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Archer, Geoffrey R., Lois Fearon, Sarah Proctor and Jen Vagg (2013). Mushrooms as a Viable Product for Poverty Alleviation in Tanzania. University of Michigan GlobalLens ID# 1-429-333. Available at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Geoff_Archer/publication/329991328_Mushrooms_as_a_Viable_Product_for_Poverty_Alleviation_in_Tanzania/links/5c27eceaa6fdccfc70712e6a/Mushrooms-as-a-Viable-Product-for-Poverty-Alleviation-in-Tanzania.pdf
Ballesteros-Sola, M. And Osorio-Novela, G. (2021). Understanding The Processes Of Necessity Micro-Entrepreneurs In Developing Contexts: The Tijuana Case. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. Doi.Org/10.1142/S1084946721500229
Brixiova, Z. (2010). Unlocking productive entrepreneurship in Africa's least developed countries. African Development Review, 22(3), 440-451. http://www.heart-resources.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/16_Brixiova-2010-African_Development_Review.pdf
Chatterjee, I., Shepherd, D. A., & Vincent, J. (2022). Women's entrepreneurship and well-being at the base of the pyramid. Journal of Business Venturing, 37(4), 106222. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883902622000349
Cho, Y. (2015) Entrepreneurship for the poor in developing countries. IZA World of Labor, doi:10.15185/izawol.167
Claeyé, F., Boughattas, Y., & Tornikoski, E. T. (2022). Formation of social entrepreneurial intention: A qualitative grounded approach at the base of the pyramid. Administrative Sciences, 12(1), 24. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/12/1/24
D. E. Adenutsi (2009). "Entrepreneurship, job creation, income empowerment and poverty reduction in low-income economies," Munich Personal RePEc Archive, vol. 29569, pp. 1-21. https://ideas.repec.org/p/pra/mprapa/29569.html
Du, S.H., Xu, J., Li, Z., Liu, Y., and Chu, W.K.S. (2021). Bibliometric Mapping on Sustainable Development at the Base-of-the-Pyramid, Journal of Cleaner Production, 281, 125290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125290
Gangwar, V. P., & Khan, S. A. (2022). Analyzing the role of micro-entrepreneurship and self-help groups (SHGs) in women empowerment and development: A Bottom-of-pyramid perspective. In Driving Factors for Venture Creation and Success in Agricultural Entrepreneurship (p. 14). IGI Global. https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/analyzing-the-role-of-micro-entrepreneurship-and-self-help-groups-shgs-in-women-empowerment-and-development/292976
Granados, M. L., Rosli, A., & Gotsi, M. (2022). Staying poor: Unpacking the process of barefoot institutional entrepreneurship failure. Journal of Business Venturing, 37(3), 106204. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883902622000167
Hall, J., Matos, S., Sheehan, L. and Silvestre, B. (2012), Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Base of the Pyramid: A Recipe for Inclusive Growth or Social Exclusion?. Journal of Management Studies, 49: 785–812. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01044.x
Hart, S and CK Prahalad (2002). The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid. Strategy + Business, 26, 54-67. https://www.strategy-business.com/article/11518?gko=9b3b4
Kistruck, G.M., Webb, J.W., Sutter, C.J., & Bailey, A.V. 2015. The double-edged sword of legitimacy in base-of-the-pyramid markets. Journal of Business Venturing, 30: 436-451. https://econpapers.repec.org/article/eeejbvent/v_3a30_3ay_3a2015_3ai_3a3_3ap_3a436-451.htm
Kistruck, G.M., Webb, J.W., Sutter, C.J., & Ireland, R.D. 2011. Microfranchising in base-of-the-pyramid markets: Institutional challenges and adaptations to the franchise model. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 35(3): 503-531.https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1540-6520.2011.00446.x
Karanda, C., & Toledano, N. (2018). The promotion of ethical entrepreneurship in the third world: Exploring realities and complexities from an embedded perspective. Business Horizons, 61(6), 881-890. https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/bushor/v61y2018i6p881-890.html
Kumar, A., Kumra, R., & Singh, R. (2022). Drivers, barriers, and facilitators of entrepreneurship at the BoP: review, conceptual framework and research agenda. Journal of Macromarketing, 42(3), 381-413. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/02761467221088257
Kumar, A. and Singh, R. (2022). Base of the Pyramid Producers’ Constraints: An Integrated Review and Research Agenda, Journal of Business Research, 140, 115-129. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2021.11.046
London, T. 2011. Building better venture with the base of the pyramid. In London, T. & Hart, S. (Eds). Next Generation Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid: New Approaches for Building Mutual Value. Upper Saddle River, NJ: FT Press. pp. 19-44. https://www.pearson.com/us/higher-education/program/London-Next-Generation-Business-Strategies-for-the-Base-of-the-Pyramid-New-Approaches-for-Building-Mutual-Value-paperback/PGM30522.html
London, T. and Esper, H. 2013. Building a scalable business with small-holder farmers in Kenya: honey care’s beekeeping model. Ann Arbor, MI: WDI Publishing (formerly Globalens) Case GL1-429-313D. https://erb.umich.edu/2013/04/09/building-a-scalable-business-with-small-holder-farmers-in-kenya-honey-cares-beekeeping-model/
London, T. and Jager, U (2019). Cocreating with the base of the pyramid. Stanford Social Innovation Review (Summer): 40-47. https://ssir.org/articles/entry/cocreating_with_the_base_of_the_pyramid
London, T. (2009). Making better investments at the base of the pyramid. Harvard Business Review (May): 106-113. https://hbr.org/2009/05/making-better-investments-at-the-base-of-the-pyramid
London, T. (2021). Which Businesses Are Best for the Base of the Pyramid? Comparing Impacts on Young Children. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. Https://Doi.Org/10.1142/S1084946721500096
Mannan, M., and Pek, S. (2021). Solidarity in the Sharing Economy: The Role of Platform Cooperatives at the Base of the Pyramid, Springer, 249-279. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-16-2414-8_11
Mramba, N. R. (2015). The conception of street vending business (SVB) in income poverty reduction in Tanzania. http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ibr/article/view/45144
Najafizada, S. A. M., & Cohen, M. J. (2017). Social entrepreneurship tackling poverty in Bamyan Province, Afghanistan. World Development Perspectives, 5, 24-26. https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20173175653
Naudé, W. (2011). Entrepreneurship is Not a Binding Constraint on Growth and Development in the Poorest Countries. World Development, 39(1), 33–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.05.005
Shepherd, D.A., Parida, V., & Wincent, J. (2022). Women entrepreneurs flourishing or languishing at the bottom of the pyramid. In Entrepreneurial Responses to Chronic Adversity (pp. 91-124). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-04884-5_4
Verwaal, E., Klein, M., Falce, L. J. (2021). Business Model Involvement, Adaptive Capacity, and the Triple Bottom Line at the Base of the Pyramid, Journal of Business Ethics. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-021-04934-w
Viswanathan, M., & Sridharan, S. (2009). From subsistence marketplaces to sustainable marketplaces: A bottom-up perspective on the role of business in poverty alleviation. Ivey Business Journal. https://iveybusinessjournal.com/publication/from-subsistence-marketplaces-to-sustainable-marketplaces-a-bottom-up-perspective-on-the-role-of-business-in-poverty-alleviation/
Webb, J.W., Morris, M.H., & Pillay, R. 2013. Microenterprise growth at the base of the pyramid: A resource-based perspective. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship, 18(4): 1350026 (20 pages). https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S108494671350026X
Webb, J.W., Pryor, C.G., & Kellermanns, F.W. 2015. Household enterprise in base-of-the-pyramid markets: The influence of institutions and family embeddedness. Africa Journal of Management, 1: 115-136. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/23322373.2015.1024089
Webb, J.W., Kistruck, G.M., Ireland, R.D., & Ketchen, D.J. 2010. The entrepreneurial process in bottom of the pyramid markets: The case of multinational corporation/non-government organization alliances. Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, 34(3): 555-581. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1540-6520.2009.00349.x
World Resources Institute (2007). The Next 4 Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the Pyramid. Washington, DC: World Resources Institute and International Finance Corporation. https://www.wri.org/research/next-4-billion
Wu, A., Song, D., & Yang, Y. (2020). Untangling the effects of entrepreneurial opportunity on the performance of peasant entrepreneurship: the moderating roles of entrepreneurial effort and regional poverty level. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 32(1-2), 112-133. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2019.1640479