Some links for you to kick the post-lunch work
slump:
- BP innovates for the BoP [1]
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 [1]for yourselves!
- Going green as a strategic risk [2]
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 [3]
Another hit from Perspective 2.0: Niti Bhan gives a rundown of the four types of buying patterns at the BoP.
- Is Africa misbranded?
[4]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.
[5] - Social entrepreneurs seek new investment to reach a ‘tipping point' [6]
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.
Links:
[1] http://www.nitibhan.com/perspective_20/2008/04/bp-innovates-fo.html
[2] http://psdblog.worldbank.org/psdblog/2008/04/going-green-as.html
[3] http://www.nitibhan.com/perspective_20/2008/04/purchasing-patt.html
[4] http://www.brandchannel.com/start1.asp?fa_id=381
[5] http://blog.acumenfund.org/2008/04/03/article-will-social-entrepreneurship-reach-a-tipping-point/
[6] http://blog.acumenfund.org/2008/04/03/article-will-social-entrepreneurship-reach-a-tipping-point/