Towards Social Inclusion: Do Strategic Networks Work?

ReVista Harvard Review of Latin America, pp. 49-53, Fall 2006

7 Pages Posted: 4 Sep 2007 Last revised: 31 May 2009

Abstract

In the last years we have seen a great deal of interest around the possibility of achieving social inclusion through market based initiatives. If there is one idea that comes across clearly in empirical studies on the subject is the critical importance of partnerships. Engagement with the poor requires the construction of a new interface between the corporation and its social environment, one that may contribute to bridging previously decoupled social groups. Business historians suggest that particular organizational arrangements are best suited for certain environments. If the massive middle-class post-war consumer markets were dominated by vertically-integrated corporations, it may be that the market initiatives targeted at the poor in the early 21st century will become the domain of collaborative, horizontal arrangements.

Suggested Citation

Reficco, Ezequiel A., Towards Social Inclusion: Do Strategic Networks Work?. ReVista Harvard Review of Latin America, pp. 49-53, Fall 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1011014

Ezequiel A. Reficco (Contact Author)

ESCP Business School ( email )

C. de Arroyofresno, 1
Madrid, Madrid 28035
Spain

HOME PAGE: http://https://escp.eu/reficco-ezequiel

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