Inclusive Business Models - Transforming Lives and Creating Livelihoods

Studies from India. Management, Organisation studies, Management general

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Vaatsalya Hospitals: Affordable healthcare in proximity; 3. Gyanshala: Providing inclusive education; 4. Rang De: Creating a platform for social investment; 5. LaborNet: Empowering informal sector labourers; 6. SELCO: Inclusive model for energy access; 7. Hasiru Dala innovations: Improving lives of waste pickers; 8. Reliance Retail: Creating inclusive supply chain; 9. IDE Nepal: Developing smallholder ecosystem; 10. RuralShores: Delivering inclusive service; 11. GNFC's Neem initiative: A social business; 12. Bringing it all together; References.

About the author

Sourav Mukherji is Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources Management at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore and IIMB Chair of Excellence, Centre for Teaching and Learning. His research interest is inclusivity and social enterprises – businesses that address the needs of the poor in a financially sustainable manner. In this domain, he has published several case studies and papers in academic and practitioner oriented journals.

Summary

This book talks about organizations that employ principles of business to address the needs of the poor.It takes an analytical approach to derive insights about business models by comparison with other inclusive models seen within the same sector, and through comparisons with models from a different sector.

Foreword

Inclusive Business Models will be relevant to students in management institutes, both in India and globally.

Product details

• Authors: Sourav Mukherji, Sourav (Indian Institute of Management Mukherji
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781108811316
• ISBN: 978-1-108-81131-6
• No. of pages: 344
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, Entrepreneurship, Business innovation, Business studies: general, Personnel & human resources management, Personnel and human resources management, Ownership and organization of enterprises, Ownership & Organization Of Enterprises, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups