Harnessing Innovation for Change: Sustainability and Poverty in Developing Countries
指出，在发展中国家推广可持续创新时，必须考虑当地客户、网络和商业生态系统，并通过手机、节能炉灶、清洁饮用水和家庭电气化案例加以说明，对管理者理解贫困与可持续性的关联有参考价值。
abstract To date, a well‐developed business perspective on how to promote sustainability for those in poverty is sorely lacking. For sustainability enhancing innovations in developing countries, poverty presents unique challenges. In this paper, we argue that if sustainability enhancing innovations introduced in developing countries are to stick, they need to be designed with local customers, networks, and business ecosystems in mind. We illustrate this view using case examples from mobile telephony, fuel efficient stoves, clean drinking water, and household electrification. Our paper underscores the need for today's managers to understand poverty as an integral part of the sustainability nexus and the new international business equation.