http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/03/29/track-1-summary-getting-started-in-doing-business-with-the-poor Comments for "Track 1 Summary - Getting Started in Doing Business with the Poor" en http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/03/29/track-1-summary-getting-started-in-doing-business-with-the-poor <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-5"><div class="flexinode--8"> <strong>Session Title: </strong><br /> Getting Started in Doing Business with the Poor</div> <div class="flexinode--12"> <strong>Date of talk or publication: </strong><br /> December 13-14, 2004</div> <div class="flexinode--11"> <strong>Description: </strong><br /> <p><em>Track 1 – Getting Started in Doing Business with the Poor: Learning Journeys of Leading Companies from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Sustainable Livelihoods Project</em>Experiences of national and multinational corporations from around the globe <p>Shifting mindset: Introduces Sustainable Livelihoods (SL) business models and presents different approaches to integrating the poor into a company's core operations, either as customers or as part of the value chain. Based on case studies, this session builds an analytical framework to help design new SL business models. Facilitated roundtable discussions on key business questions focus on developing SL strategy in the context of participants’ own operations.</p> <p>Facilitators: Cameron Rennie<br />Director, Sustainable Livlihoods, World Business Council for Sustainable Development</p> </div> </div> http://www.nextbillion.net/multimedia/2005/03/29/track-1-summary-getting-started-in-doing-business-with-the-poor#comment Adobe Acrobat Successful Models Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:39:21 -0500 John Paul 153 at http://www.nextbillion.net