The Prosperity Paradox: How Innovation Can Lift Nations Out of Poverty
- ISBN-10
- 0062946730
- ISBN-13
- 9780062946737
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 344
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019
- Authors
- Clayton M. Christensen, Karen Dillon, Efosa Ojomo
Description
Discusses why investments in the economic development of poor countries rarely see positive change or improvement over time and offers a new framework for spurring growth and prosperity based on entrepreneurship and market-creating innovation.
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- 2020-10-14
- 240 pages
- Paperback
- Critical Frontiers of Theory, Research, and Policy in International Development Studies
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- 2019-01-15
- 368 pages
- Ebook
- HarperCollins
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- 2019-01-15
- 368 pages
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- HarperBusiness
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