In the years immediately after World War II, Nelson Rockefeller launched a remarkable experiment: The International Basic Economy Corporation. IBEC was founded in the idea that a profitable enterprise was the best way to fulfill the basic need for food, clothing & shelter in developing nations. Beginning in Latin America, Nelson Rockefeller joined with local partners to manage enterprises that would fulfill the IBEC mission.
This book, the first comprehensive history of the International Basic Economy Corporation, draws upon the recently opened records of IBEC, the personal papers of Rodman Rockefeller, and interviews with more than 20 former executives. It demonstrates that the IBEC experiment did succeed in defining the limits within which every subsequent "company with a mission" would have to work.
Language
English
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Montrose Press
Release
September 01, 2022
ISBN
0972887423
ISBN 13
9780972887427
A Company With A Mission: Rodman Rockefeller And The International Basic Economy Corporation, 1947 1985
In the years immediately after World War II, Nelson Rockefeller launched a remarkable experiment: The International Basic Economy Corporation. IBEC was founded in the idea that a profitable enterprise was the best way to fulfill the basic need for food, clothing & shelter in developing nations. Beginning in Latin America, Nelson Rockefeller joined with local partners to manage enterprises that would fulfill the IBEC mission.
This book, the first comprehensive history of the International Basic Economy Corporation, draws upon the recently opened records of IBEC, the personal papers of Rodman Rockefeller, and interviews with more than 20 former executives. It demonstrates that the IBEC experiment did succeed in defining the limits within which every subsequent "company with a mission" would have to work.