August 2009
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
23h 35m
English
book
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits, Revised and Updated 5th Anniversary Edition
by C. K. Prahalad
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At age 14, Ms. Sudha Chandran, an aspiring dancer, lost her lower right leg in a car accident. Convinced she would never walk, let alone dance again, she spent several months on crutches and prepared for a life as an amputee. Then one day in 1984, she read about Jaipur Foot. Fitted with a replacement leg for free from Jaipur Foot, Ms. Chandran was able to resume her training as a classical dancer and later become a film star.
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