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Bottom of the Pyramid Marketing: Making, Shaping and Developing BoP Markets

ISBN: 978-1-78714-556-6, eISBN: 978-1-78714-555-9

Publication date: 3 December 2018

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(2018), "Index", Singh, R. (Ed.) Bottom of the Pyramid Marketing: Making, Shaping and Developing BoP Markets (Marketing in Emerging Markets), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 213-219. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78714-555-920181013

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INDEX

Note: Page numbers followed by bold, italics and ‘n’ refers to tables, figures and footnotes respectively.

abstraction
, 93–94

acceptability
, 116

accessibility
, 116

adaptability
, 124

affordability
, 116

agricultural production cycle
, 66

alleviating poverty
, 195–196, 196

alternative domain
, 78

analysis
, 58

Annapurna Iodised Salt
, 168

anti-libertarian perspective
, 78–79

arousal
, 120

attitude
, 204–205, 205

Bangladeshs Union Information Service Centres
, 112

base of the pyramid (BoP)
, 4n1, 30–31, 54, 77–78, 135, 152, 167, 181., see also urban BoP market

capability approach integration
, 192–194

characteristics
, 35–36

company case studies
, 155–159

consumer innovation adoption in
, 124–127, 127

consumers
, 112–116, 122–129, 152

contextualized BoP model
, 122–123

and critiques
, 190–192

innovation adoption in
, 113–117

limitations
, 183

and marketing
, 16–17

markets at
, 31–32

in Nigeria
, 152–153, 156–161

Nussbaum’s 10 core capabilities
, 194–196, 196

rural
, 57, 58, 61–63, 66, 70, 168–170, 173–174, 176, 179, 180, 182–183, 201

Sri Lanka
, 168–170, 172, 174, 176–177, 179–182

and subsistence marketplaces
, (see subsistence marketplaces)

thesis
, 190

uncertainty
, 9–10

unfamiliarity
, 10–12

urban
, 168, 173–174, 179, 180, 181, 201

behavioral considerations
, 55

bodily integrity
, 195

bottom-up approach
, 4–6, 8, 27, 98–99, 166

marketing and
, 12–14

vs. top-down approach
, 14–16

BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China)
, 31

brick kilns
, 141–142

business models
, 90, 94–95, 95, 98–100

capability approach (CA)
, 190, 192–197, 196

CCT.
, see consumer culture theory (CCT)

close-knit community
, 63

Coal Market
, 32

collective needs
, 124

collectivist cultures
, 126

Colombo Stock Exchange
, 170

communication channels
, 154

community initiative
, 139

community innovation center
, 16–17

company case study
, 155

Cowbell Milk
, 156–157

Indomie
, 158–159

MTN umbrella stands
, 157–158

compartmentalization
, 11–12

compatible innovation
, 154

competition and cooperation
, 141

competitors
, 109

complexity
, 117

complexity innovation
, 154

conceptual framework
, 54, 70, 71

connecting enabling practice
, 45, 46

Consumer Acceptance of Technology (CAT) model
, 120–122, 121

consumer behaviour
, 200, 207–208, 208, 210

consumer–community–context
, 8

consumer culture theory (CCT)
, 79–81

consumer goods
, 66

consumer innovation adoption
, 117–123, 117–124., see also innovation adoption

in BoP
, 124–127, 127

consumers, BoP
, 112–116, 122–129

‘Consumers, producers and practices,’
, 33

consumption
, 82–83

consumption habits
, 182

consumption lifestyle
, 176–180

contested spaces and places
, 44

contextualized BoP model (CBOP)
, 122–124, 123., see also base of the pyramid (BoP)

Corn Market
, 32

Cowbell Milk case study
, 156–157, 161

Cowbell, Our Milk
, 156

critical marketing
, 78, 81–83

critical theory
, 81–82

cultural system
, 108

culture and marketing
, 13–14

data analysis process
, 37

data collection and instrument
, 202

decision-making
, 55

Department of Census and Statistics
, 169

design and structure
, 139, 140

diffusion
, 155

Diffusion of Innovations (DoI)
, 112, 117, 117, 119, 153–155, 157–160

digital making
, 17

diluted urban consumers
, 169

disposable income
, 172–174, 181

disruptive Innovation strategy
, 99–100

distribution
, 108

distributional equity
, 33–34

dominance
, 121

dynamic nature
, 209

economic choices
, 55

economic embeddedness
, 54–58, 56, 58, 59–60, 61–62, 66, 67–69, 70, 72

economic growth
, 200

economic life
, 208–209

economic rationality
, 64–66, 67–69, 70

economic value
, 30, 32, 34–35, 39–44, 46–47, 49

education, low
, 174–176

embedded economic behavior
, 56–57

emerging markets (EM)
, 89–92

empirical generalizations to MRTs
, 95

Empirical Programme of Relativism (EPOR)
, 36–37, 36n1

empirical research
, 93

enabling practices
, 44–47, 45

enjoyment
, 121

enterprises in subsistence marketplaces
, 25

entertainment function
, 145

environmental characteristics
, 91–93, 107–109

environmental uncertainties
, 9–10

environment–organization relationship
, 96–97

evaluations, pro-poor innovations
, 127, 127

exchange function
, 143

fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) products
, 170, 204–205

finance market
, 179

financial capital
, 202

financial support
, 175

financing function
, 144

flexibility
, 18, 44

and alternate sources of income
, 142

food
, 178, 205

footloose migrants
, 80

Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid
, 166

4As (Acceptability, Affordability, Accessibility, and Availability)
, 116

4P’s of marketing (product, place, price, promotion)
, 93, 167

Frankfurt school
, 81

freedom
, 190–196, 196

and consumption
, 83

Google
, 170

Gosaba island case
, 38, 40–44, 46–47

government, indirect triggers
, 141

Grameen bank
, 192, 194–195

Gram Panchayats
, 46

grand theory and empiricism
, 93

Harvard Business Review
, 31–32

health/medicine
, 206

Hindustan-Lever, Ltd (HLL)
, 192–195

Household Income and Expenditure Survey
, 168

housing
, 206

housing conditions, LIC
, 91

Human Development Index (HDI)
, 194

human motives
, 207

inclusive development strategy
, 100

inclusive ecosystems
, 90, 94–95, 100

Inclusive Ecosystems and the midrange of Ecosystems and Networks
, 95

income, disposable
, 172–174, 181

income, flexibility and alternate sources of
, 142

income, LIC
, 91

India
, 135–136, 201–202

liberalisation
, 78, 80–82

population
, 146

rural
, 137

indirect triggers
, 141

individual characteristics, pro-poor innovations
, 125–126

Indomie case study
, 158–160

industrialization of EM
, 92

informational technology for virtual immersion
, 13–14

infrastructure
, 108

inherently contradictory
, 82

innovation

characteristics of
, 154

evaluation
, 127, 127

innovation adoption
, 112–113, 128

in BoP
, 113–117

consumer
, 117–123, 117–124, (see also consumer innovation adoption)

innovativeness
, 155

Integrated Coastal Zone Management Projects and regeneration
, 38

integrating experts enabling practice
, 45, 46

interest domination
, 54

interpersonal promotion
, 124

interpretativism/interpretivist
, 96n3

interpretivism
, 97

interviewing practitioners
, 170

interviews
, 57–58, 137–138, 170–171

job creation
, 78

“khata system,”
, 63

knowledge and skills, LIC
, 91

knowledge and training
, 64

Know Your Customer procedure
, 208

least-developed countries (LDCs)
, 200

liberalisation
, 78, 82

lifestyle, consumption
, 176–180

literacy
, 174, 204

location
, 138–139

Lokenath Divine Life Mission (LDLM)
, 38, 40–41

long interviews
, 57–58

low income consumers (LIC)
, 4, 89–90, 97–100

business models for
, 98–99

characteristics
, 91

emerging market characteristics
, 91–92

market conditions
, 96–97

middle range theory
, 94

school of thought
, 94–99, 95–96

urban slums characteristics
, 92–93

macro-environmental constraints
, 114

macromarketing
, 14–16

malfeasance, opportunity for
, 61

“mali kauli,”
, 63

managerial implications
, 70, 72, 100, 161

managers
, 146–147

marginalised consumers
, 77–83

margin of error
, 9

market
, 80

adaptation
, 90, 92, 94–95, 99–100

and consumption practices
, 33

interventions
, 36, 36–37

Market Adaptation and the midrange of Managerial Marketing
, 95

market-based BoP initiatives
, 82

marketing

base of the pyramid and
, 16–17

at BoP
, 190–192

and bottom-up approach
, 12–14

bottom-up vs. top-down approach
, 14–16

culture and
, 13–14

education
, 13–14

environment, pro-poor innovations
, 124–125

mindsets
, 18

strategies
, 209

market-making practices
, 30–37, 43–47, 49

base of the pyramid
, 31–32

marketplace

insights
, 25

literacy
, 6–7

and maker literacy
, 17

marketplace-oriented process
, 23

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory
, 207

material forms
, 33

Mexican immigrants
, 80

middle range (midrange) theory (MRT)
, 90, 93–96, 94, 96, 100

migration
, 202

missing market
, 32

mission focus
, 90, 92, 94–95, 99, 101

Mission Focus and the midrange of the Resource-Based View
, 95

mobile phones penetration
, 179–180

morality
, 80

MPESA payment system
, 101

MTN Communications, Promasidor, & Dufil Prima Foods Nigeria
, 153

MTN umbrella stands case study
, 157–158, 160

multinational corporations (MNCs)
, 152–153, 155–161, 166–167, 200

Multinational Enterprises (MNEs)
, 112

multi-stage sampling
, 57

Mumbai, empirical study
, 202–203, 206–207

National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO)
, 57

neo-classical economists
, 55

neo-classical interpretation
, 55

neoliberalism
, 78

Nestle
, 176

Nigeria
, 152–153, 156–161

non-government organisations (NGOs)
, 30–31, 35–38, 39, 40–43, 46–49, 92, 166

Nussbaum’s 10 core capabilities
, 194–196, 196

observability innovation
, 154

1–1 interactional setting
, 7–8, 11

On Justification: Economies of Worth
, 34

operations and challenges
, 140–141

orders of worth
, 30–31, 34–37, 43, 46–47

perceived fee
, 121

perceived usefulness (PU)
, 119

perceived value
, 121

periodic market
, 135–137

community initiative
, 139

competition and cooperation
, 141

design and structure
, 139, 140

external triggers
, 141–142

functions of
, 143–145, 144

implications

for managers
, 146–147

for public policy
, 146

income
, 142

location
, 138–139

methodology
, 137–138

operations and challenges
, 140–141

rural India
, 137

seasonal nature
, 143

social gathering
, 142–143

social norms and governance
, 142

physical function
, 143–144

physiological needs
, 207

pleasure
, 120

pleasure, arousal and dominance (PAD)
, 120

population
, 207

poverty
, 3–9, 11, 13, 15, 29–30, 36, 77–83, 89–91, 123, 125, 166–169, 172–176, 179–183, 190–197

alleviation
, 78–79, 193–194, 195–196, 196

practice-based approach
, 30, 37

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojan (PJDY)
, 208

Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojan
, 208

Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojan
, 208

price competition
, 141

product design for subsistence marketplaces
, 23

project overview in subsistence marketplaces
, 24

Project Shakti
, 192–195

pro-market perspective
, 78–79

pro-poor innovations
, 113–115, 128

characteristics
, 126–127

evaluations
, 127, 127

individual characteristics
, 125–126

marketing environment
, 124–125

public policy
, 146

Purchase Power Parity (PPP)
, 168, 172

qualitative methods
, 37

qualitative research
, 170–172

qualitative study
, 54, 57–58, 70, 71, 72

quality of salesmen
, 72

radical innovation
, 90, 93–95, 100, 101

Radical Innovation and the midrange of Business Strategy
, 95

rational considerations
, 54–55

rationality, economic
, 64–66, 67–69, 70

reclassifying enabling practice
, 45, 46–47

regulative system
, 107

relative advantage, innovation
, 154

relative innovativeness
, 154

Reserve Bank of India
, 208

retailers.
, see Subsistence-type Rural Independent retailers (SRIs)

retrospective coherence
, 7

risk bearing function
, 144

Rogers’ theory of innovation
, 153–155, 159–161

rural-based BoP consumers
, 169

rural BoP market
, 58, 62–63, 66, 168–170, 173–174, 176, 179–180, 181, 182–183, 201

rural economy
, 57

rural entrepreneurs
, 56

rural income
, 137

rural India
, 137

rural Lucknow
, 138

rural marketing
, 57, 136–139, 144–147

rural sociology
, 57

rural storekeepers
, 57–58, 64–65, 70, 71

rural–urban-based BoP consumers
, 169

Saidpur bazaar
, 138, 138

salesmen, quality of
, 72

sampling method
, 57

‘Samurdhi’ Development
, 169

‘Samurdhi’ programme
, 174–176, 182

‘Saubagya’ programme
, 175, 176, 182

school of thought, low income consumers
, 94–99, 95–96

‘search spaces,’
, 36

seasonal nature
, 143

sector-wise markets
, 205–206, 206

security/safety needs
, 207

segmentation
, 206–207

selection of a logic
, 34–35

self-actualisation needs
, 207

self-esteem needs
, 207

Self-Help Group (SHG)
, 38, 41–42, 45–47

semi-structured interviews
, 137

Sen, Amartya
, 193

A Sense of Dissonance
, 34

Skype
, 170

slum population
, 92

social and political function
, 144

social capital
, 11, 124, 126

social considerations
, 55

Social Construction of Technology (SCOT)
, 36–37, 36n1

social embeddedness
, 70

social entrepreneurs
, 30

social exchange
, 11

social gathering
, 142–143

social interactions
, 55

social media
, 180, 182

social needs
, 207

social networks
, 126

social networks, LIC
, 91

social norms and governance
, 142

social relations
, 58, 59–60, 61

social system
, 154–155

social values
, 30, 32–35, 39, 41–43, 46–49

socio-economic embeddedness
, 54–58, 56, 59, 62, 66, 70, 72

socio-economic system
, 107–108

socio-political governance
, 108

specializations and compartments
, 11–12

Sri Lanka
, 168–170, 172, 174, 176–177, 179–182

Stock Market
, 32

subsistence domains
, 10

subsistence marketplaces
, 4–16, 6n7, 22–27, 112–113, 116, 122

consumer innovation adoption and
, 124–127, 127

Subsistence-type Rural Independent retailers (SRIs)
, 54, 56–58, 59, 61–66, 67–69, 70–72

Sudarban islands case
, 31, 37–40, 43, 44, 48

Sugar Market
, 32

supplier relations
, 61–63

suppliers/ producers
, 108

sustainability
, 13, 16

Sustainable Development
, 168

Sustainable Development Goals
, 190

sustainable exchange
, 16

technological uncertainties
, 10

technology
, 108

Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
, 112, 116, 119–120

Technology Readiness and Acceptance Model (TRAM)
, 119–120, 120

thematic network
, 171–172, 172

Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB)
, 112, 118, 119

Theory of Reasoned Action (TRA)
, 112, 118, 118, 119

time
, 154

top-down approach
, 8, 12, 98

bottom-up approach vs.
, 14–16

transactions
, 63

trialability innovation
, 154

Tricostar intervention
, 36, 36, 37, 39, 40–43

trust

close-knit community
, 63

in embeddedness
, 61

uncertainty
, 9–10, 34–35

unfamiliarity
, 10–12

unhindered supplies, supplier relations for
, 61–63

Unilever
, 176

Unilever ‘Saubagya’ programme
, 176, 182

Unilever Shakthi women’s programme
, 168, 181

United Nations
, 91

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
, 40, 43–44

unit of analysis
, 115

urban-based BoP consumers
, 169

urban BoP market
, 168–170, 173–174, 179, 180, 181, 201., see also base of the pyramid (BoP)

attitude
, 204–205, 205

consumer behaviour
, 207–208, 208

data collection and instrument
, 202

economic life
, 208–209

implications
, 209–210

in India
, 201–202

marketing strategies
, 209

sector-wise markets
, 205–206, 206

segmentation
, 206–207

selection
, 202

urban slum characteristics
, 92–93

urban vs. rural classification
, 167–168

valuation process
, 35, 37

value-based adoption model (VAM)
, 121, 122, 122

values and value
, 43

virtual immersion
, 13–14, 16

visual comprehensibility
, 123

water
, 206

Western markets and firm-centric performance
, 34

word-of-mouth credit-transactions
, 63

Work and Livelihood of the Poor in NCR
, 203

World Bank
, 36, 91

World Heritage Site
, 37

World Trade Organization
, 91

worth the effort
, 30–31, 33–34