Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization

2006 - 2019

Current editor(s): Philip Auerswald and Iqbal Quadir

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Volume 9, issue 3-4, 2014

Inequitable Distributions in Internet Geographies: The Global South Is Gaining Access, but Lags in Local Content pp. 3-19

Mark Graham

To the Next Billion: Mobile Network Operators and the Content Distribution Value Chain pp. 21-31

Matthew Guilford

Building a Foundation for Digital Inclusion: A Coordinated Local Content Ecosystem pp. 33-42

Christopher Burns and Jonathan Dolan

A Mobile Guide Toward Better Health: How Mobile Kunji Is Improving Birth Outcomes in Bihar, India (Innovations Case Narrative: Mobile Kunji (Mobile Guide)) pp. 43-52

Sara Chamberlain

Digital Green: A Rural Video-Based Social Network for Farmer Training (Innovations Case Narrative: Digital Green) pp. 53-61

Kerry Harwin and Rikin Gandhi

Local Content, Smartphones, and Digital Inclusion pp. 63-74

Mark Surman, Corina Gardner and David Ascher

The Mobile Web: Amplifying, but Not Creating, Changemakers pp. 75-85

Emrys Schoemaker

The 80–20 Debate: Framework or Fiction? How Much Development Work Is Standardized across Geographies, and How Much Is Customized for Local Conditions pp. 87-96

Lesley-Anne Long, Sara Chamberlain and Kirsten Gagnaire

Hyper-Local Content Is Key—Especially Social Media: A Cross-Country Comparison of Mobile Content in Brazil, China, India, and Nigeria pp. 97-101

Marco Veremis

Democratizing Legal Information Across Africa: An Inside Look at Digitizing Local Content pp. 103-111

Abigail Steinberg, Peres Were and Amolo Ng'weno

Internet Design for Emerging Markets pp. 113-121

Ravi Chhatpar and Robert Fabricant

The Internet's Language Barrier pp. 123-126

Iris Orriss

Converting Western Internet to Indigenous Internet: Lessons from Wikipedia pp. 127-135

Kul Wadhwa and Howie Fung

Volume 9, issue 1-2, 2014

Introducing Global Solution Networks: Understanding the New Multi-Stakeholder Models for Global Cooperation, Problem Solving and Governance pp. 3-46

Don Tapscott

Power to the People: Revolutionizing Businesses with Transformative Ideas pp. 47-53

Rich Barton

The Great Transformation pp. 55-63

Richard Straub

Inclusive Prosperity in Low-Income Countries (Innovations Case Narrative: The Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, MIT) pp. 65-84

Iqbal Z. Quadir

Managing Massive Change: India's Aadhaar, the World's Most Ambitious ID Project (Innovations Case Narrative: Project Aadhaar) pp. 85-111

Vijay Sathe

How Apprenticeships Build and Sustain Skills-Based Careers (Innovations Case Narrative: The Institute for Workplace Skills and Innovation) pp. 113-123

Nicholas Wyman

Tempered Enthusiasm for Digitally Enabled Networks in International Development pp. 125-150

Sara Boettiger

What Is Next for MENA's Entrepreneurs? pp. 151-159

Jamil Wyne

AgTech: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Growth pp. 161-193

Suren G. Dutia

Orchestrating Global Solutions Networks: A Guide for Organizational Entrepreneurs pp. 195-212

Kenneth W. Abbott and Thomas Hale

Biohackers: The Science, Politics, and Economics of Synthetic Biology pp. 213-219

Robert Bolton and Richard Thomas

The FAB LAB Network: A Global Platform for Digital Invention, Education and Entrepreneurship pp. 221-238

Michael Stacey

Volume 8, issue 3-4, 2013

Incubators Are Popping Up Like Wildflowers…But Do They Actually Work? pp. 3-6

Randall Kempner

A Systemic Approach to Accelerating Entrepreneurship pp. 7-17

Mary Walshok

What Do Accelerators Do? Insights from Incubators and Angels pp. 19-25

Susan Cohen

Creative Karachi: Establishing an Arts & Culture Center for the World's Most Rapidly Growing City (Innovations Case Narrative: PeaceNiche and The Second Floor) pp. 27-41

Sabeen Mahmud

The Power of Trust: Learnings from Six Years of Building a Global Community of Young Leaders (Innovations Case Narrative: Sandbox) pp. 43-54

Fabian Pfortmüller and Nico Luchsinger

Village Capital's Peer Selection Model: Empowering Entrepreneurs and Investors to Create Value Together (Innovations Case Narrative: Village Capital) pp. 55-70

Ross Baird

Building Lean Startups at the Bottom of the Pyramid (Innovations Case Narrative: YouthBank and Generation Enterprise) pp. 71-84

Clara Chow and Lily Rubin

An Unexpected Education Evolution: From Uganda to the U.S. and Beyond (Innovations Case Narrative: Watson and Educate!) pp. 85-91

Eric Glustrom

From a Local Chapter to a Regional Catalyzer (Innovations Case Narrative: New Ventures México) pp. 93-104

Rodrigo Villar Esquivel

Bridging the “Pioneer Gap”: The Role of Accelerators in Launching High-Impact Enterprises pp. 105-137

Saurabh Lall, Lily Bowles and Ross Baird

Accelerating into Control pp. 139-148

Jared Konczal

Accelerating Entrepreneurship in Africa pp. 149-168

Malik Fal

Mobile Powered Development: Theory of Change and Policy Recommendations to Drive Social Impact at the Bottom of the Pyramid pp. 169-187

Marissa Drouillard

Building Social Entrepreneurship through the Power of Coworking pp. 189-195

Tonya Surman

Redefining Quality in Developing World Education pp. 197-211

Marc J. Epstein and Kristi Yuthas

Reversing the Tide of Youth Unemployment pp. 213-217

Saul Garlick

Volume 8, issue 1-2, 2013

Finding the Word for Entrepreneur in Luganda pp. 5-10

Arnest Sebbumba

Youth Opportunity: Rethinking the Next Generation pp. 11-17

Judith Rodin and Eme Essien Lore

Go to college, young men and women, go to college! pp. 19-25

Ángel Cabrera and Callie Le Renard

Innovating to Strengthen Youth Employment pp. 27-33

Stanley Litow

University Entrepreneurship May Be Failing Its Market Test pp. 35-39

Carl Schramm

Frustration, Fearlessness, and Fortune: How Youth-Led Startups Are Redefining Entrepreneurship pp. 41-45

Jacob Korenblum

The “Poverty Stoplight” Approach to Eliminating Multidimensional Poverty: Business, Civil Society, and Government Working Together in Paraguay (Innovations Case Narrative: Fundación Paraguaya) pp. 47-67

Martin Burt

Reducing Poverty by Employing Young Women: Hathay Bunano's Scalable Model for Rural Production in Bangladesh (Innovations Case Narrative: Hathay Bunano) pp. 69-88

Kevin McKague, Samantha Morshed and Habibur Rahman

Cracking the Glass Ceiling and Raising the Roof (Innovations Case Narrative: Count Me In for Women's Economic Independence) pp. 89-99

Nell Merlino

Going Against the Flow in Higher Education: Deliberately Including those Previously Excluded (Innovations Case Narrative: University of the People) pp. 101-116

Shai Reshef

Toward a World of Opportunity (Innovations Case Narrative: Making Cents International) pp. 117-140

Fiona Macaulay

TEN Youth: Unlocking Enterprise Growth by Focusing on the Fortune at the Bottom of the Talent Pyramid pp. 141-157

Nicholas Davis, Ebba Hansmeyer, Branka Minic, Shantanu Prakash and Subramanian Rangan

Financial Education and Financial Access: Lessons Learned from Child Development Account Research pp. 159-175

Trina R. Williams Shanks, Lewis Mandell and Deborah Adams

Sourcing Change: Digital Work Building Bridges to Professional Life pp. 177-187

Michael Chertok and Jeremy Hockenstein

YouthSpark and the Evolution of a Corporate Philanthropy Program pp. 189-201

Akhtar Badshah and Yvonne Thomas

It's All About the Jobs pp. 203-217

Jamie McAuliffe, Jasmine Nahhas di Florio and Pia Saunders

Who Teaches Us Most About Financial Programing in Africa? pp. 219-231

Ann Cotton

Hope or Hype? Five Obstacles to Mobile Money Innovations for Youth Financial Services pp. 233-246

Jamie M. Zimmerman and Julia Arnold

Future Forward: Innovations for Youth Employment in Africa pp. 247-257

Beverly Schwartz and Deepali Khanna

Young People, Agriculture, and Transformation in Rural Africa: An “Opportunity Space” Approach pp. 259-269

James Sumberg and Christine Okali

Offering Digital Financial Services to Promote Financial Inclusion: Lessons We've Learned pp. 271-282

John Owens