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1 online resource (128 pages) |
Summary |
In 2006, the TOMS shoe company radically disrupted the for-profit business model, literally for good. In challenging what a money-making company could do with its earnings, TOMS incorporated a giving component within its business model, making giving intrinsic to each sale. For every pair of shoes sold, another pair would be given away to a child in need. Giving thus became 'good business' at both levels: in making money and in helping kids. The TOMS Effect is a book that explains and explores this phenomenon, through TOMS company history, as well as through major corporations like Walgreens, |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Mycoskie, Blake
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TOMS Shoes (Firm)
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Social responsibility of business.
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Social responsibility of business
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
1527541630 |
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9781527541634 |
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