In this webinar, Dr. PD Jose from the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore will discuss the benefits and implications of radically altering how corporations engage with the world's poor. Whereas the traditional approach has been to focus on increasing the poor’s ownership of assets and this goal has primarily been accomplished by reworking cost structures, an “anarchist” corporation operates with fundamentally different, even radical approaches that can restructure markets and rewrite the existing notions of corporate advantage.  Within this new approach, the focus is on solutions that are resource magnifying and can involve partnership driven initiatives.  The challenge of being an “anarchist” corporation is that the conventional metrics for assessing corporate and managerial performance are not aligned with this alternative approach.

Dr. Jose will present examples of how anarchist corporations can increase profits while providing solutions that include a consideration of environmental sustainability, social justice and equity.  The discussion will also include consideration of how civic leaders can shape public policy so that more corporations consider this new approach to serving the world’s poor. 

 The webinar is designed for the business community and students.