hkr.sePublications
Change search
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf
Market barriers in the Bottom of the Pyramid: case studies in Tanzania and Kenya
Kristianstad University, School of Health and Society.
Kristianstad University, School of Health and Society.
2013 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

A majority of the world’s population can be classified as Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP), which means that they earn less than USD 3,000 per year. In addition, it is estimated that 12 % of the worlds BoP population live in Africa. Due to the vast economic growth in Africa - which will boost the African consumers income level -we have decided to write a dissertation that regards the African BoP consumers.The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate iffive BoP market barriers exist in the African countries Tanzania and Kenya. In order to answer the research question, we conducted interviews with two different companies established in the Tanzanian respectively Kenyan BoP market. It was possible to answer the research question through the primary data collected during these interviews.Our main findings from the empirical analysis indicated that four out of five market barriers in the Tanzanian and Kenyan BoP markets are accepted, and that both of the companies had to adapt to the different barriers. In addition, Company A and Company B also find solutions to these accepted market barriers in their respective BoP markets.This dissertation will be of value since Africa’s economy is steadily growing, which will attract more companies in the near future. Furthermore, research in how toovercome market barriers in order to establish successful business in low-income markets will also be valuable.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013. , p. 63
Keywords [en]
BoP, Africa, Tanzania, Kenya, market barriers, Bottom of the Pyramid
National Category
Business Administration
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-10923OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hkr-10923DiVA, id: diva2:641030
Educational program
Degree of Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics
Supervisors
Examiners
Available from: 2013-08-15 Created: 2013-08-15 Last updated: 2013-08-15Bibliographically approved

Open Access in DiVA

Kandidatuppsats 2013 Oliver & Albin(713 kB)2937 downloads
File information
File name FULLTEXT01.pdfFile size 713 kBChecksum SHA-512
e615bb070cd37f35f8db2a1863bb7e977d5f07b6d69b8e795dff965b56540ed93ef04e014f79a66a9d8fb90f779aea0667d03e7da2d668d5202ca2de435d0b1f
Type fulltextMimetype application/pdf

Search in DiVA

By author/editor
Jansson, Oliver
By organisation
School of Health and Society
Business Administration

Search outside of DiVA

GoogleGoogle Scholar
Total: 3439 downloads
The number of downloads is the sum of all downloads of full texts. It may include eg previous versions that are now no longer available

urn-nbn

Altmetric score

urn-nbn
Total: 1044 hits
CiteExportLink to record
Permanent link

Direct link
Cite
Citation style
  • apa
  • ieee
  • modern-language-association-8th-edition
  • vancouver
  • Other style
More styles
Language
  • de-DE
  • en-GB
  • en-US
  • fi-FI
  • nn-NO
  • nn-NB
  • sv-SE
  • Other locale
More languages
Output format
  • html
  • text
  • asciidoc
  • rtf