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A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia

Akhuwat's Experiment

By: Shahrukh Rafi Khan,Natasha Ansari

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A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia

Akhuwat's Experiment

By: Shahrukh Rafi Khan,Natasha Ansari

Microcredit took the development world by storm as a tool for poverty alleviation in the 1980s. After being hailed as a panacea, a few decades on it started being forcefully criticised based on its practice. This book explores Akhuwat (literally brotherhood), a rapidly growing Pakistani NGO formed in 2001, which addresses the shortcomings of conventional microfinance. Its vision is of a society built on empathy and social solidarity and its mission is that of creating self-sufficiency among the entrepreneurial poor. This book examines whether Akhuwat fulfils its promises of not pushing loans or encouraging clients to get on a debt treadmill and helping them to avoid high debt burdens by charging no interest and easing repayment terms. Conventional microcredit organizations are criticised for losing sight of the original mission of poverty alleviation by engaging in empire building and Akhuwat’s goal is to avoid this by embracing an alternative strategy of scaling up. Finally, this book also analyses Akhuwat’s approach as being gender sensitive and embracing all religions, castes and ethnicities. Based on fieldwork designed to assess if Akhuwat is the microcredit alternative it claims to be, this book will be of interest to scholars of poverty and development studies in general and microcredit in particular.

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Routledge

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1351174576

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Creating Value with Big Data Analytics

Making Smarter Marketing Decisions

By: Peter C. Verhoef,Edwin Kooge,Natasha Walk

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Creating Value with Big Data Analytics

Making Smarter Marketing Decisions

By: Peter C. Verhoef,Edwin Kooge,Natasha Walk

Our newly digital world is generating an almost unimaginable amount of data about all of us. Such a vast amount of data is useless without plans and strategies that are designed to cope with its size and complexity, and which enable organisations to leverage the information to create value. This book is a refreshingly practical, yet theoretically sound roadmap to leveraging big data and analytics. Creating Value with Big Data Analytics provides a nuanced view of big data development, arguing that big data in itself is not a revolution but an evolution of the increasing availability of data that has been observed in recent times. Building on the authors’ extensive academic and practical knowledge, this book aims to provide managers and analysts with strategic directions and practical analytical solutions on how to create value from existing and new big data. By tying data and analytics to specific goals and processes for implementation, this is a much-needed book that will be essential reading for students and specialists of data analytics, marketing research, and customer relationship management.

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Routledge

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1317561929

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Technology Entrepreneurship

Bringing Innovation to the Marketplace

By: Natasha Evers,James Cunningham,Thomas Hoholm

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Technology Entrepreneurship

Bringing Innovation to the Marketplace

By: Natasha Evers,James Cunningham,Thomas Hoholm

This second edition of the critically acclaimed core textbook provides students from technology and science based backgrounds with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to transform innovative ideas into commercially viable businesses for profit or social ends. Blending theory, policy and practice in a manner that is accessible to readers with little prior knowledge of business commercialisation, it offers a framework for understanding the entrepreneurial process for technological ideas. The book provides students with comprehensive guidance on the specialized field of 'technopreneurship'. It provides the tools and frameworks required for managing, commercialising and marketing technological innovation. With real life examples and case studies from a range of countries and industries, it will equip students with the understanding required to successfully launch their product. This text caters for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying technology entrepreneurship modules on engineering, science and computing technology programmes. New to this edition: -All chapters updated to reflect the evolution of theory and practice in the field -New cases on digital entrepreneurship, growth and scaling -Extended geographical coverage of case studies -Entrepreneurial practices updated to include recent research -Strategic context of business models, business growth and scaling, digital entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial marketing, organization design and crowdfunding developed and updated.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1352011182

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Creating Value with Data Analytics in Marketing

Mastering Data Science

By: Peter C. Verhoef,Edwin Kooge,Natasha Walk,Jaap E. Wieringa

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Creating Value with Data Analytics in Marketing

Mastering Data Science

By: Peter C. Verhoef,Edwin Kooge,Natasha Walk,Jaap E. Wieringa

The key competing texts are practitioner-focused ‘how to’ guides, whilst our book combines rigorous theory with practical insight and examples, with authors from both the academic and business world, making it more adoptable as a student text; Unlike other books on the subject, this has a customer focus and an exploration of how big data can add value to customers as well as organisations; Enables readers to move from "big data" to "big solutions" by demonstrating how to integrate data analytics into specific goals and processes for implementation; Highly successful and well regarded both for students and practitioners

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Routledge

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1000465462

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9781000465464

My Daughters' Mum Part 1

By: Natasha Badhwar

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My Daughters' Mum Part 1

By: Natasha Badhwar

My Daughters’ Mum—a first in a series of two essay collections—covers a range of essential subjects, from parenting and marriage, to faith and selfhood. Knitting together a popular column in Mint Lounge, new writing and priceless handcrafted dialogues, the author describes her journey as the mother of three young daughters; as the wife of a man from a religious background unlike her own; and as an individual with dreams detached from the roles of wife and mother—here’s a wanderer, a feminist, a workplace goer. Yet beyond the searingly personal, this is a memoir that tells us about an India that is fast transforming and where questions of identity and personal freedom are in dialogue with ideas of nationality. The candidness of the author’s voice, the gentle humour of fleeting narrative and the fragility of diary entries, photographs, collages and sketches will make My Daughters’ Mum resonate with every reader.

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Simon and Schuster

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9386797011

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9789386797018

Human Security in Disease and Disaster

By: Natasha Lindstaedt

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Human Security in Disease and Disaster

By: Natasha Lindstaedt

This timely new textbook lays bare the ways in which disease and disaster can turn politicians into global leaders or national liabilities. It explains the impact of crises on development and human security and explores how states and societies can respond more effectively. Written primarily for the student of politics, but also drawing from public health, public policy, and environmental studies, the book investigates the threats posed by disease and disasters, and demonstrates how states can shape the ways in which these crises unfold. Case studies include: • Diseases such as Covid-19 and Ebola • Natural disasters such as Typhoon Haiyan and the 2010 Haiti earthquake • Manmade disasters such as the Yemen and Congo civil wars or famine The book delves deep into how state response to these challenges can impact political and economic stability and ends by exploring the role played by international institutions and international cooperation in addressing common challenges. This introductory textbook is perfect for undergraduate and masters courses exploring the expanding politics and human security issues surrounding disease and disasters. It will also be of interest to think tanks and policy communities looking for fresh insights to bring into professional practice.

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325

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Routledge

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1000437477

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9781000437478

Illustrated Dictionary of Botany

By: Natasha Powell

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Illustrated Dictionary of Botany

By: Natasha Powell

Lotus Press

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Lotus Press

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8189093185

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9788189093181

A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia

Akhuwat's Experiment

By: Shahrukh Rafi Khan,Natasha Ansari

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A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia

Akhuwat's Experiment

By: Shahrukh Rafi Khan,Natasha Ansari

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A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia

A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia

Creating Value with Big Data Analytics

Creating Value with Big Data Analytics

Technology Entrepreneurship

Technology Entrepreneurship

Creating Value with Data Analytics in Marketing

Creating Value with Data Analytics in Marketing

My Daughters' Mum Part 1

My Daughters' Mum Part 1

Human Security in Disease and Disaster

Human Security in Disease and Disaster

Illustrated Dictionary of Botany

Illustrated Dictionary of Botany

A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia

A Microcredit Alternative in South Asia

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