Local Purchasing: Local Purchasing, Empowering Communities Through Conscious Consumerism

· Economic Science Book 389 · One Billion Knowledgeable · AI-narrated by Maxwell (from Google)
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What is Local Purchasing


Local purchasing is a preference to buy locally produced goods and services rather than those produced farther away. It is very often abbreviated as a positive goal, "buy local" or "buy locally', that parallels the phrase "think globally, act locally", common in green politics.


How you will benefit


(I) Insights, and validations about the following topics:


Chapter 1: Local purchasing


Chapter 2: Fair trade


Chapter 3: Local currency


Chapter 4: Marginal utility


Chapter 5: Import substitution industrialization


Chapter 6: Local food


Chapter 7: Community-supported agriculture


Chapter 8: Sustainable industries


Chapter 9: Farmers' market


Chapter 10: Agribusiness


Chapter 11: Food miles


Chapter 12: History of fair trade


Chapter 13: Civic agriculture


Chapter 14: Lorenz curve


Chapter 15: Tableau économique


Chapter 16: Domestic sourcing


Chapter 17: Peasant economics


Chapter 18: Impact of farmers' markets on economies within the United States


Chapter 19: Food sovereignty in Bolivia


Chapter 20: Alternative purchase network


Chapter 21: Elasticity (economics)


(II) Answering the public top questions about local purchasing.


(III) Real world examples for the usage of local purchasing in many fields.


Who this book is for


Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Local Purchasing.

About the author

Fouad Sabry is the former Regional Head of Business Development for Applications at HP. Fouad has received his B.Sc. of Computer Systems and Automatic Control in 1996, dual master’s degrees from University of Melbourne (UoM) in Australia, Master of Business Administration (MBA) in 2008, and Master of Management in Information Technology (MMIT) in 2010. Fouad has more than 30 years of experience in Information Technology and Telecommunications fields, working in local, regional, and international companies, such as Vodafone and IBM. Fouad joined HP in 2013 and helped develop the business in tens of markets. Currently, Fouad is an entrepreneur, author, futurist, and founder of One Billion Knowledge (1BK) Initiative.

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