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What’s in a Buzzword: Use and Misuse of “Bottom of the Pyramid”
Today, I read with interest an article from the Business Standard entitled “TutorVista Readies Indian Rollout; To Raise $15m to Address Bottom of the Pyramid.” Perfect for the NextBillion Newsroom, right? Perhaps not. TutorVista, a leading online education firm, matches...
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How To Succeed at the BoP: Know Your Customer
Today I’d like to highlight what I see as a frequently occurring theme in BoP business models, and an element that could make it or break it for companies that look to target BoP markets. Entrepreneurship is often cited as the critical component for small and medium-scale enterprises,...
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Job Posting: Assistant Director for Social Entrepreneurship, NYU Stern School of Business
(Via JustMeans) Position: Assistant Director for Social Entrepreneurship, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies Location: New York, NY Organization: Stern School of Business - New York University Job Description: The selected candidate will work with the Associate Director to...
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Article Review: “Scents & Sensibility” Reveals USAID’s BoP Blind Spots
Guest blogger Grace Augustine is a Research Associate with the William Davidson Institute in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Prior to joining WDI, she worked in strategy & operations consulting for Deloitte Consulting. Grace completed her undergraduate education at the University of Michigan where she...
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Global Social Benefit Incubator: A $20,000 BoP Scholarship
Santa Clara University is known in social entrepreneurial circles for its work helping to organize and judge the Tech Museum Awards ? a showcase for social entrepreneurs, mostly from developing countries. Less well-known about the school is the Global Social Benefit Incubator, run by SCU?s...
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Article Review: Value at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Last fall, Business Strategy Review published an interesting piece by Juan Luis Martinez and Maria Carbonell called “Value at the Bottom of the Pyramid.” The article, available on the journal?s web site, warrants some serious discussion, especially in light of the recent profit...
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Holiday Hiatus – Back in 2008
NextBillion.net, housed in the Washington, D.C.-based World Resources Institute, will not have any new content from December 24 through December 31, when most of our writers and contributors will be spending holidays with friends and family.? We’ll be back in January, 2008.Any story...
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BCG publication: Top Companies from Emerging Markets
Julia Tran mentioned in a previous post some Boston Consulting Group (BCG) publications related with the ?Next Billion?. Two more studies were published in November ??Decoding Next Billion Consumers? and ?A Road Map to expanding Financial Inclusion in India? (this second one looks...
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