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Socio Economic Impact of Mobile Phones on the Bottom of Pyramid Population- A Pilot Study

open access: yesProcedia Economics and Finance, 2014
AbstractThe proliferation of mobile phones has contributed in reducing the rural urban differential across several developing nations around the world. India is second to China in terms of mobile phone usage with ever increasing rural penetration of hardware and mobile service providers.
Londhe, B.R.   +2 more
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The influence of the tamped out foundation on the calculable strength of the footing base/Plūktinio pamato formos įtaka pado pagrindo skaičiuojamajam stiprumui

open access: yesJournal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2001
Foundations, erected in the tamped out trenches, are distinguished for a greater bearing capacity of the base in comparison with the foundations which are erected in the dug out trenches. They are also economic in respect of energy and material.
Antanas Alikonis
doaj   +1 more source

Frugal Product Innovation in Urban Affordable Housing-With Special Reference to the Bottom of the Economic Pyramid

open access: yesAdarsh Journal of Management Research, 2013
This study is conducted to unearth the Frugal Product Innovation in the value chain to enable affordable housing solution at the Bottom of the economic pyramid. The Demand and supply factors are unearthed from the study as Affordability, Critical considerations of customers like Know Your Customer (KYC) and Rebuilding the value chain from traditional ...
Lakshmi Jagannathan, Roshny Unnikrishnan
openaire   +2 more sources

Recent advances in lending to the poor with asymmetric information [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
International audienceMicrofinance institutions have successfully extended unsecured small loans to poor and opaque borrowers at the bottom of the economic pyramid. This success is largely due to innovative financial contracts that impose joint liability
Galariotis, Emilios C.,   +2 more
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The Economic Pyramid of Unequal Exchange within the European Union

open access: yesWorld Review of Political Economy
In this article, the “mechanism” of unequal exchange, on the basis of Marx’s analysis and Emmanuel’s seminal contribution to the issue, is investigated.
George Economakis   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Achieving Sustainability: Insights from Biogas Ecosystems in India

open access: yesAgriculture, 2017
This paper focuses on how the use of renewable energy technologies such as biogas can help to achieve environmental and socio-economic sustainability. It combines research on sustainable consumption and production, natural and industrial ecosystems and ...
Gita Surie
doaj   +1 more source

Gender-aware inclusive value chain: A theoretical perspective

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Achieving SDG5 requires an analytical and practical framework enabling a win–win participation of women with poor resources in gender-blind societies. Women with poor resources are mostly excluded from formal economic systems and face gender inequalities.
Janvier Kini, Janvier Kini
doaj   +1 more source

The Integrative Justice Model for Marketing to the Poor: An Extension of S-D Logic to Distributive Justice and Macromarketing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
As multinational corporations (MNCs) increasingly turn their attention to the fast growing markets of China, India, Brazil, and other developing areas, the question of fair treatment of consumers and other residents of those areas is more intensively ...
Laczniak, Gene R.   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Marketing to the Bottom of the Pyramid and subsistence markets – A research agenda

open access: yesActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2011
The concepts of Bottom of the Pyramid (BOP) and subsistence markets have attracted substantial academic and managerial attention in recent years. The BOP thesis states that there are opportunities for multinational companies to achieve significant ...
Avinash G. Mulky
doaj   +1 more source

The Formal, the Informal, and the Precarious: Making a Living in Urban Papua New Guinea [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
For many Papua New Guineans, the dominant accounts of 'the economy' contained within development reports, government documents and the media do not adequately reflect their experiences of making a living.
Cox, John   +4 more
core   +1 more source

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