SEKHUKHUNE: A LIVING LAB STIMULATING ECONOMIC GROWTH OF RURAL MICRO-ENTERPRISES IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Autor: Merz, Christian, Friedland, Carsten, de Louw, Rudi, Dörflinger, Jörg, Maritz, Johan, van Rensburg, Johan, Naudé, Andries
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Zdroj: eJOV: The Electronic Journal for Virtual Organization & Networks; 2009, Vol. 11, p129-144, 16p, 2 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram, 3 Graphs
Abstrakt: The Sekhukhune Rural Living Lab in South Africa is one of only a few living labs in an emerging economy and is firmly rooted in a representative rural African and developing context. It concentrates on incubation mechanisms to support SMMEs (Small Medium and Micro Enterprises) which could provide a backbone for socio-economic development. Socio-economic development in an area like Sekhukhune turns out to be much more than a particular discipline and it is clear that it requires coordinated efforts. Amongst these efforts are process reengineering in close cooperation with the end user community, suitable application and platform development and live piloting applied to real world use cases. The latter provided some very promising results, specifically with regard to end-user adoption and the sustainability of the underlying business model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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