Socially Responsive Organizations & the Challenge of Poverty

Milenko Gudi?, Al Rosenbloom, Carole Parkes

• Fighting poverty as a challenge for business and management education: Socially responsive organisations and the challenge of povertyMilenko Gudić, Carole Parkes and Al RosenbloomSection 1. What are the issues?1. Human poverty – measuring relative deprivation from basic achievements: A comparative study for 144 countries over the period 1990–2010 Ewa Lechman2. Poverty in the context of Africa: poorest of the poor? Charles A. Malgwi3. Integrating energy into poverty dialogue William M. O’Keefe and Hsu O’Keefe4. Fighting poverty at the bottom of the pyramid: Case studies on water market projects Elio Borgonovi, Paola Roberta Boscolo and Francesca Calò5. Poverty, human rights and responsibilities Gary Lynch-Wood6. Inclusiveness in BoP ventures Nicolas Chevrollier, Andre Nijhof, Wendy van der Klein and Michiel Brandt7. Measuring businesses’ inclusiveness: New drivers from the inclusive market approach Cláudio Bruzzi Boechat, Junia Faria, Mariana Pimenta and Marília Carneiro FerreiraCase study 1: Fighting poverty as a challenge for business and management education: Developing business models for alleviating poverty: a case study of Stora Enso in Lao PDRBrita Prejer, Sebastian Levall and Cecilia Mark-HerbertCase study 2: Lend Lease: An inclusive approach to fighting povertyVal Lowman, OBESection 2: What are the global, regional and local leadership challenges?8. CSOs in marginalised communities: The case of the informal settlements of Buenos Aires Ann Mitchell9. Slum tourism and its controversies from a management perspective Fabian Frenzel10. How does Brazil fight contemporary slavery?: A research and education agenda in management André Ofenhejm Mascarenhas, Sylmara Lopes Francelino Gonçalves Dias and Rodrigo Martins Baptista11. Poverty in a contested terrain: The case of Palestine Lama Al-Arda12. The condition of the Roma population in Bosnia and Herzegovina Željka Jungić, Tarik Palić, Subha Halitović and Lejla SivicCase study 3: Creating Difference: The story of Vindhya E-Infomedia Private Limited Smita Shukla and Kavita LaghateCase study 4: Milk Start by Danone Poland: Serving the BOP market through innovative partnershipAleksandra WąsowskaCase study 5: Offering sustainable housing solutions to low-income clients: Business opportunity or Corporate Social Responsibility?Stefanie KochCase study 6: A co-operative approach to caring for those who can’t afford to care for themselves: OzHarvest Sharon Ayson 13. Fighting poverty through practical, integrated and multidisciplinary education: The case of Master programmes in Development Practice Marco Tavanti and Emanuele Antonio VedraminiSection 3: What are management education’s responses? And what are the implications?Case study 7: Tackling youth unemployment through leadership training: GoBeyond Project Claudio Andres RiveraCase study 8: ‘Partners in Learning’ on the front lines of poverty: Relationships that educate and motivate Diane M. KelloggCase study 9: The university and poverty alleviation Wendy Cukier, Mark Robert Holmes and Rachel KwanSection 4: What lies ahead?14. Strategic Design in marginalised social contexts: The designer’s action within contextual forces Chiara Del Gaudio, Alfredo Jefferson de Oliveira and Carlo Franzato 15. Crowdsourcing in developing countries: A possible model to co-create with the poor Martina Berardi, Marcello Tonelli and Luigi Serio 16. A new perspective for management education: From ignorance, mental poverty and technocratic knowledge to self-awareness and phronesis Loukas N. AnninosConcluding reflection Milenko Gudić, Carole Parkes and Al RosenbloomAbout the editorsIndex