Utilizing Mobile Phones in Open Innovation Platforms: A New Business Model Especially Geared to The Mobile Phone Sector in Developing Countries

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mokter Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
New Business

Women, Empowerment, and Mobile Phones in the Developing World

2020 ◽  
pp. 528-544
Author(s):  
Laura Stark
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Social Status ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Mobile Telephony ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Gender And Development ◽  
And Control

This chapter surveys and analyzes recent literature on mobile communication to examine its relationship to gender and development, more specifically how women in developing countries use and are impacted by mobile phones. Focusing on issues of power, agency, and social status, the chapter reviews how mobile telephony has been found to be implicated in patriarchal bargaining in different societies, how privacy and control are enabled through it, what benefits have been shown to accrue to women using mobile phones, and what barriers, limitations, and disadvantages of mobile use exist for women and why. The conclusion urges more gender-disaggregated analysis of mobile phone impact and use and offers policy and design recommendations based on the overview and discussion.

M-Government

2011 ◽  
pp. 78-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mubarak S. Almutairi
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Many ◽  
Near Future

In developing countries like the Saudi Arabia, due to high mobile phone penetration rates, any electronic government initiatives that don’t take mobile technology into account will eventually fail. While the number of landline phones and internet subscribers are growing steadily over the past few years, the number of mobile phone users and its penetration rates are skyrocketing. In the near future and with the many mobile phone features, mobile phones will remain the main media of communication and a main source for providing information to citizens and customers.

Innovations in Mobile Broadband in Japan and its Implications to Developing Countries

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Sheikh Taher Abu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Correlation Method ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Mobile Broadband ◽  
Policy And Strategy ◽  
Economic Technology

Japan has experienced two developmental stages in the mobile telephony innovation since 1979 when the first mobile phone was commercially launched. The stages can be identified as traditional mobile phone with only voice function and mobile phone with IP (Internet Protocol). This paper discusses how mobile phone with IP function offers diversified services, influences people’s daily lives by changing their ways of communication, and interaction by adopting mobile broadband. The paper examines key economic, technology and policy factors based on monthly datasets from 2000-2007 in the provision of both second (2G) and third generation (3G) mobile phones adoption. Particularly, the study uses a linear regression model and presents extended and reduced models using the Pearson correlation method. The results of the empirical study examine how innovations in services contribute to the mobile broadband deployment in Japan. Main findings of this study suggest policy and strategy implications for developing countries which are adopting IP functionality in mobile phones. The paper also presents brief recommendations for India’s 3G mobile phone adoptions in terms of opportunities, challenges, and policies which drive on growth.

scholarly journals Drivers and Barriers of Mobile Phone Remanufacturing Business in Indonesia: Perspectives of Retailers

2019 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 01006
Author(s):  
Didik Wahjudi ◽  
Shu-san Gan ◽  
Yopi Yusuf Tanoto ◽  
Jerry Winata ◽  
Benny Tjahjono
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Product Knowledge ◽  
Competitive Price ◽  
Operational Issues ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Theoretical Side

Remanufacturing is deemed to be effective in reducing WEEE. Existing studies on remanufacturing mostly focus on operational issues, product acquisition, and pricing. However, some doubts about remanufacturing business arise in developing countries, where there is less regulation on remanufacturing and less environmental awareness. This study aims to investigate the prospects of remanufacturing business from the retailers' perspectives through in-depth interviews on three retailers in Surabaya, Indonesia. The main drivers for mobile phone remanufacturing business are its affordable and competitive price, big demand for popular mobile phones and high-end mobile phone, the opportunity for specification upgrade, and its suitability with the needs of Indonesian people. The main barriers for remanufacturing business are the possibility for cannibalizing new mobile phones' market share, the uncertainty of core supply, discontinuity of replacement part supply, lack of product knowledge among consumers and retailers, hesitation of retailers to sell remanufactured products, and lack of strict and clear regulations about remanufacturing business. Findings of this study provide insights to prospective mobile phone remanufacturers of what needs to be tackled to start a prosperous business. On the theoretical side, it provides complementary knowledge to existing studies that have been conducted mostly on countries that have higher environmental awareness.

Value of Mobile Phones for Tanzanian University Students

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-70
Author(s):  
Susanne Mäkelä
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
University Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Financial Benefits ◽  
User Groups

Mobile phones have become highly popular both in industrialised and developing world. In developing countries, previous studies of why people value mobile phones have focused on the financial benefits of mobile phone and user groups such as farmers or entrepreneurs. This paper presents a mixed-method study on how university students in Iringa, Tanzania value mobile phones. The study discovered a number of positive and negative value factors that define the worth of mobile phones for Tanzanian students, and shows how the factors are tied to the physical, social and cultural context of use. The study highlights the importance of understanding what users value and why when designing technology.

Innovations in Mobile Broadband in Japan and its Implications to Developing Countries

2013 ◽  
pp. 143-158
Author(s):  
Sheikh Taher Abu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Correlation Method ◽  
Daily Lives ◽  
Mobile Broadband ◽  
Policy And Strategy ◽  
Economic Technology

Japan has experienced two developmental stages in the mobile telephony innovation since 1979 when the first mobile phone was commercially launched. The stages can be identified as traditional mobile phone with only voice function and mobile phone with IP (Internet Protocol). This paper discusses how mobile phone with IP function offers diversified services, influences people’s daily lives by changing their ways of communication, and interaction by adopting mobile broadband. The paper examines key economic, technology and policy factors based on monthly datasets from 2000-2007 in the provision of both second (2G) and third generation (3G) mobile phones adoption. Particularly, the study uses a linear regression model and presents extended and reduced models using the Pearson correlation method. The results of the empirical study examine how innovations in services contribute to the mobile broadband deployment in Japan. Main findings of this study suggest policy and strategy implications for developing countries which are adopting IP functionality in mobile phones. The paper also presents brief recommendations for India’s 3G mobile phone adoptions in terms of opportunities, challenges, and policies which drive on growth.

Mobile phones without guarantees: The promises of technology and the contingencies of culture

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 471-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cara Wallis
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Labor Relations ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Migrant Women ◽  
Urban Migrant ◽  
Patriarchal Power

The mobile phone’s global diffusion has generated hope in its ability to enable individuals in developing countries to increase their income and life opportunities. However, numerous socio-cultural factors contribute to the outcomes of technology in diverse contexts. This article uses Alcoff’s (2006) theory of positionality and the notion of socio-techno practices to examine mobile phones and the labor relations of young rural-to-urban migrant women working in the low-level service sector in Beijing. This study argues that the women’s gender, age, class, and rural origin produce particular constraints on their ability to generate higher income and find better jobs. It also reveals that some employers use mobile phones for surveillance of employees, which was not likely before since most migrant women do not have landlines. This article shows that as much as the mobile phone is a liberatory and equalizing technology, it can also reinforce rather than upset patriarchal power relationships.

scholarly journals Digital and competing information sources: Impact on environmental concern and prospects for international policy cooperation

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladimir Udalov ◽  
Paul J. J. Welfens
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Climate Change Policy ◽  
The Internet ◽  
World Value Survey ◽  
Change Policy ◽  
New Findings

AbstractThe environmental concern of people in industrialized and developing countries is analyzed. Using the 2010–2014 wave of the World Value Survey (WVS), the main purpose of our analysis is to investigate the effect of different information sources on the affective, conative and behavioral components of the environmental concern of people in the developed and developing countries. As independent variables, we use a set of economic data as well as information-related variables, including the internet, mobile phones, TV, radio and newspapers. The digital variables of the internet and mobile phones turn out to have a highly significant impact on environmental concern so that digital modernization of countries should have pro-environmental impacts as a side effect of internet and mobile phone services expansion. With the developing countries catching-up vis-à-vis the OECD countries in the field of mobile phone density and internet density, respectively, one may expect better prospects for cooperation between developed and developing countries since attitudes/the environmental concern of people in developed and developing countries will become more similar. For international green cooperation and climate change policy progress, the new findings presented herein are crucial.

E-Commerce Penetration in the SADC Region

2011 ◽  
pp. 235-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelvin Joseph Bwalya
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Mobile Commerce ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
African Development ◽  
New Business ◽  
Medium Enterprise ◽  
Transition Change

E-Commerce, and recently mobile commerce (m-Commerce: ePayment, eTickets, eBanking etc.), has shown a lot of potential for development in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) bloc given the growth in e-adoption of the region. Partly, this has been attributed to sound policies and initiatives thereby creating an enabling environment for e-Commerce to thrive. However, despite this positive note, there are also challenges that are being faced on an everyday basis concerning e-Commerce business and how this impacts the SME (Small Medium Enterprise) sector. This chapter aims to present these challenges and recommend on what should be done in order to consolidate and move forward the adoption of e-Commerce applications in the SADC region. It looks at exploratory studies of e-Commerce penetration specifically from four SADC member countries: South Africa (arguably currently considered the most economically sound and leader of e-Commerce utilization in Africa), Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Botswana. Arguably, a look at these four countries is believed to be adequately representative of the SADC bloc. In Africa, other than e-Commerce, there has been a transition (change of business models) where businesses are now done using m-Commerce (distributed dynamic computing where the host and agent keep on changing their locations). This chapter also reviews the growth of this new business model, and further looks at Africa’s infrastructure preparedness to adopt this new business model. It also looks at mobile phone subscription rates in the SADC region, level of trust in these business models, and the general value that this kind of business undertaking brings.

IDTVOS

2013 ◽  
pp. 275-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raúl Riesco Granadino ◽  
Javier Alfonso Cendón
Keyword(s):  
Operating System ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
End Users ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Digital Television ◽  
Recent Success ◽  
Core Competences ◽  
New Business ◽  
The Way

Internet based networks and core competences; the way we communicate with each other and global economic pressure have changed the way we innovate. In this chapter, a new business model and work philosophy based on “open innovation” are presented. IDTVOS (INTECO Digital Television Operating System), developed by INTECO Labs dept., in collaboration with partners and end users, is the most recent success and serves as an example of this model. IDTVOS, a DTT decoder operating system, provides better interaction and accessibility to digital television services for disabled users. This project is a clear example of open innovation where the technologies developed provide added value for citizens, particularly those with more difficulties, while, at the same time, the knowledge and experience is open and shared with industry to create a new market.

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