Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization

2006 - 2009

Edited by Philip Auerswald and Iqbal Quadir

from MIT Press
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Volume 4, issue 2, 2009

The Upside of the Downturn: How Sustainable Banking Can Deliver a Better Future pp. 3-6

Peter Blom

Collective Leadership and Overlapping Vital Interests: The Unrealized Power of Megacommunities pp. 7-11

Reginald Van Lee, Mark J. Gerencser, Chris Kelly and Robin Portman

Changing the Landscape of Power (Innovations Case Narrative: Amazon Conservation Team) pp. 13-25

Mark J. Plotkin

A Conservation Ethic in Practice: Preserving Cultural and Biodiversity by Bridging the Generational Knowledge Base (Innovations Case Discussion: Amazon Conservation Team) pp. 27-30

Norka Ruiz Bravo

Kiva at Four (Innovations Case Narrative: Kiva) pp. 31-49

Matt Flannery

Building on Kiva's Success: Can Kiva Lenders Influence U.S. Foreign Aid Policy? (Innovations Case Discussion: Kiva) pp. 51-55

Sam Daley-Harris

The Economics of Branchless Banking pp. 57-75

Ignacio Mas

Designing Mobile Money Services Lessons from M-PESA pp. 77-91

Ignacio Mas and Olga Morawczynski

Best Responders: Post-Katrina Innovation and Improvisation by Wal-Mart and the U.S. Coast Guard pp. 93-99

Steven Horwitz

Identifying Disruptive Innovation: Innovation Theory and the Defense Industry pp. 101-117

Peter Dombrowski and Eugene Gholz

Creative Discovery: Reconsidering the Relationship Between Entrepreneurship and Innovation pp. 119-137

Dane Stangler

Insure to Assure: A New Paradigm for Nuclear Nonproliferation and International Security pp. 139-155

Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan and Debra K. Decker

Volume 4, issue 1, 2009

Prerequisite to Prosperity: Why Africa's Future Depends on Better Governance pp. 3-8

Mohamed (Mo) Ibrahim

Harnessing the Mobile Revolution pp. 9-23

Thomas Kalil

Phone vs. Laptop: Which Is a More Effective Tool for Development? pp. 25-31

Iqbal Quadir and Nicholas Negroponte

Connecting a Nation: Roshan Brings Communications Services to Afghanistan pp. 33-50

Karim Khoja

From Operations to Applications: Advancing Innovation in Mobile Services (Innovations Case Discussion: Roshan) pp. 51-56

Al Hammond and Loretta Michaels

CellBazaar: A Market in Your Pocket pp. 57-69

Kamal Quadir and Naeem Mohaiemen

Can CellBazaar Survive without an Urban Market-and Fulfill Its Development Potential? (Innovations Case Discussion: CellBazaar) pp. 71-73

Kim Wilson

Mobilizing Money through Enabling Regulation pp. 75-90

David Porteous

Blurring Livelihoods and Lives: The Social Uses of Mobile Phones and Socioeconomic Development pp. 91-101

Jonathan Donner

The Case for mHealth in Developing Countries pp. 103-118

Patricia N. Mechael

A Doctor in Your Pocket: Health Hotlines in Developing Countries pp. 119-153

Gautam Ivatury, Jesse Moore and Alison Bloch

Large Companies, ICTs, and Economic Opportunity pp. 155-169

William J. Kramer, Beth Jenkins and Rob Katz

Volume 3, issue 4, 2008

India and Tata: National Development and the Corporation pp. 3-13

R. Gopalakrishnan

A Partnership for Development pp. 15-26

Fadi Ghandour

America's Oil Problem pp. 29-34

Lawrence J. Korb and Laura Conley

How to Break Both Oil's Monopoly and OPEC's Cartel pp. 35-38

R. James Woolsey and Anne Korin

The Delusions of "Energy Independence" pp. 39-49

Robert Bryce

Power Play: Freeplay Energy and the Freeplay Foundation Expand Access to Energy, Information, and Education (Innovations Case Narrative: Freeplay Energy and Freeplay Foundation) pp. 51-78

Rory Stear and Kristine Pearson

Social Entrepreneurship as Dynamic Innovation (Innovations Case Discussion: Freeplay Energy and Freeplay Foundation) pp. 79-84

Johanna Mair and Kate Ganly

Freeplay's Dual Business Models Bring Good Design to Those Who Need It (Innovations Case Discussion: Freeplay Energy and Freeplay Foundation) pp. 85-87

Christopher Bull

Students Incorporated: INJAZ on a Mission to Send Arab Youth to Planet Free Enterprise pp. 89-98

Soraya Salti

Building Community Through Entrepreneurship Education (Innovations Case Discussion: INJAZ) pp. 99-104

Patricia G. Greene

Inducing Innovation Through Prizes pp. 105-117

Jaison G. Morgan

Conservation and Climate Change: The Immediate Need to Adapt pp. 119-128

James N. Levitt and Charles C. Chester

Volume 3, issue 3, 2008

Growing out of Poverty pp. 3-20

Percy Barnevik and Maria Borelius

Garden in the Desert: Sekem Makes Comprehensive Sustainable Development a Reality in Egypt (Innovations Case Narrative: Sekem) pp. 21-48

Ibrahim Abouleish and Helmy Abouleish

Sekem: A Remarkable Tale of Social Entrepreneurship with Critical Lessons for Policy (Innovations Case Discussion: Sekem) pp. 49-55

William J. Baumol

Social Entrepreneurship at the Macro Level: Three Lessons for Success (Innovations Case Discussion: Sekem) pp. 56-64

Ayman El-Tarabishy and Marshall Sashkin

Ending Dependency: MAARDEC Takes a Multi-Dimensional Approach to Rehabilitation of Disabled Nigerians (Innovations Case Narrative: MAARDEC) pp. 65-78

Cosmas Okoli

Assessing MAARDEC: A Comparison with Other Assistive Device Workshop and Disability Organization Models (Innovations Case Discussion: MAARDEC) pp. 79-81

Amos G. Winter and Amy Smith

Developing Information Technology to Meet Social Needs (Innovations Case Narrative: Benetech) pp. 83-99

Jim Fruchterman

Lessons for Social Entrepreneurs... and for their Benefactors (Innovations Case Discussion: Benetech) pp. 100-104

Gregg Vanderheiden

Simple Measures for Social Enterprise pp. 105-118

Brian Trelstad

Philanthropy and Enterprise: Harnessing the Power of Business and Social Entrepreneurship for Development pp. 119-132

J. Gregory Dees

Continuous Improvement in Undergraduate Education: A Possible Dream pp. 133-151

Henry Kelly

Volume 3, issue 2, 2008

Realizing Rights: Fulfilling Humanity's Promise to Itself pp. 3-17

Mary Robinson

Removing a Roadblock to Development: Transparency International Mobilizes Coalitions Against Corruption pp. 19-33

Peter Eigen

Moving Images: WITNESS and Human Rights Advocacy (Innovations Case Narrative: WITNESS) pp. 35-60

Peter Gabriel, Gillian Caldwell, Sara Federlein, Sam Gregory and Jenni Wolfson

WITNESS: CC TV for the Masses? (Innovations Case Discussion: WITNESS) pp. 61-65

Peter Walker

Empowering the Rural Poor to Develop Themselves: The Barefoot Approach (Innovations Case Narrative: Barefoot College of Tilonia) pp. 67-93

Bunker Roy and Jesse Hartigan

Standing the Poor World on its Head (Innovations Case Discussion: Barefoot College of Tilonia) pp. 94-102

John Elkington

Do Rural Poor Develop Themselves? (Innovations Case Discussion: Barefoot College of Tilonia) pp. 103-108

Martha Stone Wiske

From Fear to Hope: Upholding the Rule of Law via Public Defenders (Innovations Case Narrative: International Bridges for Justice) pp. 109-134

Karen Tse

Seizing the 'Arbitrage Opportunity' for Legal Rights (Innovations Case Discussion: International Bridges to Justice) pp. 135-142

Kenneth Neil Cukier

SMS As a Tool in Election Observation (Innovations Case Narrative: National Democratic Institute) pp. 143-157

Ian Schuler

Trends and Challenges in Election Monitoring (Innovations Case Discussion: National Democratic Institute) pp. 159-164

Jorrit de Jong

Censorship 2.0 pp. 165-187

Robert Faris, Stephanie Wang and John Palfrey

Protect, Respect and Remedy: A Framework for Business and Human Rights pp. 189-212

John Ruggie

Volume 3, issue 1, 2008

Toward an Entrepreneurial Society: Why Measurement Matters pp. 3-10

Carl J. Schramm

Harnessing the Power of Autism Spectrum Disorder (Innovations Case Narrative: Specialisterne) pp. 11-27

Jonathan Wareham and Thorkil Sonne

Managing Differences (Innovations Case Discussion: Specialisterne) pp. 28-35

Robert D. Austin and Javier Busquets

Pioneering Micro-Entrepreneurship Through Poultry Breeding and Distribution in Rural India (Innovations Case Narrative: Keggfarms) pp. 37-51

Vinod Kapur

An Indian FOPSE (Innovations Case Discussion: Keggfarms) pp. 52-55

Daniel J. Isenberg

The Base of the Pyramid Protocol: Beyond "Basic Needs" Business Strategies pp. 57-84

Erik Simanis, Stuart Hart and Duncan Duke

The Fortune at the Bottom or the Middle of the Pyramid? pp. 85-100

Anand Kumar Jaiswal

Progress in Know-How: Its Origins and Limits pp. 101-117

Daniel Sarewitz and Richard R. Nelson

What Have We Learned from Market Design? pp. 119-147

Alvin Roth