Profitability and the poor: Corporate strategies, innovation and sustainability

Geoforum

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 772-785

  Hall, David ^a   Lobina, Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Access to pipeline network; Africa; Corporate strategy; Latin America; Market failure; Multinational companies; Poverty; Private sector participation; Public sector; Water supply and sanitation

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; INNOVATION; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POVERTY; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROFITABILITY; SANITATION; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN AREA; WATER SUPPLY;

AFRICA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 34547753481     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.08.012     Document Type: Article

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