The idea that business can play a role in alleviating poverty has caught the imagination of academics and practitioners alike. An emerging consensus points to the critical importance of partnerships in market initiatives addressed to the base of the pyramid (BOP). But despite the calls for cross...

Literature on inclusive production, logistics and sustainable supply chain models and good practices for BOP markets is sparse. This paper reports results of a cross-case study on supply chains in base-ofthe- pyramid (BOP) societies. Inclusive procurement, production and distribution activities...

The construction industry has suffered from low growth in recent decades. Motivated by the economic impor-tance of the industry, we revisit the construction produc-tivity puzzle by analyzing the construction value chains of 12 European countries with data from the World In-put-Output and EU...