| Title | Business Model Involvement, Adaptive Capacity, and the Triple Bottom Line at the Base of the Pyramid |
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| ID_Doc | 34390 |
| Authors | Verwaal, E; Klein, M; La Falce, J |
| Title | Business Model Involvement, Adaptive Capacity, and the Triple Bottom Line at the Base of the Pyramid |
| Year | 2022 |
| Published | Journal Of Business Ethics, 181, 3 |
| Abstract | Almost two decades ago, Prahalad and Hammond [Harv Bus Rev, 80(9):48-59, 2002] introduced the base/bottom of the pyramid (BOP) approach to profitably serving the poor with business models adapted from developed markets while alleviating poverty. In response to disappointing results and ethical criticism, the BOP approach evolved from a just-for-profit approach with a passive role of the poor to an inclusive development approach that integrates the principles of the triple bottom line. A recent review of the BOP literature [Dembek et al., J Bus Ethics 165(3):365-382, 2020], however, reveals a lack of empirical evidence to support the sustainable BOP approach. In this paper, we specify the assumptions underlying the sustainable BOP approach and test them using structural equation modeling with clustered robust standard errors on a unique dataset of 212 firms. Our findings show that BOP business model involvement and adaptive capacity are significant drivers of the triple bottom line at the BOP; however, business model adaptive capacity does not guarantee an ecologically sustainable performance at the BOP. We find that there is a need for further extension of the ethical foundations of the sustainable BOP approach. |
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