Scaling up Business Solutions to Social Problems: A Practical Guide for Social and Corporate Entrepreneurs

Author:   O. Kayser ,  V. Budinich
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
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Pages:   225
Publication Date:   01 January 2015
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A silent revolution is underway, as entrepreneurs challenge prevalent notions of business motives and methods to invent market-based solutions to eradicate social injustice. Yet many fail to succeed. Based on original research, the authors uncover why impressive solutions fail to scale up, featuring global case studies and practical solutions.

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Author:   O. Kayser ,  V. Budinich
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2015
Weight:   0.325kg
ISBN:  

9781349499847


ISBN 10:   1349499846
Pages:   225
Publication Date:   01 January 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction PART I: SOLUTIONS THAT WORK 1. A World Of Opportunities 2. Social Entrepreneurs 3. Why 'Market Based'solutions? PART II: MARKET BASED SOLUTIONS FOR 4. Cooking 5. Affordable Housing 6. Lighting 7. Safe Drinking Water 8. Banking Services 9. Boosting The Profitability Of Micro-Entrepreneurs 10. Offering Fair Employment 11. When Markets Fail PART III: OBSTACLES TO SCALE 12. Where To Start? 13. Social Entrepreneurs: How To Scale Up Impact? 14. Corporations: The Incumbent Dilemma 15. Citizen Sector Organizations 16. Hybrid Value Chains 17. The Longest Mile 18. Needs And Wants 19. Impact Investing 20. The Role Of Philanthropy 21. Are We Reinventing Capitalism?

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'Business must take the lead in reinventing capitalism and making it more inclusive. This book provides business leaders with a hard-nosed assessment of the opportunities and challenges of doing so.' -Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey 'While l have had the privilege of working with Valeria and Olivier for over ten years, on concrete projects aimed at inventing new socially impacting business models, and hybrid value chain solutions, this book has broadened my understanding of the myriad of entrepreneurs who are working to change our planet.' -Emmanuel Faber, CEO, Danone 'This book provides business executives with a wealth of concrete cases and deep insights into what it takes to build scalable inclusive business models.' -Jean-Laurent Ingles, Global Senior Vice President, Household Care, Unilever 'The huge wall that has separated the business and social halves of the world's operations for several centuries is an especially rich opportunity and is the chief focus of this book. I doubt that there is anyone who can match Valeria and Olivier for depth of experience, insight, or clarity here.' -Bill Drayton, CEO, Ashoka 'The emerging field of inclusive or BOP business has suffered from 'pilotitis' the proliferation of small pilot business experiments with little prospect for expansion. Kayser and Budinich's book provides both the diagnosis and the treatment regime for taking BoP business to the next level. A long overdue resource for anyone interested in how to accelerate entrepreneurship for a more inclusive and sustainable world.' -Stuart L. Hart, Professor of Sustainable Business, University of Vermont Business School; co-author of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid


'Business must take the lead in reinventing capitalism and making it more inclusive. This book provides business leaders with a hard-nosed assessment of the opportunities and challenges of doing so.' -Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey 'While l have had the privilege of working with Valeria and Olivier for over ten years, on concrete projects aimed at inventing new socially impacting business models, and hybrid value chain solutions, this book has broadened my understanding of the myriad of entrepreneurs who are working to change our planet.' -Emmanuel Faber, CEO, Danone 'This book provides business executives with a wealth of concrete cases and deep insights into what it takes to build scalable inclusive business models.' -Jean-Laurent Ingles, Global Senior Vice President, Household Care, Unilever 'The huge wall that has separated the business and social halves of the world's operations for several centuries is an especially rich opportunity and is the chief focus of this book. I doubt that there is anyone who can match Valeria and Olivier for depth of experience, insight, or clarity here.' -Bill Drayton, CEO, Ashoka 'The emerging field of inclusive or BOP business has suffered from 'pilotitis' the proliferation of small pilot business experiments with little prospect for expansion. Kayser and Budinich's book provides both the diagnosis and the treatment regime for taking BoP business to the next level. A long overdue resource for anyone interested in how to accelerate entrepreneurship for a more inclusive and sustainable world.' -Stuart L. Hart, Professor of Sustainable Business, University of Vermont Business School; co-author of The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid


Author Information

"Olivier Kayser is the founder and managing director of Hystra, a global consulting firm specializing in advising corporations, social entrepreneurs, foundations and the public sector in designing and implementing hybrid strategies. Olivier has been a Vice-President of Ashoka from 2003 to 2008, and is the founder of the Ashoka Support Network (a global network of business people supporting social entrepreneurs). He was a senior partner of McKinsey & Company where he spent 18 years based in Paris, Chicago, Hong Kong and Shanghai, advising some of the world's largest multinational corporations as well as state-owned and local enterprises. He is a board member of NGOs as well as of two multi-billion euro international corporations. Born in France, Olivier grew up in Spain, and studied at French business school HEC. Valeria Budinich is a social entrepreneur and organizational strategist with 25 years of experience innovating at the intersection of business and society. As a Leadership Group Member at Ashoka, she founded the ""Full Economic Citizenship"", a global initiative that has enabled over 50 hybrid business models in housing, small farmer agriculture and other industries. In 2012, she received the Harvard/McKinsey M-Prize for management innovation for her pioneering work. Prior to Ashoka, Valeria advised international development organizations and coached local entrepreneurs engaged in innovation in Africa, Asia and Latin America. She serves in the Advisory Boards ofthe Lemelson Foundation and Leapfrog Investments. Born in Chile, Valeria grew up in Central America and the USA where she trained as an Industrial Engineer."

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