The Prosperity Paradox
by Clayton M. Christensen, Efosa Ojomo and Karen Dillon
Christensen's late work on development: market-creating innovations lift nations out of poverty where aid cannot, with cases from Ford, Sony, Tolaram and Nigeria. Hopeful and argued with his usual clarity.
Read it if…
you work in development, impact investing or emerging markets.
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Skip it if…
you want corporate strategy; this is about nations.
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Three things you will actually use
- Innovation precedes institutions, not the reverse.
- Target nonconsumption.
- Push versus pull: markets pull infrastructure.
Do this first
Identify a nonconsumption problem in a market you know and sketch a market-creating product.
Our verdict
Hopeful development thesis.
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