Marketing to the Poor

Ramendra Singh is Professor of Marketing at IIM Calcutta, India. He completed his PhD from IIM Ahmedabad, Gujarat, MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, and BTech from IIT-BHU, Uttar Pradesh, India. His research has been published in reputed international journals, including the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Macro Marketing, and Journal of Marketing Management. His research interests include ICT for development, marketing and the poor, business and society, and salesforce performance management. He has worked in the industry for several years in sales and marketing.Tahir A. Wani is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management, NIT Srinagar, India, wherein he teaches various management-related subjects to management and engineering students. Before joining NIT Srinagar, he was working at Business School, University of Kashmir, India. He has a rich research background and has written extensively on various management issues. He has also conducted workshops on quantitative analysis and participated in numerous workshops and conferences in reputed institutions across India.

‘Marketing to the Poor is must-read for scholars and policy makers who are doing research on low-income consumers. Low-income consumers constitute a five trillion-dollar economy and are structurally transitioning from the unorganized to an organized high growth market with digital commerce and branded products and services. My congratulations to the editors for putting together thought-provoking essays from eminent scholars in the field.’Jagdish N. Sheth, Goizueta Business School, Emory University, USA ‘This book is an important read for scholars and practitioners in the domain of marketing to low-income and BOP consumers and producers. It takes thought leadership in this field to the next level.’C.B. Bhattacharya, H.J. Zoffer Chair in Sustainability and Ethics, University of Pittsburgh, USA‘This is a timely book that distils the latest thinking on the topic from some of the preeminent scholars in the field. A must-read for anyone interested in learning how marketing can enhance well-being in subsistence settings.’Srinivas Venugopal, University of Vermont, USA

• List of Figures. List of Tables. List of Contributors. Introduction 1. Bottom-Up Immersion and Emersion: What Marketing Can Be in Subsistence Marketplaces 2. 'In pursuit of Happiness', A study on marginalized consumers: Implications for Marketing 3. Democratizing the Access to Formal Markets: Challenges for Informal Sellers 4. Environmental Consciousness and Sustainability for Urban BoP Consumers in India 5. Why Do Livelihood Programs Fail? The Importance of Market Linkages and Market Orientation 6. Micro-entrepreneurship as a Bottom-up approach for poverty eradication and sustainable development: An understanding of Marketing Exchange System to the Poor 7. Influence of mobile technology adoption and usage on lives of the poor in emerging markets. Index.