Scaling private health care for the base of the pyramid: Expanding versus broadening service offerings in developing nations

Bucher, Silke; Jäger, Urs; Prado, Andrea

doi:10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.07.044

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“…Standards and institutions Kistruck et al (2015), Santos (2015) Social entrepreneurship Véliz, Pérez and Cercado (2018), Coronado, Palma and Redondo (2018) Productive sectors Martin (2015), Knuckles (2016), Bucher, Jäger and Prado (2016), Casselman, Sama and Stefanidis (2015 Role of the base of the pyramid in the supply chain Mahapatra, William and Padhy (2019), Zomorrodi et al (2019) Source: The authors (based on literature review).…”

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Institutional Factors That Affect Inclusive Businesses: The Case of Banana Cooperatives in the Magdalena Region (Colombia)

Maestre-Matos

Lombana

Mesías

et al. 2021

International Journal of Rural Management

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Inclusive business as a model at the base of the pyramid is a relatively recent unit of study in academic literature. From the institutional perspective, businesses are affected by norms, processes, rules of moral and ethical behaviour, which have not been studied for the base of the pyramid in inclusive businesses, much less in agricultural cooperatives. The objective of this research is to identify institutional factors that can affect agribusiness inclusive models. In this research, agricultural cooperatives of banana production in the province of Magdalena, Colombia, are the unit of analysis to identify institutional factors. The method of review of institutional factors is the multiple cases (six banana cooperatives) with a simple unit using inductive analysis. The results show that institutional factors—both formal (certifications, quality standards, social responsibility policies and economic incentives) and informal (cooperation, improvement of quality of life, generation of social capital)—promote the development of inclusive businesses in cooperatives of the base of the pyramid. The research is a first step to show its potential replication in other agricultural industries and even in other economic sectors.

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Institutional Factors That Affect Inclusive Businesses: The Case of Banana Cooperatives in the Magdalena Region (Colombia)

Maestre-Matos

Lombana

Mesías

et al. 2021

International Journal of Rural Management

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“…Infrastructure challenges such as lack of reliable electricity (Panapanaan et al 2016) or weak physical infrastructure constrain distribution channels in already fragmented market environments (De Soto, 2000; Kistruck et al, 2013). Political and governmental constraints can manifest in poor governance, corruption or weak legal systems (Kaufmann et al, 2009), such that businesses must operate based on oral contracts (Bucher et al, 2016;Godfrey, 2011); with market participants that may not necessarily be monitored, regulated or taxed by governments (Webb et al, 2009;Anokhin and Schulze, 2009).…”

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“…For example, financial institutions cannot rely on customer information to offer services, nor can they make use of guarantees in case of suspended loan repayments (Webb et al, 2013). Similarly, businesses often operate based on oral or symbolic contracts (Bucher et al, 2016;Godfrey, 2011). Consequently, individuals and organizations know that potential profits from entrepreneurship might not be protected (Mair and Marti, 2009).…”

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Business Model Design for Social Goods and Services in Developing Economies

Haldimann

2019

Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences

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Over the past decade there have been increasing calls for alternative ways of tackling poverty problems in developing economies. Rather than aid or charity approaches that have traditionally dominated this area, an alternative line of discussion around base-of-the-pyramid approaches has emerged which emphasizes the role of innovation and pro-poor entrepreneurship. These developments are consequently reshaping our current views on organizational sectors, vulnerable communities, and sources of value creation. First, I would like to express my sincere gratitude and appreciation to my advisor Prof. Dr. Heiko Gebauer for his continuous support and encouragement throughout my Ph.D. journey. His introduction to engaged research will clearly not go unnoticed throughout this thesis. I am also very much indebted to Prof. Dr. Lars Witell, Prof. Dr. Thomas Frandsen, and Dr. Aku Valtakoski for serving on my dissertation committee with their constructive insights that have shaped many views and outcomes embedded in this dissertation. Moreover, much data was collected for this research and many people supported these efforts. My special gratitude thus goes out to the Swiss Agency for Development, the International Water and Sanitation Centre (IRC), and the World Health Organization who have enabled the access to organizations that successfully strive to address sustainable development goals with market-based approaches through a joint and collaborative research program. Aside from other local research assistants, I would especially like to thank Andrea van der Kerk from IRC who accompanied me on multiple field trips. Her international aid research experiences that collided with my Industrial Engineering background were incredibly useful in retrieving and reflecting on field data. In this context, I should probably also thank Dr. med. Thomas Fellmann who advised me to operate a foot injury prior to a lengthy field trip to South East Asia. The crutches were a complete nuisance; yet enabled many delightful and insightful discussions with empathizing case informants. I must also express my deepest gratitude to my mentioned co-authors for their research support, and the interesting related studies they invited me to work on, beyond the scope of this thesis. In this vein, many thanks also go to Prof. Dr. Fisk and his colleagues at the Marketing Faculty of Texas State University, where I gained valuable comments on my research and insights into the importance of social value creation in a variety of other market contexts today. Moreover, I want to express my deep gratitude to my former colleagues at the Environmental Social Sciences division at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology of the ETH who provided a highly intellectually stimulating environment, enriched my epistemological horizons and were a constant cornucopia of invaluable feedback. Furthermore, I must acknowledge the funding sources that made this Ph.D. work possible. Many thanks are due to the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) as well as the...

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“…Prahalad and his colleagues initiated discussions about how businesses can participate in poverty alleviation by serving BoP markets through financially profitable activities [1][2][3]. Others have contended that participating in BoP projects not only benefits the poor but also enables firms ('firm' refers to business entities in developed markets) to achieve triple bottom line sustainability [4][5][6] by improving the social performance of their supply chains [7][8][9][10][11].…”

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Legitimacy Contexts of BoP Markets: Characterization and Implications for Supply Chain Functions

Zomorrodi

Fayezi

2022

Sustainability

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An important market that is receiving increasing attention by firms relates to the poorest at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP). BoP businesses contribute to the first UN Sustainable Development Goal that calls for an end to poverty in all its manifestations. BoP businesses are regarded as financially and socially beneficial for both participating firms and poor communities. It is, however, understood that success in BoP markets cannot (and should not) be assumed, as it demands a profoundly different view towards managing supply chains. Focusing on this issue, our conceptual study contributes to the emerging debates in BoP and supply chain management research by elaborating the notion of legitimacy contexts (LCs) at BoP. We draw on institutional theory to characterize the LCs in BoP markets and discuss their implications for key supply chain functions. We argue that firms often design their supply chain functions for BoP business using their own LCs as opposed to those of BoP actors. This implies ignoring the institutional distance between BoP markets and firms and reveals a key culprit in the failure of BoP projects. We offer practical implications for firms intending to engage in BoP business.

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Scaling private health care for the base of the pyramid: Expanding versus broadening service offerings in developing nations

Cited by 10 publications

References 5 publications

Institutional Factors That Affect Inclusive Businesses: The Case of Banana Cooperatives in the Magdalena Region (Colombia)

Institutional Factors That Affect Inclusive Businesses: The Case of Banana Cooperatives in the Magdalena Region (Colombia)

Business Model Design for Social Goods and Services in Developing Economies

Legitimacy Contexts of BoP Markets: Characterization and Implications for Supply Chain Functions

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