Social Intermediation in Base-of-the-Pyramid Markets

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-66

  Kistruck, Geoffrey M ^a,b,c   Beamish, Paul W ^a,b,c   Qureshi, Israr ^a,b,c   Sutter, Christopher J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base of the pyramid; Intermediation; Poverty alleviation; Social enterprise; Structuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871265888     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01076.x     Document Type: Article

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