Articles by Al Hammond
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Monday
November 28
2005A New Model for Success at the BOP: Interview with David Wheeler, Part 4
Click to view Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of the interview.What are the biggest challenges to creating Sustainable Local Enterprise Networks? How can these be overcome?For all the great examples of SLENs that we described and that are featured on the NextBillion web site and elsewhere,...
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Friday
November 25
2005A New Model for Success at the BOP: Interview with David Wheeler, Part 3
Click to view Part 1 and Part 2 of the interview.Doesn?t this model depart significantly from conventional wisdom in its hybrid character?with both for profit and non-profit components playing a significant role? What?s important about this model for larger companies, particularly...
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Wednesday
November 23
2005A New Model for Success at the BOP: Interview with David Wheeler, Part 2
This post is a continuation of an interview Nextbillion conducted with Prof. David Wheeler, who recently wrote an insightful piece on how sustainable local enterprise networks can enable bottom-up development at the base of the pyramid. The interview will conclude next week. To read the...
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Monday
November 21
2005A New Model for Success at the BOP: Interview with David Wheeler, Part 1
Multinational companies (MNCs) have a significant role to play in private sector strategies aimed at benefiting markets at the base of the pyramid (BOP). From a development perspective however, the role of local actors, especially indigenous small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), may be...
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Thursday
November 3
2005Global Health in the News
Bill Clinton and Bill Gates held forth Wednesday afternoon at the Time Global Health Summit in New York City. Both have made global health issues a priority through their foundations, and both received a standing ovation for the work that they have done. What was fascinating was how much they...
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Monday
October 17
2005Technology at the Edge: Longer-term, more speculative examples
With little legacy infrastructure, inefficient markets, and a vast amount of unmet needs, the BOP represents an enormous opportunity for research and development firms looking to translate new technologies into financial returns. Some of the best prospects today are in the energy industry,...
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Thursday
October 13
2005Technology at the Edge: Other hi-tech, near-term examples
Given the right business model, high-tech devices can also find appropriate uses in developing countries. Wireless AccessWhen a group of emerging market cellular operators put out a tender for low-cost basic GSM phones, nobody paid much attention until Motorola won the tender by...
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Tuesday
October 11
2005Technology at the Edge: Near-term examples in low-cost computing
The dream of a low-cost computer for the masses has been around for a long time, gaining increased momentum earlier this decade as awareness grew about the opportunities associated with bridging the global digital divide, as well as the consequences of failing to do so. Initial entrants in...
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