Protocol Principles

To better ensure that the Protocol achieves its objective of generating mutual benefit, a set of business principles is expected to guide the MNC’s engagement with the BoP community. These business principles are stated at the beginning of the Protocol in the form of Operating Guidelines and a Code of Conduct.

Base of the Pyramid Protocol 2nd Edition (2008)

Co-authors: Erik Simanis & Stuart Hart
Contributing authors: Justin DeKoszmovszky, Patrick Donohue, Duncan Duke, Gordon Enk, Michael Gordon, and Tatiana Thieme

The most recent version of the BoP Protocol, drawing upon lessons and experiences implementing the BoP Protocol in Nairobi, Kenya as well as in communities in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Parvathagiri in India.

• PDF version of the 2nd Edition of the BoP Protocol (click to download)

Base of the Pyramid Protocol 1st Edition (2005)

Co-authors: Erik Simanis, Stuart Hart, Gordon Enk, Duncan Duke, Michael Gordon, and Allyson Lippert

The original Protocol document, developed and written in 2004 & 2005 and later field tested in Kenya and in India. There are currently two ways to read the Protocol:

• PDF of the 1st Edition of the BoP Protocol (click to download)
• Web browsable version of the 1st Edition of the BoP Protocol

Note: the 1st Edition has been superceded by the 2nd Edition (see above)

Protocol Field Guide

Based on the field experiences of the Protocol Pilot team in Kenya, this field guide includes useful tools, lessons and anecdotes from implementing the BoP Protocol in the field. A living document, the Protocol Field Guide will incorporate lessons from current and future Protocol projects.

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