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  • 1.  Base-of-the-pyramid case studies

    Posted 12-11-2007 04:24
    Dear Colleagues,

    I am a PhD Candidate searching for case studies of base-of-the-pyramid
    firms (i.e., case studies of firms that have build their business around
    low-income people). I was wondering whether anyone has any suggestions
    where I could find such case studies. So far I have collected case studies
    from the following sources:

    ► World Resources Institute
    ► World Business Council for Sustainable Development
    ► Caseplace.org
    ► Stanford Graduate School of Business – Cases:
    http://gsbapps.stanford.edu/cases/
    ► The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan
    ► Prahalad (2005): http://www.bus.umich.edu/BottomOfThePyramid/xMAP2003.htm
    ► Business in Development Network

    Any suggestions of additional sources are most welcome!

    Sincerely,

    Martin Klein
    Erasmus University
    mklein@few.eur.nl


  • 2.  Base-of-the-pyramid case studies

    Posted 12-23-2007 13:28
    Thanks for all the suggestions for sources where to find
    base-of-the-pyramid case studies. For those interested I have compiled a
    list of all suggestions made (see attachment). Particular thanks to
    Kevin McKague who suggested the bulk of the list.

    Best regards,

    Martin Klein
    Erasmus University
    mklein@few.eur.nl

    Martin Klein wrote:
    > Dear Colleagues,
    >
    > I am a PhD Candidate searching for case studies of base-of-the-pyramid
    > firms (i.e., case studies of firms that have build their business
    > around low-income people). I was wondering whether anyone has any
    > suggestions where I could find such case studies. So far I have
    > collected case studies from the following sources:
    >
    > ► World Resources Institute
    > ► World Business Council for Sustainable Development
    > ► Caseplace.org
    > ► Stanford Graduate School of Business – Cases:
    > http://gsbapps.stanford.edu/cases/
    > ► The William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan
    > ► Prahalad (2005):
    > http://www.bus.umich.edu/BottomOfThePyramid/xMAP2003.htm
    > ► Business in Development Network
    >
    > Any suggestions of additional sources are most welcome!
    >
    > Sincerely,
    >
    > Martin Klein
    > Erasmus University
    > mklein@few.eur.nl