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Alternative execution strategies to overcoming institutional voids and institutional distance in BoP markets
Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/45034 Alternative execution strategies to overcoming institutional voids and institutional distance in BoP markets Kapelianis, Dimitri ichelp@gibs.co.za Munoobhai, Sharika UCTD Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects Quantitative research Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. Emerging markets are a great point of interest to multinational companies seeking to exploit new opportunities as they realise that catering to the rich domestic markets limits their opportunities, their potential and competitive advantage. Serving the consumers that are at the bottom of the economic pyramid (BoP) presents enormous opportunity but it also comes with its unique set of challenges. These challenges require an alternative business strategy, as companies entering these markets must develop new offerings designed to meet the specific requirements of servicing the BoP consumer. This report seeks to explore why companies operating in South Africa are entering the lower income markets, and will describe the challenges encountered both internally and externally, when operating in these markets. Ten interviews at six multinational companies based in South Africa were conducted to test the research propositions derived from the literature. The results concluded that companies enter the BoP markets in pursuit of growth. A variety of secondary factors also emerged. The data revealed that these companies have created innovative alternative execution strategies to overcome the challenges encountered in this market. The report offered a descriptive model of why companies enter the BoP market, and highlights how the challenges presented by the institutional voids and institutional distance were overcome. lmgibs2015 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Unrestricted 2015-05-07T07:37:28Z 2015-05-07T07:37:28Z 2015-04-24 2014 Mini Dissertation Munoobhai, S. (2014).Alternative execution strategies to overcoming institutional voids and institutional distance in BoP markets (MBA mini-dissertation).Gordon Institute of Business Science, University of Pretoria. Retrieved from http://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/1818 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45034 en © 2014 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects Quantitative research Alternative execution strategies to overcoming institutional voids and institutional distance in BoP markets |
| title | Alternative execution strategies to overcoming institutional voids and institutional distance in BoP markets |
| title_full | Alternative execution strategies to overcoming institutional voids and institutional distance in BoP markets |
| title_fullStr | Alternative execution strategies to overcoming institutional voids and institutional distance in BoP markets |
| title_full_unstemmed | Alternative execution strategies to overcoming institutional voids and institutional distance in BoP markets |
| title_short | Alternative execution strategies to overcoming institutional voids and institutional distance in BoP markets |
| title_sort | alternative execution strategies to overcoming institutional voids and institutional distance in bop markets |
| topic | UCTD Decision making -- Moral and ethical aspects Quantitative research |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45034 |