Business as Mission: The Power of Business in the Kingdom of God
Michael R. Baer

Good to Great and the Social Sectors
Jim Collins

The Mystery of Capital
Hernando de Soto

God is at Work
Ken Eldred

The White Man’s Burden
William Easterly

Discipling Nations
Darrow L. Miller

The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits
C.K. Prahalad

Anointed for Business
Ed Silvoso

On Kingdom Business: Transforming Missions Through Entrepreneurial Strategies
Ted Yamamori and Kenneth A Eldred

 

 

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Christian Microenterprise Development: An Introduction
David Bussau and Russell Mask

Women in Micro- and Small-Scale Enterprise Development
Louise Dignard

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell

Consultancy for Small Business: The Concept-Training the Consultants
Malcolm Harper

Empowerment through Enterprise
Malcolm Harper

Mapping the Shift in Business Development Services: Making Markets Work for the Poor
Malcolm Harper and Jim Tanburn

Public Services Through Private Enterprise: Micro-privatization for Improved Delivery
Malcolm Harper

Their Own Idea: Lessons from Workers’ Co-operatives
Malcolm Harper

Building Businesses with Small Producers: Successful Business Development Services in Africa and Latin America
Sunita Kapila and Donald Mead

Enterprise in Africa: Between Poverty and Growth
Kenneth King and Simon McGrath

Business Development Services: A Review of International Experience
Jacob Levitsky

Micro-and Small Enterprises in Latin America
Jacob Levitsky and Lene Hojmark Mikkelsen

Microenterprises in Developing Countries
Jacob Levitsky

Small Business Services in Asian Countries
Jacob Levitsky

Flexible Specialization: The Dynamics of Small-Scale Industries in the South
Paul O Pederson

Great Commission Companies: The Emerging Role of Business in Mission
Steve Rundle and Tom Steffen

Wheels of Trade: Developing Markets for Business Services
Jim Tanburn

 

 

 

Descriptions
 

Christian Microenterprise Development: An Introduction
David Bussau and Russell Mask

 

Microenterprise Development (MED) has arrested the imagination and enthusiasm of many mission organizations. Alas, many of these efforts begin with little understanding of the basic fundamentals of creating a credit culture, with the discipline and knowledge of the best practices required. The objective of this handbook is therefore to provide information to help Christian MED practitioners and donors better understand how to apply Christian MED in ways that build Christ’s kingdom.

 

Women in Micro- and Small-Scale Enterprise Development
Louise Dignard

 

This book presents the complexity of women’s situations in micro- and small-scale enterprises, and the importance of the issues being addressed, through the bringing together of contributions from practitioners and researchers. It provides a detailed analysis of current knowledge and guidelines towards improved practice.

 

The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Malcolm Gladwell

 

The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses threshold, tips, an spreads like wildfire. In this book, the author explores the tipping point phenomenon and strives to change how people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.

 

Consultancy for Small Business: The Concept-Training the Consultants
Malcolm Harper

 

This book is a manual that is the result of an experiment to provide an economic on-the-spot advisory service to small businesses in developing countries. It provides some solutions to the perennial problems of small-scale entrepreneurs.

 

Empowerment through Enterprise
Malcolm Harper

 

This manual provides detailed guidelines for an eleven-day training course whose objective is to enable NGO staff to better assist others trying to start their own businesses. It covers marketing, financial management, group enterprises, credit, and gender.

 

Mapping the Shift in Business Development Services: Making Markets Work for the Poor
Malcolm Harper and Jim Tanburn

 

The book illustrates the radical changes that have taken place in the evolution of assistance to small businesses and shows how the transformation has taken place and illustrates some of the critical issues that are facing business development practitioners today.

 

Public Services Through Private Enterprise: Micro-privatization for Improved Delivery
Malcolm Harper

 

This book suggests a strategy “micro-privatization” to overcome what appears to be an otherwise hopeless situation. To illustrate the efficiency of this strategy the author presents twenty-four real life case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America, and also from the USA and Europe, which amply demonstrate that micro-privatization is practical anywhere.

 

Their Own Idea: Lessons from Workers’ Co-operatives
Malcolm Harper

 

Written for those whose job it is to assist people to start their own businesses, or who are considering the merits of group as opposed to individual enterprise, this book looks at 13 case studies which all contain important lessons.

 

Building Businesses with Small Producers: Successful Business Development Services in Africa and Latin America
Sunita Kapila and Donald Mead

 

This book presents the findings and a comparative analysis of seven case studies that challenge current beliefs about good practice in the provision of business development services (BDS) to small and microenterprises and also highlights issues concerning the assessment of impact, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness of such services.

 

Enterprise in Africa: Between Poverty and Growth
Kenneth King and Simon McGrath

 

This book is concerned to revisit key elements of the debate about small and microenterprises through the lens of the current poverty-growth debate and in the specific context of Africa.

 

Business Development Services: A Review of International Experience
Jacob Levitsky

 

This book provides a wide review of experience of donor agencies in designing and implementing business development services for small and medium enterprises (SME).

 

Micro-and Small Enterprises in Latin America
Jacob Levitsky and Lene Hojmark Mikkelsen

 

This book sets out various approaches to the provision of Business Development Services and the re-thinking of the role of the private sector, based on initiatives and experience in the Latin American region. The approaches are based on the realization of the objectives of cost-effective support services which are sustainable, have wide outreach, and can have the optimum impact on the beneficiary enterprises and the local business environment.

 

Microenterprises in Developing Countries
Jacob Levitsky

 

This book deals with the structure of the microenterprise sector, government policies towards microenterprises, informal credit markets, financial and technical services, institutional aspects, and a review of the experience of assistance projects.

 

Small Business Services in Asian Countries
Jacob Levitsky

 

The book includes cases from Hyderabad in India, Vietnam, Thailand, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Pakistan and deals with major problems inherent in starting and strengthening business development services that are responsive to the needs of small enterprises.

 

Flexible Specialization: The Dynamics of Small-Scale Industries in the South
Paul O Pederson

 

This book discusses how the concept of flexible specialization and innovation networks could facilitate the development of small and medium enterprises in developing countries and concludes that the potential for development through small and intermediate enterprises exists in many cases, despite severe obstacles which have so far prevented development from taking place.

 

Great Commission Companies: The Emerging Role of Business in Mission
Steve Rundle and Tom Steffen

 

In recent decades global missions have been revolutionized by such movements as microenterprise development efforts and tentmaking professionals working in restricted access countries. But little has yet been said about the new missons opportunities created by today’s globalized economy. Nor has much been documented about the role that corporations and businesses can have in the missionary enterprise. The authors offer a new paradigm for the convergence of business and missions. the Great Commission Company.

 

Wheels of Trade: Developing Markets for Business Services
Jim Tanburn

 

This book presents the findings from the ILO’s FIT program, which has worked to define and explore a different approach to the provision of Business Development Services (BDS). It shows that some services can be provided sustainably by for-profit providers, and it defines various ways in which those providers can be supported, so that they can provide more services, to a higher standard, than before.