Business models that work in the the slums and villages of the developing world are my area of research and expertise. My approach to developing sustainable models of this kind is a systemic one: looking at the existing ‘ecosystem’, its environment and players, to understand how the new model can build on and complement what already exists. >
Publication 'Entwicklungsgeschäfte'
UNDP Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative: Case Study Research Programme
UNDP Growing Inclusive Markets Initiative: Exploring actors and results of inclusive business models
Tomorrow’s CSR – Challenges and Instruments
BOP India – Use of Internet-Kiosks in Rural Areas
Sustainable Agriculture - Carbon Saving and Trading Approaches
Towards Triple Impact - Toolbox for Analyzing Sustainable Ventures
Bertelsmann Stiftung: Responsible management abroad – Scanning the Information Landscape
'Entwicklungsländer bergen für Unternehmen Wachstumspotenzial' with Piera Waibel, (2009) io new management 06/09
‘Towards triple impact – toolbox for analysing sustainable ventures’ with A. Krämer and M. Herrndorf, (2009) UNEP: Paris.
‚Understanding the Markets of the Poor – A Market System Approach to Inclusive Business’ with S. Sobhani, A. Bootsman and A. Gasnier, (2008) in P. Kandachar and M. Palme (Eds.) Sustainability Challenges and Solutions at the Base-of-the-Pyramid: Business, Technology and the Poor. London: Greenleaf
‘The Womens’ Health Initiative as a Business Model for Poverty Alleviation’, forthcoming in Timmermann, M. (Ed.) The Women’s Health Initiative. Tokyo: United Nations University
‘On the Contribution of Commodities to Well-Being’, China Management Studies, March 2007
