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Learning about Market-Based Approaches for Reducing Poverty
This fall,?Jocelyn Wyatt and I?taught a seven week course at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, which?spanned the worlds of philanthropy, business and many of the way points in between. We were both Acumen Fund Fellows (class of 2007) and as?part of our post-Fellowship goals each...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology Supports a Development Through Enterprise Ecosystem
At NextBillion.net, we follow the various universities leading innovation in base of the pyramid strategy and research.? It gets better when this research leads to actionable, practical solutions for development.? The?Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)?is becoming a center of...
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Guest Post: Is Base of the Pyramid Work Relevant to Rich Countries?
Guest blogger Bill Kramer is principal of The Global Challenge Network, LLC, an executive education and training company. From 2001 through mid-2007, he worked on pro-poor business strategies with WRI. Previously, Bill founded a non-profit focusing on the relationship of knowledge to economic...
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Talent Management at the Base of the Pyramid: More than Just the Social
One of the biggest differences between social ventures and traditional for-profit ventures is that social ventures have an explicit social mission.? This difference can be a significant reason why one person chooses to work for a social venture over a traditional for-profit venture, regardless...
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Mobile Phones and The Promise of Bringing the Base of the Pyramid into Networks
After having devoted my last posts to more abstract aspects of the?base of the pyramid, Jim Rosenberg, from our sister organization CGAP, kindly brought me to the ground again with an e-mail about how to connect the BoP to Internet through their mobiles.The beauty of the mobile...
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GlobaLens Offers BoP Cases, Courses and Community
The William Davidson Institute at The University of Michigan recently launched an exciting new tool for educators and others in the emerging markets and international business spaces. A remarkably transparent resource, GlobaLens offers cases, courses and community through a user-friendly...
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Guest Post: Silver Lining to the Financial Meltdown?
Guest blogger Bill Kramer is principal of The Global Challenge Network, LLC, an executive education and training company. From 2001 through mid-2007, he worked on pro-poor business strategies with WRI. Previously, Bill founded a non-profit focusing on the relationship of knowledge to economic...
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Pop!Tech: Rice Power to the People With Husk Power Systems
Chip Ransler is the co-founder of Husk Power Systems (HPS), a for-profit company that cost-effectively converts rice husks into electricity. HPS utilizes a proprietary technology to run 35-100 kilowatt mini power plants, delivering pay-for-use electricity to un-electrified villages in...
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