A systematic review of the bottom/base of the pyramid literature: cumulative evidence and future directions

Sixteen years ago, Prahalad and Hart (Strategy + Business 26:2-14, 2002) introduced the possibility of both profitably serving the poor and alleviating poverty. This first iteration of the Bottom/Base of the Pyramid approach (known as BoP 1.0) focused on selling to the poor. In 2008, after ethical c...

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Authors: Dembek, Krzysztof (Author) ; Sivasubramaniam, Nagaraj (Author) ; Chmielewski, Danielle A. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer 2020
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 165, Issue: 3, Pages: 365-382
Further subjects:B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Correspondence Analysis
B Developing Countries
B Multinational Corporations
B Poverty Alleviation
B base of the pyramid / Bottom
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