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Bringing Clean Energy to the Base of the Pyramid: The Interplay of Business Models, Technology, and Local Context
Journal of Management for Global Sustainability
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Bringing Clean Energy to the Base of the Pyramid: The Interplay of Business Models, Technology, and Local Context
Trayendo energía limpia a la base de la pirámide: la interacción de los modelos de negocio, la tecnología y el contexto local |
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Albi, Emily; Santa Clara University Santa Clara, California, U.S.A. Lieberman, Andrew E.; Santa Clara University Santa Clara, California, U.S.A. |
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Social enterprises are providing affordable energy and environmentally sustainable energy to a small but growing percentage of the four billion people living on less than $2,000/year. Santa Clara University’s Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBITM) has worked with over 60 of these enterprises and profiled them on its Energy Map website. Based on this direct experience and associated research, the authors conclude that it is the interplay among innovative business models, quality technologies tailored to localized energy markets, and appropriate interfacing with local ecosystems that allows social enterprises to go to scale. This conclusion is supported by a review of prominent enterprises including Shindulai, Solar Sister, Angaza Design, Potential Energy, Selco, Husk Power Systems, and Practical Action.
Las empresas sociales están proporcionando energía asequible y sostenible medioambientalmente para un pequeño pero creciente porcen- taje de los cuatro mil millones de personas que viven con menos de US $ 2,000 / año. La Global Social Benefit Incubator de Santa Clara University (GSBITM) ha trabajado con más de 60 de estas empresas y ha creado sus perfiles en su sitio web Energy Map. En base a esta experiencia directa y la investigación asociada, los autores concluyen que esta interacción entre los modelos de negocio innovadores, las tecnologías de calidad adaptados a los mercados energéticos localizados, y las apropiadas interconexiones con los ecosistemas locales permite a las empresas sociales aumentar su tamaño. Esta conclusión se basa en una revisión de las empresas impor- tantes, incluyendo Shindulai, Solar Sister, Angaza Diseño, Potential Energy, Selco, Husk Power Systems y Practical Action. |
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International Association of Jesuit Business Schools
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Applied Materials
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2013-08-28
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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https://journals.ateneo.edu/ojs/index.php/jmgs/article/view/JM2013.01208
10.13185/JM2013.01208 |
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Journal of Management for Global Sustainability; Vol. 1, No. 2 (2013): Special Issue on Social Entrepreneurship; 141-156
2244-6893 2244-6885 10.13185/JM2013.012 |
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eng
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https://journals.ateneo.edu/ojs/index.php/jmgs/article/view/JM2013.01208/1696
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