Poverty and Entrepreneurship in Developed Economies

• Main Authors: Morris, Michael H. (Author), Santos, Susana C. (Author), Neumeyer, Xaver (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA Edward Elgar Publishing 2018
• Subjects: Social entrepreneurship > Developed countries.; Poverty > Prevention > Developed countries; Poor > Employment > Developed countries
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• Physical Description: xiv, 249 pages illustrations, charts 24 cm.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781788111539

While extensively explored as a solution to poverty at the base of the pyramid, this is the first in-depth examination of entrepreneurship and the poor within advanced economies. The authors explore the underlying nature of poverty and draw implications for new venture creation. Entrepreneurship is presented as a source of empowerment that represents an alternative pathway out of poverty