Business Strategies for the Bottom of the Pyramid (Collection) Book

Entrepreneurial Solutions for Prosperity in BoP Markets: Strategies for Business and Economic Transformation

Foreword xvii

Part I Foundations or Why Mindsets Matter

Prologue Transformation in BoP Markets: Learning from Rwanda 1

Chapter 1 Identifying the Problem—And the Solution 5

Chapter 2 Rwanda’s Metamorphosis 27

Chapter 3 Why Mindsets Matter 37

Part II Solutions to Escape The Survival Trap

Chapter 4 A Framework to Escape The Survival Trap 59

Chapter 5 Foster an Archimedean Mindset 81

Chapter 6 Build Trust 101

Chapter 7 Focus on Solutions 119

Chapter 8 Operate Efficiently and Sustainably 139

Chapter 9 Enable Prosperity Ecosystems 157

Chapter 10 Seek Intelligent Capital 179

Chapter 11 Bridge the Leadership Gap 199

Part III Integration

Chapter 12 Insights on Mindset Change from Public Health 221

Chapter 13 Societal Innovations Through Mindset Change 239

Chapter 14 Rwanda’s Homegrown Solutions 255

Epilogue A Call to Action: Embrace Entrepreneurial Solutions for Prosperity 271

Bibliography 285

Index 293

Next Generation Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid: New Approaches for Building Mutual Value

Acknowledgments xvi

About the Authors xvii

Dedication to C.K. Prahalad xxiii

The Big Picture by C.K. Prahalad xxvi

Foreword by Y.C. Deveshwar xxxiii

Introduction Creating a Fortune with the Base of the Pyramid 1

Part One: Roadmaps for Success

Chapter 1 Building Better Ventures with the Base of the Pyramid: A Roadmap 19

Chapter 2 Innovation for the BoP: The Patient Capital Approach 45

Part Two: Strategic Opportunities

Chapter 3 Taking the Green Leap to the Base of the Pyramid 79

Chapter 4 Needs, Needs, Everywhere, But Not a BoP Market to Tap 103

Part Three: Effective Implementation

Chapter 5 A Micro-Level Approach to Understanding BoP Markets 129

Chapter 6 Reframing Design for the Base of the Pyramid 165

Chapter 7 BoP Venture Formation for Scale 193

Conclusion A Continuing Journey 217

Appendix Attendees from 2009 Conference: Creating a Shared Roadmap 233

Index 239

CAPITALISM AT THE CROSSROADS: NEXT GENERATION BUSINESS STRATEGIES FOR A POST-CRISIS WORLD, THIRD EDITION

About the Author xi

Acknowledgments xii

Preface: Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States xxiii

Foreword: Fisk Johnson, Chairman and CEO, S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. xxvi

PART ONE: MAPPING THE TERRAIN 1

Prologue: Reinventing Capitalism for the Post-Crisis World 3

Chapter 1: From Obligation to Opportunity 19

Chapter 2: Worlds in Collision 51

Chapter 3: The Sustainable Value Portfolio 79

PART TWO: BEYOND GREENING 109

Chapter 4: Clean Technology and Creative Destruction 111

Chapter 5: Innovation from the Bottom-Up 137

Chapter 6: Raising the Base of the Pyramid 171

PART THREE: BECOMING INDIGENOUS 201

Chapter 7: Broadening the Corporate Bandwidth 203

Chapter 8: Developing Native Capability 227

Chapter 9: Re-Embedding Innovation Strategy 253

Chapter 10: Building the Sustainable Global Enterprise 281

Epilogue: Looking Forward 307

Index 315