Linking up: Inclusive business models for access to energy solutions at base of the pyramid in India

International Journal of Business and Globalisation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 413-438

  Goyal, Sandeep ^c,d   Esposito, Mark ^a,b   Kapoor, Amit ^c   Jaiswal, M P ^d   Sergi, Bruno S ^e,f  

^a GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c The Institute for Competitiveness   (India)

^d MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base of the pyramid; BoP; Emerging markets; Energy needs; Grid less energy solutions; India; Low income markets; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903745998     PISSN: 17533627     EISSN: 17533635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2014.062843     Document Type: Article

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