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TacklingBarrierstoScale:
FromInclusiveBusinessModelstoInclusiveBusinessEcosystems
Christina Gradl and Beth Jenkins
CSRInitiative,HarvardKennedySchool
 
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Gradl,ChristinaandBethJenkins(2011).“TacklingBarrierstoScale: FromInclusiveBusinessModelstoInclusiveBusinessEcosystems.”Cambridge,MA: theCSRInitiativeattheHarvardKennedySchool.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors are deeply grateful to Jane Nelson, Director of the CSR Initiative, for her insight andguidance on this paper, which builds on more than 20 years of work she has done on the role of theprivate sector in solving systemic development challenges. John Ruggie, Faculty Chair of the CSRInitiative, also contributed the insight of many years’focus on systems. Finally, the authors would liketo thank Martin Herrndorf, Aline Krämer, Solveig Haupt, FilippoVeglio, Richard Gilbert, and ZahidTorres-Rahman for their thoughtful review and feedback.Thanks also to the members of the CSR Initiative’s Corporate Leadership Group, the Bill & MelindaGates Foundation, the IFC, UNDP, GIZ and DfID for the valuable support and insights they haveprovided to the CSR Initiative’s‘Business and International Development’research program.
Written by Christina Gradl and Beth JenkinsDesigned by Alison BeanlandCover photographs: IDRC/Sy, Djibril; ITC Limited; Alquería S.A.; Olyset©2011bytheCSRInitiativeattheHarvardKennedySchool
 
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
Jane Nelson, John Ruggie
4EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5INTRODUCTION 6UNDERSTANDING INCLUSIVE BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS 8STRATEGIES FOR STRENGTHENING INCLUSIVE BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS 11STRUCTURES FOR STRENGTHENING INCLUSIVE BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS 14OUTLOOK 23BIBLIOGRAPHY 26APPENDIX: EXAMPLES REVIEWED IN DEPTH FORTHIS PAPER 29
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