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Understanding ICT-based business models in developing countries

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  • Alexander Osterwalder

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It is an essential issue to show how small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro enterprises in developing countries can profit from the opportunities presented through the use of information and communication technologies ICTs. This fosters development and helps narrowing the digital divide. The paper presents a business model framework that helps analysing ICT-based business models and illustrates it through the Village Phone Program of the telecommunication operator Grameen Phone in Bangladesh. Furthermore, the paper proposes a so-called business model handbook to improve knowledge transfer related to ICT-based business models.

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  • Alexander Osterwalder, 2004. "Understanding ICT-based business models in developing countries," International Journal of Information Technology and Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 3(2/3/4), pages 333-348.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijitma:v:3:y:2004:i:2/3/4:p:333-348
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    1. Abbate, Tindara & Cesaroni, Fabrizio & Cinici, Maria Cristina & Villari, Massimo, 2019. "Business models for developing smart cities. A fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis of an IoT platform," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 142(C), pages 183-193.
    2. Aldona Fr¹czkiewicz-Wronka & Martyna Wronka-Poœpiech, 2014. "The Use Of Ict For Achieving The Objectives Of The Business Model – Social Enterprise Perspective," Polish Journal of Management Studies, Czestochowa Technical University, Department of Management, vol. 10(2), pages 33-42, December.
    3. Weeks, Richard & Benade, Siebert, 2015. "The development of a generic servitization systems framework," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 43(C), pages 97-104.
    4. Albert Kampermann & Raymond Opdenakker & Beatrice Van der Heijden & Joost Bücker, 2021. "Intercultural Competencies for Fostering Technology-Mediated Collaboration in Developing Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(14), pages 1-25, July.

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