Building social business the new kind of capitalism that serves humanity's most pressing needs /
Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has developed a new dimension for capitalism which he calls "social business." By harnessing the energy of profit-making to the objective of fulfilling human needs, social business creates...
| Main Author: | Yunus, Muhammad, 1940- |
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| Other Authors: | Weber, Karl, 1953- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Public Affairs,
2010.
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| Physical Description: |
xxv, 226 pages ; 25 cm. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: social business-from dream to reality
- Why social business?
- Growing pains : lessons in adaptation and change from the story of
- Grameen danone
- Launching a social business
- To cure one child : a social business approach to health care
- Legal and financial frameworks for social business
- "Social R&D" : Grameen veolia explores new ways to serve human needs
- Creating a social business infrastructure
- Glimpses of tomorrow : the future of social business
- Social business and the current crisis.