http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2008/04/08/links-roundup-bp-branding-and-miscellany Comments for "Links Roundup: BP, Branding, and Miscellany" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2008/04/08/links-roundup-bp-branding-and-miscellany Some links for you to kick the post-lunch work<p style="padding: 5px; float: right;"><img src="http://www.nextbillion.net/files/images/the-links.img_assist_custom.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image img_assist_custom" width="143" height="111" /></p> slump:<br /><br /> <ul><li><a href="http://www.nitibhan.com/perspective_20/2008/04/bp-innovates-fo.html">BP innovates for the BoP</a><br /> 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. <a href="/blogs/2006/07/27/rising-ventures-yunnan-zhenghong-brings-energy-solutions-to-rural-china">Read and compare </a>for yourselves!<br /> </li><li><a href="http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2008/04/going-green-as.html">Going green as a strategic risk</a><br /> Via PSD Blog - E&amp;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...<br /> </li><li><a href="http://www.nitibhan.com/perspective_20/2008/04/purchasing-patt.html">Purchasing patterns on unpredictable incomes</a><br /> Another hit from Perspective 2.0: Niti Bhan gives a rundown of the four types of buying patterns at the BoP.<br /> </li><li><a href="http://www.brandchannel.com/start1.asp?fa_id=381">Is Africa misbranded?<br /> </a>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.<a href="http://blog.acumenfund.org/2008/04/03/article-will-social-entrepreneurship-reach-a-tipping-point/"><br /></a> </li><li><a href="http://blog.acumenfund.org/2008/04/03/article-will-social-entrepreneurship-reach-a-tipping-point/">Social entrepreneurs seek new investment to reach a ‘tipping point&#39;</a><br /> Via Rob&#39;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.</li></ul> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2008/04/08/links-roundup-bp-branding-and-miscellany">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2008/04/08/links-roundup-bp-branding-and-miscellany#comment Miscellaneous Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:46:57 -0400 Derek Newberry 5409 at http://www.nextbillion.net