Handbook of Research on Base of the Pyramid Entrepreneurship

Edited by Miguel Rivera-Santos and Carlos Rufín

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Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Base Of The Pyramid Entrepreneurship; Base Of The Pyramid; Entrepreneurship; Poverty; Development; Global South (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781802202137
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Research on Base of the Pyramid Entrepreneurship: premise and structure

Miguel Rivera-Santos and Carlos Rufín

Ch 2 Entrepreneurship at the BoP: an interdisciplinary review

Miguel Rivera-Santos and Carlos Rufín

Ch 3 Institutional imperfections and heterogeneity in the base of the pyramid: implications for entrepreneurship and informality

Oscar Barzuna-Hidalgo and Justin W. Webb

Ch 4 Leveraging context to build theory about BOP entrepreneurship

Patrick Shulist

Ch 5 Bottom-up design of field research on subsistence entrepreneurship: concretizing, localizing and socializing research methods

Madhubalan Viswanathan

Ch 6 Subsistence entrepreneurship: insights from our journey into subsistence marketplaces and marketplace literacy

Madhubalan Viswanathan, Maria Jones and Steven Morse

Ch 7 Space entrepreneurship at the BOP

Aurélie Toivonen and Ignasi Martí-Lanuza

Ch 8 Towards new understandings: a literature review of refugee entrepreneurship in poverty contexts

Maria Ivanova-Gongne, Stefan Lång and Malin Brännback

Ch 9 Entrepreneurship in conflict zones: mapping the effects on peace and stability

Jay Joseph and Harry J. Van Buren

Ch 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

Camille Meyer

Ch 11 BOP entrepreneurship and environmental sustainability

Nishana Bhogal and Ralph Hamann

Ch 12 Deficiency premiums at the base of the pyramid: a resource dependence perspective of business-to-business supply chains

Raja Usman Khalid

Ch 13 Entrepreneurship and extreme poverty: mysteries before puzzles

Christopher Sutter and Garry D. Bruton

Ch 14 Conclusion: the Handbook's contributions and the future of research on BoP entrepreneurship

Miguel Rivera-Santos and Carlos Rufín

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