Download or read book Alleviating Poverty through Business Strategy written by C. Wankel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-03-03 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a growing realization that business development is the most effective weapon in fighting world poverty. How the for-profit model can be harnessed to provide the poor with a share in the world's prosperity is discussed through actual cases, and nested in innovative theories of business, social sciences, and philosophy.