Building social business
the new kind of capitalism that serves humanity's most pressing needs
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Author
Contributions
- Weber, Karl, 1953- - Contributor
Publication
2010 - Public Affairs, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebuildingsocialbu0000yunu
- ISBN-139781586488246
- ISBN-101586488244
- OCLC Control Number449858733
- Better World Books9781586488246
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL24049832M
Classifications
- DDC658.4/07
- LCCHD60 .Y85 2010
- LCCHD60.Y85 2010
Description
Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and, with his Grameen Bank, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has developed a visionary 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 self-supporting, viable commercial enterprises that generate economic growth even as they produce goods and services that make the world a better place.In this book, Yunus shows how social business has gone from being a theory to an inspiring practice, adopted by leading corporations, entrepreneurs, and social activists across Asia, South America, Europe and the U.S. He demonstrates how social business transforms lives; offers practical guidance for those who want to create social businesses of their own; explains how public and corporate policies must adapt to make room for the social business model; and shows why social business holds the potential to redeem the failed promise of free-market enterprise.
Description
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 self-supporting, viable commercial enterprises that generate economic growth even as they produce goods and services that make the world a better place. Here, Yunus shows how social business has gone from being a theory to an inspiring practice, adopted by leading corporations, entrepreneurs, and social activists across Asia, South America, Europe and the US. He demonstrates how social business transforms lives; offers practical guidance for those who want to create social businesses of their own; explains how public and corporate policies must adapt to make room for the social business model; and shows why social business holds the potential to redeem the failed promise of free-market enterprise.--From publisher description.
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