The World Loses C.K. Prahalad, but His Strategies for the BoP Live On 5-28-10
Both the business and development communities are mourning the recent death of Professor C.K. Prahalad, the man who redefined the term “Bottom of the Pyramid” (BoP) in the context of the four billion poor people across the developing world more...
Is China Changing its Tune on Foreign Technology Companies? 5-5-10
China’s very public spat with Google on Internet censorship has been making the news for months, but recently there have been a few developments which indicate that China is slowly becoming a friendlier environment for foreign technology firms more...
Features, Functionality AND Services, Oh My! 4-19-10
Both Microsoft and Nokia announced “social” phones designed specifically for optimal performance as social networking tools, according to the GSMA’s Mobile Business Briefing this week more...
Planning for the Future: Latin America Leads the Way on Laptops for Kids 4-8-10
What started as a trickle three years ago in Uruguay is turning into a flood. That nation’s decision in 2007 to purchase 100,000 ultra low-cost OLPC netbooks has created a domino effect across Latin America more...
The Face of Consumer Business Growth in Emerging Markets? A Woman 3-22-10
International Women’s Day has passed, but we still have the importance of women - as consumers and catalysts for development - on our minds more...
Mobile World Congress Puts the Spotlight on Maturing mServices 3-8-10
The 2010 Mobile World Congress, held last month in Barcelona, featured the usual array of cutting-edge devices and new service offerings from handset makers and operators from around the globe more...
China, India…or Peru? Don’t Overlook Quiet Emerging-market Stars 2-22-10
The recent sovereign debt scares in Dubai, Greece and other developed and emerging markets have rattled many investors, but some countries are weathering the storm more...
Disaster Relief & Philanthropy Enabled by New Mobile Business Models 2-8-10
“Information is a vital form of aid in itself […] Disaster-affected people need information as much as water, food, medicine or shelter...” more...
Google-China dispute throws the spotlight on policy issues 1-26-10
Since Google’s recent news of security breaches and its reversal on censoring materials in China, Yahoo has come forward to say that it knew of similar security issues that originated in China more...
