Business Models for Technology in the Developing World: The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations

Chesbrough, Henry; Ahern, Shane; Finn, Megan; Guerraz, Stephane

doi:10.2307/41166349

Cited by 126 publications

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“…They are familiar with the huge needs at the bottom of the pyramid (Prahalad 2006), and with the slow adoption process to those needs. As such, they have been innovative and successful in this early stage market (Chesbrough et al 2006).…”

Section: Institutional Frameworkmentioning

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On the Social and Financial Effects of the Transformation of Microfinance NGOs

Chahine

Tannir

2010

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This article examines the social and financial performance of an international sample of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which transformed into microfinance institutions (TMFI). It shows that recent calls for the transformation of NGOs into TMFIs help improve the financial sustainability and the breadth of outreach of microfinance activities. However, this transformation hinders the depth of the services provided by TMFIs. This is especially significant in the case of bankTMFIs and suggests that although the transformation might increase the financial independence of TMFIs, it might cause a mission drift that both NGOs and policymakers ought to consider.

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Section: Institutional Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the Social and Financial Effects of the Transformation of Microfinance NGOs

Chahine

Tannir

2010

Voluntas

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“…Second, by an in-depth case study, we link business model innovation, strategy and technology innovation, and find out evidence of how they coevolve with each other. This may extend the disscution of the relationship between business model and technology [26][27][28][29][30], and the relationship between strategy and business model [9].Third, we explore the business model innovation case in China which is a typical transitional economy, and extend the latecomer firms' business-model innovation practices in emerging economies [2].…”

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“…They suggest that novelty-centered business models complement with product market strategies that emphasize differentiation, cost leadership, or early market entry. Moreover, business model can commercialize new ideas and technologies to get value hidden in a technology innovation [26][27][28][29][30]. As Teece [1] argues,…”

Section: Linking Business Model Innovation Strategy and Technology Imentioning

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Linking business model innovation, strategy and technology innovation: A case study

Yang

Jiang

Ying

2012

2012 International Symposium on Management of Technology (ISMOT)

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Business model matters for new ventures and incumbent firms in developed countries and emerging economies, but how it relates to strategy and how it help firms to capture value from technology innovation are under exploration. We try to fill these gaps by define business model from the activity system perspective, and link business model with firm's strategy and technology innovation. After an in-dept case study, we propose a conceptual framework and try to extend extant literature of business model.

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“…The Simputer's business model has been criticized for not enabling local users and entrepreneurs to use and enhance its special features (Chesbrough et al, 2006). The Simputer signified an "appropriate technology" for Indian conditions by reason of its provenance, and this enabled its adoption by SRFS (as well as other development agencies).…”

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Whose gain is it anyway? Structurational perspectives on deploying ICTs for development in India's microfinance sector

Dé¹,

Ratan²

2009

Information Technology for Development

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The idea of information and communication technology (ICT) being a "hammer" that can be applied to a wide variety of "nails" across different geographic locations, sectors, organizations, and contexts to improve efficiency and/or have a beneficial social impact has come under severe criticism, particularly in the realm of implementing socioeconomic development programs. Structuration theory remains one of the key metatheories that deconstruct the complexity of technology introductions in the context of organizational and behavioral change. In this study, we use a structurational lens to examine two pilot ICT implementations in the Indian microfinance sector, specifically exploring the interactions between the ICT intervention, the organizations and people implementing the change, and the structural and institutional context within which these projects were rolled out. We showcase how an "ICT for development" intervention is inherently a political process, involving choices around defining efficiency and targeting particular social welfare improvements, with varying repercussions for the involved microfinance institution and client. Where the client's context, constraints, and welfare are placed at the heart of the "efficiency" discussion during the technology's design and implementation, the development impact is seen to be far greater and more sustained. C 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Business Models for Technology in the Developing World: The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations

Cited by 126 publications

References 2 publications

On the Social and Financial Effects of the Transformation of Microfinance NGOs

On the Social and Financial Effects of the Transformation of Microfinance NGOs

Linking business model innovation, strategy and technology innovation: A case study

Whose gain is it anyway? Structurational perspectives on deploying ICTs for development in India's microfinance sector

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