Marginalised societies face a wide range of deprivations and constraints at individual,
institutional, economic, and technological levels. To satisfy unmet or underserved needs of …

As the deployment of Internet of Things and other enabling technologies is still in an initial
phase worldwide, few research studies have addressed the associated business models …

New technologies open up the door to multiple business models applied to public services
in smart cities. However, there is not a commonly adopted methodology for evaluating …

The evolution of base/bottom of the pyramid (BoP) literature from BoP 1.0 to 3.0 prompted
the need for fresh theoretical perspectives to address complex and persistent social issues …

In the healthcare industry, the biggest difficulties (Wang et al., 2018) lie in patient big data,
medical equipment and instruments, hospital and laboratory information systems. The trend …

Purpose The blue ocean strategy refers to how rebuilding the inputs that customers value in
the designing of a new value curve fundamentally requires a four field of action structure …

Enterprises operating at the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) find it difficult to simultaneously
achieve economic (profitable growth) and social (poverty alleviation) outcomes. This study …

Innovation for inclusive development refers to the development of products and services for
and/or by marginalized communities with the aim of improved economic and social welfare …

In rural China, successful and sustainable business model design has been viewed as an
important strategy to achieve a win–win scenario in which rural poverty can be alleviated …

Develo** a sociopreneurial (social-entrepreneurship) ecosystem is a substantial long-
term investment. Much like natural ecosystems, there are a multitude of support systems …