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/Reports

• Sustainability Challenges and Solutions at the Base-of-the-Pyramid: Business, Technology and the Poor
  Edited by Prabhu Kandachar and Minna Halme (2008)
  Greenleaf Publishing.
  Click here to order a copy. Contributions were made to the book by BoP Learning Lab Directors. Foreward by Stuart L. Hart.
• Creating Value for All: Strategies for doing business with the poor
  Principle report co-authors Christina Gradl and Beth Jenkins (2008)
  United Nations Development Programme.
  Click here for the full report. Available in English, French, and Spanish.
• Handbook of Transformative Cooperation: New designs and dynamics
  Edited by Sandy Kristin Piderit, Ronald E. Fry, and David L. Cooperrider (2007)
  Stanford University Press.
  Click here to order a copy. The chapter titled, "Revolutionary Routines: Capturing the opportunity for creating a more inclusive capitalism" was written by Mark B. Milstein, Ted London, and Stuart L. Hart.
• Business Solutions for the Global Poor: Creating Social and Economic Value
  Edited by Sandy V.K. Rangan, J. Quelch and B. Barton (2007)
  Jossey-Bass: San Francisco.
  Click here to order a copy. The chapter titled, “Meeting Unmet Needs at the Base of the Pyramid: Mobile Health Care for India’s Poor" (84-91) was written by
  Pablo Sánchez, M.A. Rodríguez and J. Ricart.
• Capitalism at the Crossroads: The Unlimited Business Opportunities in Solving the World's Most Difficult Problems
  by Stuart L. Hart (2005)
  Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Wharton School.
  Click here to purchase the book. Now also available in Portuguese.

Articles

• Innovación en modelos de negocio: La Base de la Pirámide como campo de
  experimentación
  By Mutis, J. and Ricart, J.E (2008) Universia Business Review, Segundo Trimestre.
  Click here for the complete article.
• Challenges insuring the poor. Lessons from India
  By Mutis, J. and Ricart, J.E (2008) Effective Executive, The ICFAI University press, November 2008:55-74.
  Click here to subscribe to the magazine.
• The Base of the Pyramid Protocol
  By Erik Simanis, Stuart Hart and Duncan Duke (2008) Innovations, 3(1):57-84.
  Click here for the complete article.
• BoP Protocol (2nd Edition): Towards Next-Generation BOP Strategy
  By Erik Simanis & Stuart Hart, et al.
  Click here to download the complete document.
• 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)
  Click here for the complete article.
• Arraigo Social en Mercados de Bajos Ingresos: Factores Influyentes y Esultados Positivos
  By Joan E. Ricart, Miguel A. Rodríguez, and Pablo Sánchez (2007)IESE Business School.
  Click here for the complete article.
• Influential Factors in Becoming Socially Embedded in Low-Income Markets
  By Pablo Sánchez, Joan Enric Ricart and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (2007)Greener Management International 51:19-38.
  Click here for the complete article.
• 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
  Click here for the complete article.
• 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
  Click here for the complete article.
• 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
  Click here for the complete article.
• 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).
  Click here for the complete article
• 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
  Click here to purchase the article.
• 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
  Click here to purchase the article.
• The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid.
  by Prahalad, C. K. and S. L. Hart (2002)
  Strategy + Business, 26: 54-67
  Click here for the complete article by registering for free.
• 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