Paul Kleindorfer was among the first to weigh in on and nurture the stream of Sustainable Operations Management. The thoughts laid out here are based on conversations we had with Paul relating to the drivers underlying sustainability as a management issue: population and per capita consumption...

It has been demonstrated that innovative business models designed to serve the population at the "base of the pyramid" are an effective means to create employment and improve quality of life. However, the effect that various levels of poverty have on the viability of these business models is not...