International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 49 Issue 5

Supply chain management at the base of the pyramid

Wendy L. Tate, Lydia Bals, Donna Marshall

The purpose of this paper is to compile a set of articles tackling supply chain issues in BOP contexts that address both demand and supply. Solutions are needed for global…

Addressing mass-customization trade-offs in bottom of the pyramid markets: A medical capital equipment case

Fred Ahrens, David Dobrzykowski, William Sawaya

Manufacturers find bottom of the pyramid (BOP) markets challenging to serve due to low margins and highly localized needs. As such, residents in BOP markets often go without…

Last mile delivery to the bottom of the pyramid in Brazilian slums

André Luis de Castro Moura Duarte, Flavio Macau, Cristiano Flores e Silva, Lars Meyer Sanches

The purpose of this paper is to explore last mile delivery (LMD) to the bottom of the pyramid in Brazilian slums, its challenges and how practitioners overcome them. Urban…

Driving impact through base of the pyramid distribution models: The role of intermediary organizations

Valeria Varga, Eugenia Rosca

The purpose of this paper is to answer the following research question: how can intermediaries contribute to social impact creation through their interventions at different levels…

On operations and marketing in microfinance-backed enterprises: Structural embeddedness and enterprise viability

Rahul Nilakantan, Deepak Iyengar, Shashank Rao

Financial inclusion remains one of the most promising avenues to bring about development for the poorest segments of society. A substantial body of work has looked into financial…

Drivers and barriers for adoption of a leading social management standard (SA8000) in developing economies

Mieneke Koster, Bart Vos, Wendy van der Valk

The purpose of this paper is to identify drivers and barriers for adopting Social Accountability 8000 (SA8000), a leading global social management standard.

The influence of institutional pressures and organization culture on Supplier Social Compliance Management Systems

Muhammad Shakeel Sadiq Jajja, Muhammad Asif, Frank L. Montabon, Kamran Ali Chatha

The purpose of this paper is to use institutional theory to develop the constructs of institutional pressures for social compliance and argue for a positive relationship between…

Supply chain inclusion in base of the pyramid markets: A cluster analysis and implications for global supply chains

Eugenia Rosca, Guido Möllering, Arpan Rijal, Julia Christine Bendul

The purpose of this paper is to explore mechanisms of supply chain inclusion in Base of the Pyramid (BOP) settings. It distinguishes micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises…

Supply chain adaptations for the base-of-the-pyramid business: towards a theoretical model

Maryam Zomorrodi, Sajad Fayezi, Kwok Hung Lau, Adela McMurray

Research has not yet captured nor synthesized the supply chain (SC) adaptations exercised by various base of the pyramid (BoP) initiators for successful BoP business. This is a…