Inclusive Innovation in the Private Sector: The Case of East African Tech Start-Ups

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dc.contributor.authorKoskinen, Kari
dc.date.accessioned2016-12-29T01:34:36Z
dc.date.available2016-12-29T01:34:36Z
dc.date.issued2017-01-04
dc.description.abstractInclusive innovation argues for the inclusion of societally marginalised groups into the innovation process in order for them to better benefit from the innovations. In the literature on the topic, the main actors behind these innovations are multinational enterprises or entities from the public or third sector. However, in a developing country context, inclusive innovation might be equally relevant for small private sector entities, as they often target the same users, for example the non-profit sector. \ \ This paper studies the role of inclusive innovation in technology start-ups in East Africa and argues that, despite their profit seeking purpose, contextual factors force many of these start-ups to automatically adopt methods advocated by inclusive innovation. This has important implications to evaluating the role of the private sector as a provider of services and products that can be seen as having a positive impact on the lives of these groups.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2017.503
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-0-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/41663
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 50th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectInclusive innovation
dc.subjectEast Africa
dc.subjectentrepreneurship
dc.subjectapplication development
dc.subjectcontext
dc.titleInclusive Innovation in the Private Sector: The Case of East African Tech Start-Ups
dc.typeConference Paper
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