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Showing 1 to 20 of 225 for “"pyramid"”.
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SOCIAL LISTENING: CONSUMER INSIGHT IN A NARRATIVE PYRAMID
The rising popularity of social networks has sparked tremendous commercial interests. Brands and companies have taken various approaches to capturing the business potential of social networks, such as posting targeted ads and building online brand communities. This paper focuses on another emerging …
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Discretionary thrift at the bottom of the pyramid
… to be at the bottom of South Africa’s income pyramid. There is sufficient evidence from this research to support the proposition of discretionary thrift amongst low income consumers. Low income consumers were found to save money by paying as little as possible (behaviour associated with …
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Knowledge Transfer in Base of the Pyramid Markets
… examines knowledge transfer in Base of the Pyramid environments. The Base of the Pyramid (BOP) refers to environments characterized by high-degrees of poverty and informal institutional environments. While extant theory helps illuminate knowledge transfer, there are also distinct features of …
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Development of a new Infrared Pyramid Wavefront Sensor
… guide stars and have no visible counterparts. A pyramid wavefront sensor was chosen due to its advantages over the Shack-Hartmann sensor. It is expected to achieve a gain in terms of sensitivity, raising the limiting magnitude, when used in closed-loop regime. In this work the possibility of …
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The elevation pyramid: a method for compressing elevation data
… In its simplest form, the data structure is a pyramid with each node containing a two bit code. The root of the pyramid has associated with it the minimum elevation for the grid and the range (the greatest power of 2 less than or equal to the difference between the minimum and maximum elevation …
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Bottom of the Pyramid : profit versus welfare – metrics that matter
The research project investigated the trade-off between profit and social welfare objectives and whether metrics existed to measure the social welfare objectives set and the impact made. The study was conducted with leading brands within their respective categories and that are currently active in …
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Synthesis of Progressive Varying Texture Through Blending Laplacian Pyramid Coefficients
We generate a texture synthesis algorithm where there is gradual progression of merged textures in the output image. The goal of the algorithm is to merge the textures based on given measure of texture proportion. The proportion of texture contents defines how much of textures from each input will …
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Electrifying the bottom of the pyramid : improving access in slums
Slums are expanding in Latin America, Asia, and Africa, and as a result, the lack of safe, reliable electricity access in these regions is expanding. Addressing this issue will require a comprehensive strategy that caters to many different design scenarios. Slum electrification is a complex topic …
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Optimizing the food guide pyramid to increase fat oxidation in young adult men
<p>I tested two hypotheses: The first hypothesis was that a mixed diet containing lower GI foods would lower blood glucose and insulin levels and increase fat oxidation (FOX) compared with a diet consisting of higher GI foods. Secondly, I tested the hypothesis that variability in resting FOX would …
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Can the base of the pyramid twin goals of profit and improved welfare be achieved?
… are involved in ventures at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) achieve both profit and an increase in the welfare of the poor as proposed by Prahalad and Hart (2002), or is there is a trade-off between profit and welfare as argued by critics of this proposition such as Karnani (2005). Research is …
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Monthly expenditure category fluctuations and trade-off in South Africa bottom of the pyramid households
… of South African low-income or 'bottom of the pyramid' (BoP) households. First, the mixed methods research quantified the monthly income and expenditure fluctuations in the sample of households over a period of four months. In addition, study identified and quantified expenditure category …
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Exploring the Intersection of Management Practices and Bottom of the Pyramid Economics in Developing Countries
… of management practices and Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) economics within developing countries. Utilizing a comprehensive case study approach, it evaluates several multinational corporations' ventures in these regions, focusing on their strategies to leverage BoP markets for both business …
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Best practices for the sustainable scaleup of lighting technologies in bottom of the pyramid communities
… countries with a focus on Bottom-of-the-Pyramid (BOP) communities, whose annual incomes are US $3000 or less (in local purchasing power parity). The best practices are derived from a comparative analysis of two heuristic case studies profiling entrepreneurs based in southern India, who …
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Development and validation of a rapid assessment method for nutrient adequacy of the food guide pyramid
… Food Groups, Basic Seven, Basic Four, Food Guide Pyramid) have dramatically changed and with the changes the need for adequate assessment measures has changed as well. The objective of the study was to develop and validate two such rapid assessment methods that could possibly be employed as …
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Exploring the possibility of low temperature glazing in faience from the Djoser Step Pyramid through compositional analysis
… approximately 36,000 faience tiles from the Step Pyramid of the Third Dynasty Pharaoh Djoser (2667 - 2648 BCE). Based on past research, these tiles have been supposed to be glazed in a range of firing temperatures from 850°C to 900°C. Recent research of efflorescence-glazed tiles has introduced …
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Optimisation of the use and access to financial services at the base of the pyramid in South Africa
… services in South Africa’s Foundation of the Pyramid (LSM 1- 4) and to find possible solutions by building a model that could possibly work based on propositions related to aspects of the literature around employment status and income, access to credit, some type of identifiable address / …
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Unlocking public and private finance for financial inclusion for individuals at the bottom of the pyramid in Mbare, Zimbabwe
This study aimed to find the barriers faced by the poor in accessing finance, with a specific emphasis on Mbare, a small but bustling township in Zimbabwe known for its lively small scale businesses and markets. Recognizing the significant value of financial inclusion in addressing the large …
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The effect of mobile marketing on the purchase of staple products: a case of bottom of the pyramid consumers in Khayelitsha
The growth of mobile penetration in Africa has seen a rise in marketers seeking new ways of using mobile marketing to improve their business and develop sustainable marketing strategies. An empirical study on BOP consumers living in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, comprising a survey of a sample of 385 …
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