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    A conceptual framework to create shared value in base of the pyramid communities with micro-containerised factories
    (Elsevier, 2019) Chihambakwea, Z. J .; Oosthuizen, G. A.; Matope, S.; Uheidaa, E. H.
    ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Shared value creation at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) receives growing interest. The BoP is a socio-economic group characterised by people who have poor nutrition, limited income, inadequate technologies, lack of access to markets and poor infrastructure to produce valuable products and services. Possible methodologies and systems to successfully implement sustainable micro-containerised factories at the BoP are still very limited and remain unanswered. In this study a conceptual framework to create shared value in BoP communities with micro-containerised factories is developed. These factories provide portable, scalable technologies to produce valuable products from sustainable locally sourced resources or waste streams. Concepts from literature and case studies were evaluated to identify key elements for the conceptual framework. A proposed business model and conceptual framework were developed to guide business model prototyping in a case study in South Africa.