Reviewing a Decade of Research on the "Base/Bottom of the Pyramid" (BOP) Concept

被引:283
作者
Kolk, Ans [1 ]
Rivera-Santos, Miguel [2 ]
Rufin, Carlos [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Babson Coll, Babson Pk, MA 02157 USA
[3] Suffolk Univ, Boston, MA 02114 USA
关键词
base of the pyramid; bottom of the pyramid; poverty; development; multinational enterprises; BUSINESS MODELS; MARKETPLACE LITERACY; BOTTOM; BASE; INNOVATION; POOR; STRATEGIES; CONSUMER; POVERTY; TECHNOLOGY;
D O I
10.1177/0007650312474928
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
In 1998-1999, Prahalad and colleagues introduced the base/bottom of the pyramid (BOP) concept in an article and a working paper. This article's goal is to answer the following question: What has become of the concept over the decade following its first systematic exposition in 1999? To answer this question, the authors conducted a systematic review of articles on the BOP, identifying 104 articles published in journals or proceedings over a 10-year period (2000-2009). This count excludes books, chapters, and teaching cases. The review shows that the BOP concept evolved dramatically following Prahalad's original call to multinational enterprises (MNEs). Deemphasizing the role of MNEs over time, published BOP articles portray a more complex picture, with wide variations in terms of BOP contexts, of BOP initiatives, and of impacts of the BOP approach. A simple framework for organizing the reviewed articles helps discuss findings, identify the gaps that still exist in the literature, and suggest directions for future research.
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页码:338 / 377
页数:40
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