Inclusive Businesses in Developing Economies: Converging People, Profit, and Corporate Citizenship [Hardcover]

This book analyzes the emerging concepts and theories of inclusiveness in business by explaining corporate social responsibility, social learning, and value co-creation, as critical elements to the success of firms. The authors explore the causes and effects and challenges associated with the management of inclusive businesses. 

Divided in to six sections, this edited work includes twenty one chapters that examine the inclusive business philosophy, the social dynamics of managing inclusive business, the role of trade, and inclusive practices at work before concluding with a discussion of how to drive hybrid growth in these types of organizations. 

Focusing on developing economies, this book portrays the varied corporate experiences in inclusive business designs and customer value propositions across the industries. It surveys the problems, possible solutions, and policy frameworks for integrating business as a resource to alleviate poverty and social and economic inequality.

Part I: Inclusive Business Philosophy.- Chapter 1: Disruptive Management Practices: Surviving the Changing Business Ecosystem.- Chapter 2: Crowd-based Innovations as Disruptors: Breakthrough in the Corporate.- Chapter 3: Attributes of Collective Intelligence and Entrepreneurial Econoscape in Developing Economies.- Chapter 4: Hybridity in Business Practices in Developing Economies: Convergence of People, Society, and Information Technology.- Chapter 5: Inclusive Businesses in Asia and Global Effects.- Chapter 6: Inclusiveness and Corporate Alliances: Structural Changes in Sectoral Enterprises.- Part II: Governance and Social Dynamics.- Chapter 7: Corporate Social Responsibility and Inclusivity in Businesses: The Evolution of Green Innovations.- Chapter 8: Corporate Journey through People and Society: Analysis of Sociological perspectives.- Chapter 9: Measuringlƒb