the interplay between sustainability and family entrepreneurship: an Italian case study, Giovanna Campopiano, Lucio Cassia and Alfredo De Massis; Russia: entrepreneurship and sustainability: business solutions for poverty alleviation from around the world, Natalia Vinokurova, Irina Kratko, Valeria Raskutina and Natalia Nazarenko; Scotland: cutting it: creating space for the knowledge intensive economy, Claire Seaman and Stuart Graham; United Kingdom: can issues of poverty be addressed through the emergence of relationally embedded social franchises?, Fiori A. Zafeiropoulou and Adrian Woods. Part V The Americas: Colombia: 'kambiri', an entrepreneurial alternative for Afro-descendent women displaced by violence, Melquicedec Lozano, Kathy Overbeke and Keanon Alderson; California, USA: supporting the green economy in India: driving global change through local action, Sylva M. Caracatsanis, Shaherose Charania and Emily Goligoski; South Carolina, USA: sustainability and social responsibility in a family sandwich shop: a case study, Teresa L. Smith and Jean-Luc E. Grosso. Epilogue; Index. |
| Responsibility: | e dited by Daphne Halkias and Paul Thurman. |
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