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You Can Hear Me Now: How Microloans and Cell Phones are Connecting the World's
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- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Intended Audience
- Adult
- Inscribed
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- ISBN
- 9780787986094
- Book Title
- You Can Hear Me Now : How Microloans and Cell Phones Are Connecting the World's Poor to the Global Economy
- Publisher
- Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Business & Economics, Political Science
- Topic
- Globalization, Industrial Management, General
- Item Weight
- 16.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Bangladeshi villagers with mobile phones helped build what is now a thriving $200m company. What is the lesson for the rest of the world? In You Can Hear Me Now , Nick Sullivan answers this question through the compelling story of Iqbal Quadir, a local entrepreneur.
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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0787986097
ISBN-13
9780787986094
eBay Product ID (ePID)
57003100
Product Key Features
Book Title
You Can Hear Me Now : How Microloans and Cell Phones Are Connecting the World's Poor to the Global Economy
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Topic
Globalization, Industrial Management, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Business & Economics, Political Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
16.4 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Until recently, the outlook for many of the poorest people in Bangladesh was dismal. Despite previous long-term aid from the international community to improve the country's infrastructure and economy, sustainable development was hampered by corruption and governmental inefficiency. This book tells the story of Western-trained entrepreneur Iqbal Quadir, the driving force behind the creation of GrameenPhone, the largest Bangladeshi GSM (Global System for Mobile) cell-phone operation. Quadir had the innovative idea of using local Western-trained entrepreneurs to help villagers attain micro-loans funded by foreign investors (and generated by Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yanus) and then showing villagers how to operate cell-phone leasing businesses. Sullivan refers to this successful business model as the "external combustion engine" because of its impressive multiplier effects on economic growth. Applications of this model in other poverty-stricken areas worldwide have repeatedly yielded similar results. This book offers valuable insights about the use of cell phones and technology-based investments to generate wealth and demonstrates that entrepreneurship may be more fruitful than aid. This valuable work can be effectively integrated into public administration, global business, and human resource academic courses. --Caroline Geck, Kean Univ. Lib., Union, NJ ( Library Journal , February 2007) "...describes an inclusive capitalism that engages and enables many of the three billion people living on $1 a day" ( Credit Control , June 2007), "...describes an inclusive capitalism that engages and enables many of the three billion people living on $1 a day" ( Credit Control , June 2007)
Lccn
2006-032157
Dewey Decimal
384.5/35091724
Lc Classification Number
He9715.D48s85 2007
Table of Content
Preface vii The Author xv Introduction: The Three Forces of xvii External Combustion Part I: The GrameenPhone Story 1. Connectivity Is Productivity 3 2. Dish-Wallahs of Delhi (and Other 17 Early Models) 3. Cell Phone as Cow: A New Paradigm in Search of Investors 35 4. On the Money Trail in Scandinavia 51 5. Building a Company 71 6. Building a Network 87 Part II: Transformation Through Technology 7. Wildfire at the Bottom of the Pyramid 107 8. Cell Phone as Wallet 125 9. Wealth Creation and Rural Income Opportunities 145 10. Beyond Phones: In Search of a New "Cow" 161 11. Eyeing the Dhaka Stock Exchange 181 Epilogue 199 Notes 203 Resources 215 Index 217
Copyright Date
2007
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