Strategies for the Bottom of the Pyramid: Creating Sustainable Development C. K. Prahalad Harvey C. Freuhauf Professor of Business Administration University of Michigan Business School Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Phone: 734-481-9194 Fax: 734-481-0684 E-mail: cprahalad@aol.com Stuart L. Hart Associate Professor of Strategic Management Director, Sustainable Enterprise Initiative Kenan-Flagler Business School University of North Carolina Campus Box 3490, McColl Building Chapel Hill, NC 27599 Phone: 919-962-8405
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The concept of the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) refers to the largest socio-economic group of individuals who are amongst the poorest in the world. Although those individuals living at the bottom live in severe poverty, the notion is that there is a fortune at the BoP for multinational organizations to exploit. There is a considerable amount of market potential that exists within these groups. An organization can make an effort to capitalize on this potential, changing or creating a sustainable business
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Case Study-Marketing to the bottom of the pyramid 1) Bottom of the pyramid refers to the largest but poorest group that consists of 2.5 billion people who live on less than $2.50 a day. This group of people has relatively different needs as compared to the urban society due to the fact that their living environment is very different from the big urban cities. Culture of the target market the company is heading into should be one factor that the company should look into. The demographics of the
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Business: Fostering Economic Growth through the Business Development Program at the Base Of the Pyramid By Indra Surya, Susantio TABLE OF CONTENTS I. ABSTRACT II. INTRODUCTION III. UNDERSTANDING THE POOR AND THEIR NEEDS i) How Poor are the Poor? : Current Research and Publications on the Base of the Pyramid (BOP) Issues ii) Indonesia Poverty Reduction Programs IV. THE BASE OF PYRAMID : BUSINESS APPROACH i) Preliminary Measures for Forming the BOP Business Taskforce ii)
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Hall, 1206 South Sixth Street, Champaign, IL 61820, United States article info Article history: Accepted 1 February 2009 Keywords: Subsistence marketplaces Subsistence consumers Bottom of the pyramid abstract Over 4 billion people live in what is commonly referred to as the “bottom of the pyramid” or as subsistence marketplaces. These individuals and families live in substandard housing, with limited or no access to sanitation, potable water, and health care, have low levels of literacy
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Case Study Assignment ------------------------------------------------- Marketing to the Bottom of the Pyramid Case Study: Bottom Of The Pyramid 1) Firstly, firms have to understand that the BOP market is living in a vastly different environment from the urban countries hence they have to cooperate with the local government to reach out to this segment. Marketing to the BOP market require major considerations on the type of product to be marketed, technology availability, distribution
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1. As a junior member of your company’s committee to explore new markets, you have received a memo from the chairperson telling you to be prepared at the next meeting to discuss key questions that need to be addressed if the company decides to look further into the possibility of marketing to the BOP segment. The ultimate goal of this meeting will be to establish a set of general guidelines to use in developing a market strategy for any one of the company’s products to be marketed to the “aspirational
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Theoretical Background Customer satisfaction is a marketing term that measures how products or services supplied by a company meet or surpass a customer's expectation. Customer satisfaction is important because it provides marketers and business owners with a foundation that they can use to manage and improve their businesses. The concept of customer satisfaction has drawn the attention of practitioners and academics from last several years based on the fact that customers are the primary source
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10 Parishes 1. Vicariate of San Sebastian (Cathedral) Vicar Forane: Very Rev. Fr. Felix P. Pasquin ST. SEBASTIAN PARISH (F-1755), Rizal St., 6100 Bacolod City Tel.: 4330240/4330261 Titular: St. Sebastian, January 20 Population: 466,624 Parish Priest: Most Rev. Vicente M. Navarra, DD Rector: Fr. Felix P. Pasquin Parochial Vicars: Fr. Jerryvel A. Celestial, Fr. Arnold P. Deletina, Rev. Fr. Ivan Victor A. Intong ST. THERESE OF THE CHILD JESUS QUASI-PARISH (F-2004), Cameroli, Ro-driguez
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afzetmarkten om hun omzet te vergroten. Waar traditioneel gezien de aandacht van grote westerse bedrijven ligt bij bestaande, volwassen westerse markten of de elite van ontwikkelingslanden is de laatste jaren een nieuwe marktvorm in opkomst; de bottom of the economic pyramid markt (BOP-markt). De doelgroep bij het produceren voor de bodem van de economische piramide zijn de armen en lage middenklasse van de wereldbevolking. Deze doelgroep bestaat uit vier miljard mensen die leven van minder dan tweeduizend
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