Sustainability of Technology-intensive Social Innovation in India: The Role of Absorptive Capacity and Complementary Assets

Xiaolan Fu and Christine Polzin

Chapter 16 in The Rise of Technological Power in the South, 2010, pp 320-340 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Over the past 30 years, technology-intensive social innovations have gained an ever-growing role in the development of many low-income countries and can be expected to remain prominent drivers of social and economic change. Information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as internet and mobile phone tools, may help to create links to commercial and social networks, cut transaction costs and foster innovative ways of delivering social services such as education and healthcare to remote areas. One of the most innovative countries in terms of using ICTs for development projects (known as ICT4D) is India.

Keywords: Supply Chain; Absorptive Capacity; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneur; Social Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230276123_17

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