Sustainability Innovation at the Base of the Pyramid through Multi-Sited Rapid Ethnography

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 113-128

  Halme, Minna ^a   Kourula, Arno ^a,b   Lindeman, Sara ^a   Kallio, Galina ^a   Lima Toivanen, Maria ^c   Korsunova, Angelina ^d  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b Business School   (Netherlands)

^c VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Base of the pyramid; BOP; CSR; Ethnography; Innovation; Methodology; Poverty; Stakeholder engagement; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952837085     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1385     Document Type: Article

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