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Dr. Kenneth A. Pickar |
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Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
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E105: Product Design for the Developing World |
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Poverty Reduction: Making Markets Work for the Poor (IDE) PDF IDE’s pro-poor market philosophy explained
What Works: Serving the Poor, Profitably (C.K. Prahalad and Allen Hammond) PDF Business models for multinationals working at the “bottom of the pyramid”
C. K. Prahalad and Allen Hammond. “Serving the World’s Poor, Profitably.” Harvard Business Review, September 2002.
G. Pascal Zachary. “Poor Idea” The New Republic. March 7 2005. Critical analysis of Prahalad’s BOP approach PDF
World Business Council for Sustainable Development: Doing business with the Poor: A field guide PDF Finding capital for sustainable livelihoods businesses PDF Resources directed towards corporations that want to work with the poor. Includes case studies
IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre Cost Recovery: Taking into Account the Poorest and Systems Sustainability PDF How to recover costs and still reach the poorest people Qadir, Iqbal. “Bottom-Up Economics.” Harvard Business Review August 2003 p 18-20
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Instructor: Ken Pickar, x4185 |