TY - JOUR T1 - Technology Adaptation and Survival of SMEs: A Longitudinal Study of Developing Countries JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2020 A1 - Supriyo Das A1 - Amit Kundu A1 - Arabinda Bhattacharya KW - developing countries KW - SME KW - sustainability KW - technological environment KW - technology readiness AB - In the current era of internationalizing business activities and globalizating markets, technology has become an essential tool for enhancing market competitiveness. With globalization, a country's economic and business scenarios can change drastically. Many companies have seized on opportunities to pursue, and sometimes achieve economies of scale. Especially in some countries, however, the technological revolution creates significant challenges for small business entrepreneurs. Technological development plays a pivotal role in making small and medium enterprises (SMEs) competitive, as well as leading to sustainable growth. Under such circumstances, it is relevant to consider a country's technological environment for ways that can lead SMEs towards sustainable development. In the present study, we explore the impact of volatility in technological environments on the sustainability of SMEs in developing countries with emerging economies. We use the Global Competitive Index Report for the period 2012-2016, in which six parameters were applied to define the technological environment of developing nations. Two factors, namely, institutional capabilities and external capabilities emerged as significant factors according to factor analysis. We also studied the impact of emerging factors in new technological environments on the sustainability of SMEs in the specific time period using a regression analysis. The results indicate that both institutional capabilities and external capabilities become significant when time is taken as a selection variable. The highly significance of the time variable indicates the dynamism of today's technological environments. As well, institutional capabilities were found to have a strong impact on a business' sustainability, in comparison with external capabilities and the high level of technological volatility. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 10 UR - timreview.ca/article/1369 IS - 6 U1 - University of Calcutta Supriyo Das is Assistant Professor for Marketing at Asutosh College, India. He obtained his BTech from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, then a Masters in Business Management from the University of Calcutta, and is now pursuing a PhD from the same university. He is UGC Net qualified, with eight years of banking experience, including special exposure in rural banking and marketing. His primary research interests are in entrepreneurship development, financial innovation and social inclusion, where he publishes in journals, such as Journal of Global Entrepreneurship and in the edited volumes of the EDII’s conference proceedings. U2 - University of Calcutta Amit Kundu is presently Professor and Dean in the School of Management, at Techno India Group. He obtained his BTech from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, MBA from the Indian Institute of Engineering, Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, and PhD from the Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta. He was previously a Business Development Executive of Consulting Engineering Services Private Limited (India) in New Delhi. He has extensive industrial and consulting experience in the areas of marketing strategy, project planning, and implementation. He has presented research papers at multiple conferences and events, both in India and abroad, with publications in peer reviewed journals. He received an outstanding research award at the Global Conference on Business and Finance from the Institute for Business and Finance Research in Las Vegas, USA. U3 - University of Calcutta Arabinda Bhattacharya is a former Associate Professor of the Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta, where he taught for 40 years. He completed his MStat from the Indian Statistical Institute in 1974. He obtained a MPhil in Economics from the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He also did an FDP in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. His research interests are in the area of organisational behaviour and market research. He has published research in national and international journals and has supervised numerous research scholars in their doctoral work. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Understanding the Role of Rural Entrepreneurs in Telecentre Sustainability: A Comparative Study of the Akshaya and eSeva Projects in India JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Gaurav Mishra A1 - Balakrishnan Unny R KW - developing countries KW - entrepreneurship KW - India KW - services KW - sustainability KW - telecentres AB - In rural areas of India, telecentres provide access to computers and other digital technologies and have been utilized as a delivery channel for various government services. Following a public–private partnership (PPP) model, there is a general belief among policy makers that the revenue from government-to-consumer (G2C) services would be sufficient to cover the village-level entrepreneurs’ cash flow requirements and therefore provide financial sustainability. Also, the literature suggests that telecentres have a large enough market for public-access businesses to be commercially viable. In India, around 100,000 telecentres are being set up to serve 600,000 villages – one telecentre for every six villages – to provide one-window access to government services. In the literature, a lack of government services is often quoted as a reason for telecentre failure. This study, using an exploratory approach, aims to understand the parameters that relate to the sustainability of telecentres across a number of common, government-related services. It is observed that some telecentres perform better than the others even though they have the same number of government-related services. Reasons for such differences are explored and the learnings from this research will benefit the stakeholders who are engaged in providing telecentre-based services in other developing countries. In addition, a theoretical framework is suggested to understand the dynamics between different types of sustainability parameters such as financial, social, staff, technology, and institutional. The findings of this research have policy implications in terms of the way services are designed and delivered through telecentres in developing countries such as India. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 8 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1130 IS - 1 U1 - Nirma University Gaurav Mishra is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Management at Nirma University in Ahmedabad, India. Before joining Nirma University, he was associated with the Development Management Institute in Patna and the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology in Gandhinagar as Assistant Professor. He also worked with International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad in the Knowledge Management and Sharing department. He received his PhD from the University of Reading, United Kingdom. His thesis focused on understanding adoption, social Inequality, and development impact with respect to e-government centres in rural India. He also holds an MS degree from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology. U2 - National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli Balakrishnan Unny R is currently pursuing his PhD in the area of software project management from the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy) in Tamil Nadu, India. He has over 10 years of experience in academia and consulting in the area of IT and risk. He has executed projects in information security, business continuity, IT risk, and IT process improvements. Prof. Balakrishnan also has experience working in projects across multiple domains including financial markets, telecommunications, and IT service provision. He holds an MBA from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, with a specialization in IT and risk management. ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Editorial: Insights (August 2015) JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2015 A1 - Chris McPhee KW - business ecosystems KW - developing countries KW - drawing KW - enterprise gamification KW - innovation ecosystems; public–private innovation networks; women entrepreneurship KW - knowledge ecosystems KW - poverty alleviation KW - strategy communication PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 5 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/917 IS - 8 U1 - Technology Innovation Management Review Chris McPhee is Editor-in-Chief of the Technology Innovation Management Review. Chris holds an MASc degree in Technology Innovation Management from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and BScH and MSc degrees in Biology from Queen's University in Kingston, Canada. He has over 15 years of management, design, and content-development experience in Canada and Scotland, primarily in the science, health, and education sectors. As an advisor and editor, he helps entrepreneurs, executives, and researchers develop and express their ideas. ER -