The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid Turns 10: What have We Learned?
CK Prahalad’s highly influential 2004 book, The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid, challenged businesses to “do well and do good.” Through innovation and a low price/high volume sales strategy, Prahalad argued that businesses could not only serve the world’s poorest four billion, but serve them profitably. The idea had widespread appeal in both […]

Erik is an action researcher and authority on innovation and go-to-market strategies for creating and shaping new mass markets in emerging and frontier economies. He brings a unique combination of theoretical rigor with “P&L practicality” to his work, as his frameworks are designed to work in the real world of trade-offs, limited time, and constrained resources.
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