Sourcing for the base of the pyramid: Constructing supply chains to address voids in subsistence markets

Journal of Operations Management

Volumn 33-34, Issue , 2015, Pages 60-70

  Parmigiani, Anne ^a   Rivera Santos, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b BABSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Base of the pyramid; Institutional voids; Sourcing; Subsistence markets; Supply chains

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

BASE OF THE PYRAMIDS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DOWN-STREAM; FOODS/BEVERAGES; INSTITUTIONAL VOID; MATERIALS MANUFACTURING; MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS; SOURCING; SUBSISTENCE MARKET; VALUE CHAINS;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84910028966     PISSN: 02726963     EISSN: 18731317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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