Ted London
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Ted London | |
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| Born | Edward David London[1] 1963 |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Lehigh University (BSME), Claremont Graduate University (MBA), University of North Carolina (PHD) |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, author, public speaker, consultant |
| Known for | Enterprise strategies for Base of the Pyramid (BoP) markets |
| Notable work | The Base of the Pyramid Promise[2] |
| Website | proftedlondon |
Ted London is an American scholar and teacher on Base of the Pyramid (BoP) issues. He is on the faculty at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan and a senior research fellow at the William Davidson Institute (WDI).[3] London focuses his research and practice on developing enterprise strategies for low income markets.[4] His latest book, The Base of the Pyramid Promise, was released in early 2016.[5][6]
Academic experience and research
London’s research interests center on business and development strategies in low income markets, assessment of poverty alleviation impacts, and capability development for cross-sector collaborations. He won the oikos Sustainability Case Writing Competition in 2005 and 2008, the Page Prize in 2011, the Samsung Best Paper Award in 2010, and the Doug Nigh Award in 2010.[7][8][9][10]
London’s work has been published in a number of academic and practitioner journals, and he has written several book chapters.[11] He has been interviewed by Connect, a publication that highlights the work of SNV around the world.[12]
In late 2010, Next Generation Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid: New Approaches for Building Mutual Value was published.[13] Co-edited with Stuart Hart, authors included Jacqueline Novogratz, Allen Hammond, Robert Kennedy, Erik Simanis, Madhu Viswanathan, and Patrick Whitney.
In 2012, WDI team members London and Ravi Anupindi published an article entitled "Using the base-of-the-pyramid perspective to catalyze interdependence-based collaborations." This article argues that in order for both donor- and enterprise-led value chain initiatives to be both scalable and sustainable, a BoP perspective must be taken so that development and business efforts are better integrated.[14] The article’s research was funded by USAID and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
In 2015, London wrote a book entitled The Base of the Pyramid Promise, which was published in early 2016. The book won the Responsible Research in Management Award in 2018 and the Humanistic Management Book Award in 2019.[15][16] London was awarded the Aspen Faculty Award in 2016.[17]
Professional experience
London was a design engineer for General Motors after graduating from Lehigh University in 1985 with a BS in Mechanical Engineering. A few years later he received his MBA from the Peter Drucker Graduate Management Center at Claremont Graduate University and went to work for Deloitte, Haskins & Sells as a senior consultant in business valuation.[18]
He then began his international career, working first in Malawi as a Peace Corps volunteer and later as General Manager of PT Sumatera Tropical Spices in Indonesia. He subsequently joined Conservation International, as Director of Enterprise Development in the Asia-Pacific Region.[19]
In 1996, London became executive director of a non-profit providing business development services to companies in Northern Virginia before pursuing his PhD at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[11]
Selected publications
- London, T. & Jager, U. 2019. Cocreating with the Base of the Pyramid, Stanford Social Innovation Review
- London, T. 2016. 'The Base of the Pyramid Promise: Building Businesses with Impact and Scale, Stanford, CA: Stanford Business Books.
- London, T. & Esper, H. 2014. Assessing poverty-alleviation outcomes of an enterprise-led approach to sanitation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1331: 90-105. (Advanced online version published: 12 Feb 2014).
- London, T., Esper, H., Grogan-Kaylor, A. & Kistruck, G. M. 2014. Connecting poverty to purchase in informal markets, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 8(1): 37-55.
- London, T., Sheth, S. & Hart, S. 2014. A Roadmap for the Base-of-the-Pyramid Domain: Re-energizing for the Next Decade. Ann Arbor: William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan.
- London, T. and Anupindi, R. 2012. Using the base-of-the-pyramid perspective to catalyze interdependence-based collaborations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(31): 12338-12343 (on-line version published April 11, 2011).
- London, T. & Hart, S. 2011. Next Generation Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid: New Approaches for Building Mutual Value. Upper Saddle River, NJ: FT Press.
- London, T., Anupindi, R. & Sheth, S. 2009. Creating mutual value: Lessons learned from ventures serving base of the pyramid producers. Journal of Business Research.
- London, T. 2009. Making Better Investments at the Base of the Pyramid. Harvard Business Review.
- Milstein, M. B., London, T. & Hart, S. L. 2007. Revolutionary routines: Capturing the opportunity for creating a more inclusive capitalism. Handbook of Transformative Cooperation. Stanford University Press, pp. 84-103.
- London, T., Rondinelli, D. A., & O’Neill, H. 2005. Strange bedfellows: Alliances between corporations and non-profits. In Shenkar, O. & J. Reuer (Eds.), Handbook of Strategic Alliances. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication, pp. 353-366.
- Hart, S. L. & London, T. 2005. Developing native capability: What multinational corporations can learn from the base of the pyramid. Stanford Social Innovation Review, 3(2): 28-33.
- London, T. & Hart, S. L. 2004. Reinventing strategies for emerging markets: Beyond the transnational model. Journal of International Business Studies, 35(5): 350-370.
- London, T. & Rondinelli, D. A. 2003. Partnerships for learning: Managing tensions in nonprofit organizations’ alliances with corporations, Stanford Social Innovation Review, 1(3): 28-35.
- Rondinelli, D. A. & London, T. 2003. How corporations and environmental groups collaborate: Assessing cross-sector alliances and collaborations. Academy of Management Executive, 17(1): 61-76.
- Rondinelli, D. A., & London, T. 2002. Stakeholder and corporate responsibilities in cross-sectoral environmental collaborations: Building value, legitimacy and trust. In J. Andriof, S. Waddock, B. Husted & S. Rahman (Eds.), Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing, pp. 201-215.
References
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- ^ "Inclusive Business Interview". Archived from the original on 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
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- ^ [3] [dead link]
- ^ "Building a Sustainable Venture: The Mountain's Institutes Earth Brick Machine". Oikos-international.org.
- ^ "Scojo Foundation: A vision for Growth at the Base of the Pyramid". Oikos-international.org.
- ^ "Doug Nigh Award". Divtest.aom.org.
- ^ "Page Prize Award". sc.edu.
- ^ a b "Ted London". Michiganross.umich.edu.
- ^ "SNV Interview". Snv.org.
- ^ "Video on Next Generation Business Strategies for the Base of the Pyramid". Nextgenerationbop.com.
- ^ "2012 London and Anupindi Article" (PDF). Pnas.org.
- ^ "IACMR". Rrbm.network.
- ^ "Humanistic Management and Evidence-Based Practice – International Humanistic Management Association". Humanisticmanagement.international.
- ^ "Aspen Across America". The Aspen Institute.
- ^ "William Davidson: A Portrait of Action". Wdi.umich.edu.
- ^ "Ted London: Vice President, William Davidson Institute & Adjunct Associate Professor of Business Administration at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business". The Native Society.