Base of the pyramid markets in Africa innovation and challenges to sustainability / edited by Judy N. Muthuri, Marlen Gabriele Arnold, Stefan Gold and Ximena Rueda.
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2020. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Muthuri, Judy N. |
| Other author/creator | Arnold, Marlen Gabriele. |
| Other author/creator | Gold, Stefan. |
| Other author/creator | Rueda, Ximena. |
| Series | Innovation and sustainability in base of the pyramid markets Innovation and sustainability in base of the pyramid markets. UNAUTHORIZED |
| Contents | Part I: BOP Markets -- The Base of the Pyramid markets in Africa: Opportunities and challenges / Judy N. Muthuri and Mohamed Farhoud -- Why do firms choose to fight poverty? The motives behind inclusive business practices in Africa / Addisu A. Lashitew and Rob van Tulder -- Part II: Drivers and barriers of BOP markets -- Juxtaposing supply and demand-side drivers and barriers of technology adoption in the Base of the Pyramid Markets in Uganda / Jimmy Ebong, Ciambotti Giacomo, Abel Kinoti, Alice Nakagwa and Ogechi Adeola -- Risk and social value creation in volatile BOP markets: A case from Somalia / Ahmad Arslan, Ismail Gölgeci, Minnie Kontkanen and Tiina Leposky -- BOP business models and partnerships in the context of state failure / Susan M. Hanson -- Part III: Roles, Cooperation and Structure in BoP markets -- Addressing social sustainability on Base of the Pyramid markets through business model innovations: A comparative study within Africa's fashion industry / Katja Beyer -- Women's economic empowerment and agricultural value chain development: Evidence from Mashonaland West Province in Zimbabwe / Evelyn Derera -- Part IV: Design, integration, innovation and change of BoP markets -- Building and scaling social enterprise business models for BoP markets in Kenya / Giacomo Ciambotti, David Littlewood, Andrea Sottini and Esther Nkatha M'ithiria -- From informal to formal and back: Theoretical reflections on the formal-informal divide in the Base of the Pyramid markets / Elena Vallino, Cecilia Navarra and Cristiano Lanzano. |
| Abstract | "This book focuses on the Base of the Pyramid (BOP) in Africa, and examines the role of the private sector in the fight against poverty. The BOP concept, which is a market-based approach to poverty eradication, presents a great avenue for businesses to develop opportunities and new business models that enable and empower those in the BOP population in Africa to raise their socio-economic welfare and well-being. The BOP market and the business interest in the BOP in Africa is rising. This book furthers our understanding of the characteristics of BOP markets in Africa, and the challenges and opportunities to address poverty and development in a sustainable manner. The book covers various themes of BOP markets and their embeddedness in social-cultural settings in Africa. The different chapters employ a variety of theoretical and methodological approaches to advance research and practice of BOP in Africa. The book chapters reflect multiple diversities that characterise sub-Saharan Africa based on studies in thirteen country contexts and from five industry sectors. This book is recommended reading for managers and policy makers, as well as students and academics interested in Base of the Pyramid markets"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2020007925 |
| ISBN | 9781138389113 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |