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Albright, Brian W.

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When business is the mission: A study of faith-based social business in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	When business is the mission: A study of faith-based social business in Sub-Saharan Africa./
Author:	Albright, Brian W.
Description:	271 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-02(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International76-02A(E).
Subject:	Business administration. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3637300
ISBN:	9781321200546

When business is the mission: A study of faith-based social business in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Albright, Brian W.

When business is the mission: A study of faith-based social business in Sub-Saharan Africa. - 271 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-02(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Eastern University, 2014.

There is an extraordinary group of people, motivated by their Christian faith, starting businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa because they believe that business plays a key role in alleviating poverty. These faith-based social business (FSB) leaders face situations similar to those faced by leaders in other academic and practitioner fields including business as mission, social entrepreneurship, international business, and international development, given their pursuit of multiple-bottom lines, cross-cultural engagement in undeveloped nations, and a focus on integration of faith. The complexities of their contexts create opportunities and challenges in which their strategies and operations require further investigation and analysis.

ISBN: 9781321200546Subjects--Topical Terms:

3168311
Business administration.

When business is the mission: A study of faith-based social business in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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