You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World's Poor to the Global Economy - Couverture rigide

Sullivan, Nicholas P.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0787986097 ISBN 13 : 9780787986094

Editeur : Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 2007

Synopsis

Bangladeshi villagers sharing cell phones helped build what is now a thriving company with more than $200 million in annual profits. But what is the lesson for the rest of the world? This is a question author Nicholas P. Sullivan addresses in his tale of a new kind of entrepreneur, Iqbal Quadir, the visionary and catalyst behind the creation of GrameenPhone in Bangladesh.

GrameenPhone--a partnership between Norway's Telenor and Grameen Bank, co-winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize--defines a new approach to building business opportunities in the developing world. You Can Hear Me Now offers a compelling account of what Sullivan calls the "external combustion engine"--a combination of forces that is sparking economic growth and lifting people out of poverty in countries long dominated by aid-dependent governments. The "engine" comprises three forces: information technology, imported by native entrepreneurs trained in the West, backed by foreign investors.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Nicholas P. Sullivan has written widely about technology and entrepreneurship, as well as international development issues. He is publisher of the journal Innovations: Technology/Governance/Globalization (MIT Press), and a partner in the Global Horizon Fund, a private-equity fund for emerging markets. This is his second book.
www.youcanhearmenow.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0787986097
• ISBN 13: 9780787986094
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible