INCLUSIVE BUSINESS

DeLab
Food for thoughts
This publication was meant to shed light on the topic
of Inclusive Business from the Italian perspective. The
Italian potential was investigated engaging experts and
policy actors that clarified, at a national and international
level, what is currently going on in the policy arena in
the field of Inclusive Business. Subsequently, four Italian
ventures were presented and some of their innovative
features, those directly linked to the Inclusive Business
proposition, were illustrated.
From the case studies presented, some key-points
emerged:
• The opportunity to design systemic solutions for new
types of partners and consumers;
• The importance to engage local stakeholders so as to
build a fertile ecosystem for new products/services,
• The need to optimize the source of input materials, also
integrating different production chains,
• The relevance of investing in innovation to shape a new
product serving development needs
• The chance to open new markets engaging low-income
communities as entrepreneurial co - partners.
Broadly speaking, the Inclusive Business approach
is something already codified and implemented. Companies
of every dimension and sector have already
tested such innovative approach with interesting business
results, demonstrating that the integration of the
development agenda into business thinking does have a
significant payoff.
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