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Tuesday, April 08, 2008
Links Roundup: BP, Branding, and Miscellany
By
Derek Newberry
Some links for you to kick the post-lunch work
slump:
BP innovates for the BoP
Via Perspective 2.0, an article on Oorja - a BP stove that runs on biomass pellets instead of wood, which is a more common fuel source for cookstoves in rural India... sounds very much like that of an SME in China; our own New Ventures entrepreneur Yunnan Zhenghong.
Read and compare
for yourselves!
Going green as a strategic risk
Via PSD Blog - E&Y reports on the risk companies face in not going green right now - not inherently BoP related, but it made me wonder whether major reports exist on the business risk of not productively engaging BoP markets...
Purchasing patterns on unpredictable incomes
Another hit from Perspective 2.0: Niti Bhan gives a rundown of the four types of buying patterns at the BoP.
Is Africa misbranded?
Brandchannel.com wonders whether the intense focus on Africa as a destination for charity has negatively branded it as a basket case, and explores possibilities for rebranding the continent.
Social entrepreneurs seek new investment to reach a ?tipping point'
Via Rob's post at Acumen Fund Blog a Chronicle of Philanthropy article on the tipping point entrepreneurs are looking for in terms of widely available investment capital - similar to the tipping point microfinance is reaching today.
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