This pioneering Handbook surveys the evolution of research on entrepreneurship at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) since the emergence of the field over two decades ago. Leading experts highlight how entrepreneurship among low-income populations globally can enhance mainstream processes and management theory and methodology.
This pioneering Handbook surveys the evolution of research on entrepreneurship at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) since the emergence of the field over two decades ago. Leading experts highlight how entrepreneurship among low-income populations globally can enhance mainstream processes and management theory and methodology.
Emphasizing the interdisciplinary nature of BoP entrepreneurship, contributors from around the world present an overview of the field, analysing its theoretical and methodological implications, and providing a reference for scholars and practitioners interested in this field. Chapters examine detailed BoP case studies highlighting the diversity of entrepreneurs, emphasizing the impact of their backgrounds on how they approach entrepreneurship, and exploring underrepresented contexts such as refugee camps and warzones. The final section of the Handbook considers emerging questions, including the environmental impact of BoP entrepreneurship and the uniqueness of community-based approaches, while advocating for novel approaches to this field.
A vital reference for students and academics in entrepreneurship, business and management, development studies, economics and finance, and social policy. It is also an enlightening read for development practitioners.
Contents
1 Introduction to the Handbook of Research on Base of the Pyramid
Entrepreneurship: premise and structure 1
Miguel Rivera-Santos and Carlos Rufín
PART I UNDERSTANDING THE FIELD: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES
2 Entrepreneurship at the BoP: an interdisciplinary review 11
Miguel Rivera-Santos and Carlos Rufín
3 Institutional imperfections and heterogeneity in the base of the pyramid:
implications for entrepreneurship and informality 44
Oscar Barzuna-Hidalgo and Justin W. Webb
4 Leveraging context to build theory about BOP entrepreneurship 61
Patrick Shulist
5 Bottom-up design of field research on subsistence entrepreneurship:
Concretizing, Localizing and Socializing Research Methods 84
Madhubalan Viswanathan
PART II DELVING INTO THE SETTING: THE BOP CONTEXT FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND ITS
VARIETIES
6 Subsistence entrepreneurship: insights from our journey into subsistence
marketplaces and marketplace literacy 96
Madhubalan Viswanathan, Maria Jones and Steven Morse
7 Space entrepreneurship at the BOP 107
Aurélie Toivonen and Ignasi Martí-Lanuza
8 Towards new understandings: a literature review of refugee entrepreneurship
in poverty contexts 136
Maria Ivanova-Gongne, Stefan Lång and Malin Brännback
9 Entrepreneurship in conflict zones: mapping the effects on peace and
stability 163
Jay Joseph and Harry J. Van Buren III
PART III EMERGING ISSUES IN BOP ENTREPRENEURSHIP
10 Scaling the commons: how to consolidate community-based enterprises at the
base of the pyramid with co-creating public policies and partnering with
public banks 178
Camille Meyer
11 BOP entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability 197
Nishana Bhogal and Ralph Hamann
12 Deficiency premiums at the base of the pyramid: a resource dependence
perspective of business-to-business supply chains 212
Raja Usman Khalid
13 Entrepreneurship and extreme poverty: mysteries before puzzles 235
Christopher Sutter and Garry D. Bruton
14 Conclusion: the Handbooks contributions and the future of research on BoP
entrepreneurship 246
Miguel Rivera-Santos and Carlos Rufín
Edited by Miguel Rivera-Santos, Professor of Strategy and International Business, Babson College and Carlos Rufín, Senior Lecturer in International Business, Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University, USA
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