The business solution to poverty : designing products and services for three billion new customers / Paul Polak and Mal Warwick.
2013
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Title
The business solution to poverty : designing products and services for three billion new customers / Paul Polak and Mal Warwick.
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Edition
1st ed.
Imprint
San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2013.
Description
xiii, 245 pages : illustrations
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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9781609940775 hardcover
9781609940782 e-book
9781609940782 e-book
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