Title Enabling enterprise transformation : business and grassroots innovation for the knowledge economy / Nagy K. Hanna

Published New York : Springer, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 314 pages) : illustrations Series Innovation, technology, and knowledge management Innovation, technology, and knowledge management. Contents 1. An ICT-enabled Innovation and Business Transformation for Development -- 2. Implications of the ICT Revolution for Business -- 3. Strategic Options for Private Sector Development -- 4. Transforming Enterprises: Innovation, Networking and Diffusion -- 5. Transforming Business Environment -- 6. ICT Services Industry for an Innovation Economy -- 7. Developing the ICT Industry Ecosystem -- 8. Telecenter Enterprises and Grassroots Innovation -- 9. A Holistic Framework for Enterprise and Social Transformation -- 10. Lessons and Conclusions Summary Private enterprises in advanced economies have been learning to use information and communication technology (ICT) to innovate and transform their processes, products, services and business models, significantly improving productivity and competitiveness. Moreover, the ICT industry itself has become a major source of job creation and a contributor to economic growth and business transformation. A key question today is whether and how developing countries can learn to benefit from the ICT revolution, and what roles the government and private sector can play. Already, a number of developing countries have been inspired by the example of India and China, and are now seeking to jump on the outsourcing bandwagon. Nevertheless, with few exceptions in the developing world, little attention has been paid by policymakers and practitioners to invest systematically and proactively in ICT-enabled growth, poverty reduction and grassroots innovation. Most communities and small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries, for example, face multiple constraints to adopting and leveraging this general purpose technology, and lack the capabilities for maximizing its potential. In Enabling Enterprise Transformation, Nagy Hanna draws on his rich experience of over 35 years at the World Bank and other aid agencies as a development strategist and ICT policy expert, the most current research, and best practices from around the world to provide practical tools for promoting economic and social transformation through ICT. He assesses various initiatives to develop and diffuse ICT, such as innovation funds, incubators, parks, public-private partnerships, and comprehensive promotion programs. He argues for the strategic options now open for developing countries to participate in ICT production, to deploy ICT to transform industries and services, and to leverage ICT as a new national infrastructure for improving the business environment and enhancing the competitiveness of the whole economy. The challenge for leaders in developing countries is to create such social and institutional dynamics for learning about ICT use and adaptation at many levels. Lessons gained so far from programs to build these social learning and innovation capabilities at the institutional and grassroots levels should be shared among developing countries, and a dialogue among business leaders, policymakers, development agencies, educational institutions, and the general citizenry must be advanced Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-302) and index Notes Print version record In Springer eBooks Subject Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries Information technology -- Government policy -- Developing countries Economic development -- Developing countries Business enterprises -- Computer networks -- Developing countries POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy. Affaires. Science économique. Economie de l'entreprise. Business enterprises -- Computer networks Economic development Economic history Information technology -- Economic aspects Information technology -- Government policy Informationstechnik Unternehmen Wirtschaftsentwicklung Organisationswandel SUBJECT Developing countries -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85037344 Subject Developing countries Entwicklungsländer Form Electronic book ISBN 9781441915085 1441915087 9786612981715 6612981717

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