Technology at the Margins
How IT Meets the Needs of Emerging Markets
TECHNOLOGY AT THE MARGINS Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have revolutionized our lives by changing the way we live, play, work, communicate, learn, manage our finances, and stay healthy-just think of life without Facebook, cell phones, or email! But the majority of the world's people-the four billion at the bottom of the global economic pyramid living on less than $2 a day-remain largely unable to benefit from the ICT revolution, mainly due to its irrelevance to their needs and the high cost of technology in relation to their purchasing power. What if we could change all this? What impact would it have on reducing poverty a…
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Weitere Autoren: Rothenberg Aalami, Jessica / Badshah, Akhtar / Yunus, M. (Vorb.)
- ISBN: 978-0-470-92063-3
- EAN: 9780470920633
- Produktnummer: 13831406
- Verlag: Wiley
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'385 KB
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SAILESH CHUTANI is the cofounder and CEO of Mobisante, Inc. where his goal is to democratize access to healthcare by making diagnostics affordable and accessible. He was formerly a senior director for external research at Microsoft where he pioneered open innovation and funded seminal work in mHealth and technology for the emerging markets. Chutani has also held leadership roles in growing new businesses and products within companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Oracle, Microsoft, and Transarc Corporation. JESSICA ROTHENBERG AALAMI is the Managing Director of the Gobee Group. Her teams provide research insights and field expertise to global businesses, governments, practitioners and their partners. As a research scholar affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy (BRIE), she works extensively in social and economic development and global corporate social responsibility (GlobalCSR). She holds degrees in economic geography and international political economy. AKHTAR BADSHAH is a Senior Director of Global Community Affairs at Microsoft, where he administers the company's global community investment and employee programs. He also manages the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Community Technology Skills Program, a global initiative designed to help narrow the technology skills gap; and Technology for Social Good that supports nonprofits with their technology needs. Badshah has been in the field of community development for over twenty-five years in various capacities in academia, nonprofits, and business.
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