MicroFranchising - Creating Wealth at the Bottom of the Pyramid (Paperback)

Poverty remains one of the most intractable problems in the developing world. Microfranchising offers great promise in alleviating poverty by aiding in the foundation of locally owned businesses. Microfranchising is defined as small businesses whose start-up costs are minimal and whose concepts and operations are easily replicated. It involves the systematizing of microenterprises to create and replicate turnkey businesses for the poor. With the awarding of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, attention has increased on this remarkable concept. This unique book provides an overview of the need to alleviate poverty and what methods have been used in the past to do so (e.g. microcredit). It then introduces the concept of the microfranchise and discusses how this business model can be used in poverty alleviation. Different models of microfranchising are reviewed and specific case studies highlighted to show how it has worked in different parts of the world. This book concludes with a discussion of the advantages as well as the potential problems and pitfalls that accompany microfranchising. This book is a must read for business scholars and economists, practitioners and lenders, members of NGOs dedicated to poverty alleviation and anyone else who is interested in learning about an innovative, business focused tool to alleviate poverty.

General

Imprint:	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2008
Editors:	Jason Fairbourne • Stephen W. Gibson • W. Gibb Dyer
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	272
ISBN-13:	978-1-84844-053-1
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Ownership & organization of enterprises > Entrepreneurship
LSN:	1-84844-053-7
Barcode:	9781848440531

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