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

    Posted 12-11-2007 04:23
    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 12-11-2007 08:33
    Dear Martin,

    Harvard Business School cases (http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu) has several including Patrimonio Hoy and Cementos Lima.

    Please share your findings with the list once you finish

    Good luck,

    Pol

    Pol Herrmann, Ph.D
    College of Business
    Iowa State University

    Telfs: 2 240 270
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    Subject: Base-of-the-pyramid case studies

    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


  • 3.  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
    >