Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization

2006 - 2019

Current editor(s): Philip Auerswald and Iqbal Quadir

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Volume 7, issue 4, 2012

Form, Transform, Platform: How the Ubiquity of Mobile Phones Is Unleashing an Entrepreneurial Revolution pp. 3-12

Iqbal Quadir

Mobilizing Entrepreneurship pp. 13-20

Raj Gollamudi

The Challenge of Sustaining App Entrepreneurs pp. 21-26

Chris Locke

Fertilizer by Phone: Esoko Enhances African Farmers' Livelihoods through Innovations in Data Access (Innovations Case Narrative: Esoko) pp. 27-41

Mark Davies

Bridging Divides with Inclusive mCommerce: Creating Shared Value (Innovations Case Narrative: Dialog Tradenet) pp. 43-57

Hans Wijayasuriya and Michael de Soyza

Mobilizing Tech Entrepreneurs in Africa (Innovations Case Narrative: iHub) pp. 59-67

Erik Hersman

Thinking Horizontally and Vertically: A Better Way to Approach Mobile Innovation in the Developing World pp. 69-86

Chris Williamson and Corina Gardner

Mobile Entrepreneurship and Employment pp. 87-100

Maja Andjelkovic and Saori Imaizumi

Using Information and Communication Technologies to Support New Global Societies pp. 101-111

Jane Vincent

Integrating Technology and Institutional Change: Toward the Design and Deployment of 21st Century Digital Property Rights Institutions pp. 113-123

Philip Auerswald and Jenny Stefanotti

Volume 7, issue 3, 2012

DIY Producer Society pp. 3-10

Dane Stangler and Kate Maxwell

The Maker Movement pp. 11-14

Dale Dougherty

An American Renaissance: How It Is Happening, How to Nudge It Along, Why We Should Care pp. 15-24

Bo Cutter

The Future of Manufacturing: The United States Stirs pp. 25-34

David M. Hart

How Inexpensive RFID Is Revolutionizing the Supply Chain: (Innovations Case Narrative: The Electronic Product Code) pp. 29-32

Sanjay Sarma

Toward an Open Source Civilization: (Innovations Case Narrative: Open Source Ecology) pp. 53-70

Cameron Colby Thomson and Marcin Jakubowski

Advancing Manufacturing to New Frontiers: Increasing Opportunities for Society pp. 71-81

Stephanie S. Shipp, Nayanee Gupta, Justin A. Scott, Christopher L. Weber, Michael S. Finnin and Bhavya Lal

High-Tech, High-Touch, and Manufacturing's Triple Bottom Line pp. 83-95

Adam Friedman and Joan Byron

Reinventing American Manufacturing: The Role of Innovation pp. 97-125

William B. Bonvillian

America's Two Systems of Innovation: Innovation for Production in Fostering U.S. Growth pp. 127-154

Dan Breznitz and Peter Cowhey

The Future of National Manufacturing Policy pp. 155-178

Gregory Tassey

Why the United States Needs a National Manufacturing Strategy pp. 179-191

Stephen Ezell

The Need for a New Understanding of Manufacturing and Industrial Policy in Leading Economies pp. 193-202

Finbarr Livesey

Volume 7, issue 2, 2012

Enabling Entrepreneurial Ecosystems pp. 3-10

Susan Davis

Entrepreneurship in the Middle East and North Africa: Opening the Floodgates pp. 11-17

Ovais Naqvi

Prosperity through Connectedness (Innovations Case Narrative: Start-Up Chile) pp. 19-23

Horacio Melo

The Magic Happens When You Focus on People (Innovations Case Commentary: Start-Up Chile) pp. 25-27

Vivek Wadhwa

An Early Assessment of Start-Up Chile (Innovations Case Commentary: Start-Up Chile) pp. 29-32

Ted Gonder

Market Making: How Enterprise Funds Can Jump-Start Stagnant Economies (Innovations Case Narrative: Enterprise Funds) pp. 33-61

Francis J. Skrobiszewski

Entrepreneurship as a Career (Innovations Case Narrative: The Launch Pad) pp. 63-66

William Scott Green and Susan Wills Amat

Mobile Money Usage Patterns of Kenyan Small and Medium Enterprises pp. 67-81

Dylan Higgins, Jake Kendall and Ben Lyon

Enabling Entrepreneurship in Egypt: Toward a Sustainable Dynamic Model pp. 83-106

Mohamed El Dahshan, Ahmed H. Tolba and Tamer Badreldin

Creating a Place for the Future: Strategies for Entrepreneurship-Led Development in Pakistan pp. 107-134

Philip Auerswald, Elmira Bayrasli and Sara Shroff

Volume 7, issue 1, 2012

Mexico's Growth Will Come From Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises pp. 3-7

Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui

From Dirt and Scrap to Gold: A Vision for Entrepreneurship in Indonesia pp. 9-17

Ir. Ciputra

Lighting a Path in Pakistan (Innovations Case Narrative: Bareeze and CARE Foundation Pakistan) pp. 19-33

Seema Aziz

When Business and Social Missions Align (Innovations Case Commentary: Bareeze and CARE Foundation Pakistan) pp. 35-38

Elmira Bayrasli

Mitigating the Resource Curse through Legal Empowerment (Innovations Case Narrative: Protimos) pp. 39-60

Fiona Darroch

Collective Representation and the Last Mile (Innovations Case Commentary: Protimos) pp. 61-64

Sean McDonald

Diaspora Networks: A New Impetus to Drive Entrepreneurship pp. 65-72

Suren G. Dutia

South Sudan: The Birth of an Economy pp. 73-90

Shannon Ding, Kelly Wyett and Eric Werker

The Agility Imperative: Emerging Knowledge Management Requirements for Stability Operations in the U.S. Army pp. 91-106

Eric Peck, Lynndee Kemmet, Ray McGowan, C. Reed Hodgin and Bart Peintner

Using Innovation Prizes to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals pp. 107-114

Bryony Everett, Erika Wagner and Christopher Barnett

Volume 6, issue 4, 2011

Regulators as Change Agents pp. 3-16

Claire Alexandre

Mobile Money as an Information Utility That Touches Everyone: Refining the Vision for Financial Inclusion pp. 17-25

Ignacio Mas and Nicholas Sullivan

Liquidity and Savings in the Age of M-PESA (Innovations Case Narrative: Jipange KuSave) pp. 27-42

Nick Hughes, Gautam Ivatury, Jonathan Petrides and Stuart Rutherford

The Challenge of Combining Credit and Savings: (Innovations Case Discussion: Jipange KuSave) pp. 43-48

Ashirul Amin

An Emerging Platform: From Money Transfer System to Mobile Money Ecosystem pp. 49-64

Jake Kendall, Bill Maurer, Phillip Machoka and Clara Veniard

Mobile Identity and Financial Inclusion at the Bottom of the Pyramid pp. 65-72

Ramona Liberoff and Chris Horn

Mobile Money: A Foundation for Food Security pp. 73-79

Menekse Gencer

Branchless and Mobile Banking Solutions for the Poor: A Survey of the Literature pp. 81-98

Ahmed Dermish, Christoph Kneiding, Paul Leishman and Ignacio Mas

Financial Inclusion and Regulatory Policy: The Case of Ghana's Informal and Semiformal Financial Institutions pp. 99-104

Franklin Belnye

Setting the Regulatory Landscape for the Provision of Electronic Money in Peru pp. 105-116

Narda L. Sotomayor

Cash-In and Cash-Out Agents for Mobile Money in Indonesia pp. 117-123

Siti Hidayati

Regulation of Banking and Payment Agents in Kenya pp. 125-132

Matu Mugo

Volume 6, issue 3, 2011

Impact Investing: Frontier Stories pp. 3-8

Wayne Silby

Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money while Making a Difference pp. 9-18

Antony Bugg-Levine and Jed Emerson

Impact Investing: Roots & Branches pp. 19-25

Elizabeth Littlefield

Catalyzing Investment for Domestic Impact: The Impact Investing Initiative of the U.S. Small Business Administration pp. 27-34

Sean Greene

Investing with Impact: Unlocking Value for Business and Society pp. 35-39

Kris M. Balderston

Mission, Margin, Mandate: Multiple Paths to Scale pp. 41-53

Brian Trelstad and Robert Katz

Impact Investing in Energy Enterprises: A Three-Act Play (Innovations Case Narrative: E+Co) pp. 55-70

Christine Eibs Singer

Seeking an End to Energy Starvation (Innovations Case Narrative: Husk Power Systems) pp. 71-83

Manoj Sinha

The Need for a Smarter Funding Ecosystem (Innovations Case Commentary: Husk Power Systems) pp. 85-92

Simon Desjardins

Enabling Market-Driven Technology (Innovations Case Narrative: Envirofit International) pp. 93-102

Tim Bauer

Shell Foundation and the Breathing Space Programme (Innovations Case Commentary: Envirofit International) pp. 103-106

Pradeep Pursnani

Economic Empowerment through Enterprise (Innovations Case Narrative: Gone Rural) pp. 107-115

Jaime Ramirez

How Standards Emerge: The Role of Investor Leadership in Realizing the Potential of IRIS pp. 117-131

Amit Bouri

Seed-Stage Investment and Support: Closing the Gap to Growth in Impact Investing pp. 133-143

Ross Baird

Unlocking the Mystery: An Introduction to Social Investment pp. 145-154

Ann-Kristin Achleitner, Andreas Heinecke, Abigail Noble, Mirjam Schöning and Wolfgang Spiess-Knafl

Taking a Realistic Approach to Impact Investing: Observations from the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Social Innovation pp. 155-166

Katherine Milligan and Mirjam Schöning

Leap of Reason: Managing to Outcomes in an Era of Scarcity pp. 167-177

Mario Morino

Real Good, Not Feel Good: A Brief Guide to High-Impact Philanthropy pp. 179-184

Martin J. Fisher

Volume 6, issue 2, 2011

The Definition of Business pp. 3-12

Ben Cohen

Mobile Money: Afghanistan pp. 13-33

Jan Chipchase, Panthea Lee and Bill Maurer

Collaborative Entrepreneurship: How Social Entrepreneurs Can Tip the World by Working in Global Teams pp. 35-38

Bill Drayton

The World's Most Ambitious ID Project (Innovations Case Narrative: India's Project Aadhaar) pp. 39-65

Vijay Sathe

Designing and Implementing a Technology-Driven Public-Private Partnership (Innovations Case Discussion: India's Project Aadhaar) pp. 67-72

Robert Klitgaard

Reducing Poverty through Employment pp. 73-97

Aneel Karnani

Social Entrepreneurship: Beyond the Hype pp. 99-116

Aneel Karnani

Delivering Health Care to the Global Poor: Solving the Accessibility Problem pp. 117-141

Marc J. Epstein and Eric G. Bing

Scaling Social Impact: When Everybody Contributes, Everybody Wins pp. 143-155

Jon McPhedran Waitzer and Roshan Paul

Complex, Established “Legacy” Sectors: The Technology Revolutions That Do Not Happen pp. 157-187

Charles Weiss and William B. Bonvillian

Volume 6, issue 1, 2011

The Age of Timidity Is Gone (Address delivered at the Skoll World Forum Oxford, U.K. April 1, 2011) pp. 3-6

Fadi Ghandour

Mobile Technology and the Last Mile: “Reluctant Innovation” and FrontlineSMS pp. 7-12

Ken Banks, Sean Martin McDonald and Florence Scialom

Government as a Platform pp. 13-40

Tim O'Reilly

The Case for mLegal (Innovations Case Narrative: mLegal) pp. 41-62

Sean Martin McDonald

Open, Generative, and User Centered: The Potential of SMS-Based Legal Technology for Development (Innovations Case Discussion: mLegal) pp. 63-68

Robert Richards

Mapping Change: Community Information Empowerment in Kibera (Innovations Case Narrative: Map Kibera) pp. 69-94

Erica Hagen

Ground Truth from the Grassroots (Innovations Case Discussion: Map Kibera) pp. 95-100

Anne Nelson

The Mobile Money Movement: Catalyst to Jump-Start Emerging Markets pp. 101-117

Menekse Gencer

Banking the Poor through Everyday Stores pp. 119-128

Ignacio Mas and Mireya Almazán

Restructuring for Resilience pp. 129-146

Maryann P. Feldman and Nichola J. Lowe