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Design Lessons from the Consumer at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2011

Close to a decade after the idea of the "Bottom of the Pyramid" (BOP) came into the business vocabulary (disclosure: my father, C.K. Prahalad, put it there), the struggle to understand its role as a market and as a source of innovation continues. In the U.S., the recession forced people to increase their savings as credit tightened.

Prahalad

Prahalad Business Model Early Adopters Innovation

Businesses Serving the Poor Need to Get Over Their Unease About Profit

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

If you've ever had anything to do with business initiatives among the world's poor — the so-called bottom of the economic pyramid — you've no doubt heard the advice that enterprises in this space need to aim for low prices, low profit margins, and high sales volumes. It's more than just conventional wisdom. Solae closed the pilot.

Microfinance

Microfinance Prahalad Bottom-up Banking

Leadership Digital

Design Lessons from the Consumer at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Businesses Serving the Poor Need to Get Over Their Unease About Profit

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