Sustainability of Technology-intensive Social Innovations: the Role of Absorptive Capacity and User-orientation.
This paper explores the determinants of the sustainability of technology-intensive social innovation with special emphasis on absorptive capacity and complementary assets. A series of cases studies from India are examined. Findings from the paper show that absorptive capacity and complementary asset...
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SLPTMD (Department of International Development, University of Oxford)
2008
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| description | This paper explores the determinants of the sustainability of technology-intensive social innovation with special emphasis on absorptive capacity and complementary assets. A series of cases studies from India are examined. Findings from the paper show that absorptive capacity and complementary assets can be critical factors of success and sustainability for innovative ICT-enabled projects in developing countries. Evidence from rural e-services projects indicates that customer freedom of choice enables social innovation to meet the needs of the grassroots, and thereby, enhances the vitality and sustainability of the technologyintensive social innovations. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a51eca8a-1d86-415b-ae6b-0166fbf1bfdf2022-03-27T02:38:14ZSustainability of Technology-intensive Social Innovations: the Role of Absorptive Capacity and User-orientation.Working paperhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_8042uuid:a51eca8a-1d86-415b-ae6b-0166fbf1bfdfEnglishDepartment of Economics - ePrintsSLPTMD (Department of International Development, University of Oxford)2008Fu, XPolzin, CThis paper explores the determinants of the sustainability of technology-intensive social innovation with special emphasis on absorptive capacity and complementary assets. A series of cases studies from India are examined. Findings from the paper show that absorptive capacity and complementary assets can be critical factors of success and sustainability for innovative ICT-enabled projects in developing countries. Evidence from rural e-services projects indicates that customer freedom of choice enables social innovation to meet the needs of the grassroots, and thereby, enhances the vitality and sustainability of the technologyintensive social innovations. |
| spellingShingle | Fu, X Polzin, C Sustainability of Technology-intensive Social Innovations: the Role of Absorptive Capacity and User-orientation. |
| title | Sustainability of Technology-intensive Social Innovations: the Role of Absorptive Capacity and User-orientation. |
| title_full | Sustainability of Technology-intensive Social Innovations: the Role of Absorptive Capacity and User-orientation. |
| title_fullStr | Sustainability of Technology-intensive Social Innovations: the Role of Absorptive Capacity and User-orientation. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainability of Technology-intensive Social Innovations: the Role of Absorptive Capacity and User-orientation. |
| title_short | Sustainability of Technology-intensive Social Innovations: the Role of Absorptive Capacity and User-orientation. |
| title_sort | sustainability of technology intensive social innovations the role of absorptive capacity and user orientation |
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