Publications

Through the activities and support of the BoP Learning Lab™, a new and important line of research on business activities in low-income communities has emerged. This has enabled the publication of the following BoP-related publications, a critical factor in expanding the scope of work in the area.

Books

  • Capitalism at the Crossroads: The Unlimited Business Opportunities in Solving the World's Most Difficult Problems
    by Hart, S. L. (2005)
    Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Wharton School.
    Click here to purchase the book. Now also available in Portuguese.

Articles

  • BoP Protocol 2.0
    By Erik Simanis & Stuart Hart, et al.
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  • A New Mindset for Corporate Sustainability
    by Professor David Grayson, Dr Mark Lemon, Professor Sarah Slaughter, Dr Miguel Angel Rodriguez, Professor Zhouying Jin, and Professor Simon Tay (2008)
    (white paper sponsored by British Telecomm and Cisco)
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  • A Base-of-the-Pyramid Approach in Argentina: Preliminary Findings from a BOP Learning Lab
    by Gardetti, Miguel A. (2007)
    Greener Management International Issue 51: June 2007
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  • Expanding Possibilities at the Base of the Pyramid (Innovations Case Discussion: KickStart)
    by Simanis, E. and S. L. Hart (2006)
    Innovations, 1(1): 43-51
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  • In Search of Sustainable Enterprise: The Case of GE’s Ecomagination Initiative.
    by Hart, S. L., and M. B. Milstein (2006)
    Value, 1(1): 36-43
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  • La Base de la Piramide y la Sustentabilidad Empresaria
    by Miguel Angel Gardetti (2005)
    Presented at VIII Encontro Nacional sobre Gestão Empresarial e Meio Ambiente na FGV do Rio de Janeiro (ENGEMA).
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  • Developing Native Capability: What Multinational Corporations Can Learn From the Base of the Pyramid
    by Hart, S. L. and T. London (2005).
    Stanford Social Innovation Review, 3(2): 28-33
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  • Reinventing Strategies for Emerging Markets: Beyond the Transnational Model.
    by London, T. and S. L. Hart (2004)
    Journal of International Business Studies, 35: 350-370
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  • Engaging Fringe Stakeholders for Competitive Imagination.
    by Hart, S. L. and S. Sharma (2004)
    Academy of Management Executive, 18(1): 7-18
  • Creating Sustainable Value.
    by Hart, S. L. and M. B. Milstein (2003)
    Academy of Management Executive, 17(2): 56-69
  • The Great Leap: Driving Innovation from the Base of the Pyramid.
    by Hart, S. L. and C. M. Christensen (2002)
    Sloan Management Review, 44(1): 51-56
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  • The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid.
    by Prahalad, C. K. and S. L. Hart (2002)
    Strategy + Business, 26: 54-67
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  • The Great Disruption
    by Christensen, C. M., T. Craig and S. L. Hart (2001)
    Foreign Affairs, 80(2): 80-95
  • Global Sustainability and the Creative Destruction of Industries
    by Hart, S. L. and M. B. Milstein (1999)
    Sloan Management Review, 41(1): 23-33