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The business solution to poverty [electronic resource] : designing products and services for three billion new customers / Paul Polak and Mal Warwick

Author:
Polak, Paul
Published:
San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., [2013]
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
xiii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Additional Creators:
Warwick, Mal
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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.
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ISBN:
9781609940775 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-220) and index.
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