TY - JOUR
T1 - Making the transition from pilot to scale
T2 - Examining sustainability and scalability issues in a public-private telecenter partnership in Sri Lanka
AU - Hosman, Laura
N1 - Funding Information:
The research informing this article was funded by a grant from the Association for Information Systems (AIS) and Microsoft.
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly the vehicles of choice for the implementation of information and communications technology in the developing world. This is particularly true with regard to locally appropriate, shared-access models such as the telecenter franchise. However, the sustainability and the scalability of such initiatives remain in question. This article examines an innovative PPP project at a crucial developmental point: the period of transition from pilot to scaling stage. It identifies challenges and success factors seldom covered in the literature on such projects, then addresses the question(s) of sustainability and scalability, and explores the advantages of focussing on sub-urban areas and the small-and-medium-enterprise sector of emerging economies.
AB - Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are increasingly the vehicles of choice for the implementation of information and communications technology in the developing world. This is particularly true with regard to locally appropriate, shared-access models such as the telecenter franchise. However, the sustainability and the scalability of such initiatives remain in question. This article examines an innovative PPP project at a crucial developmental point: the period of transition from pilot to scaling stage. It identifies challenges and success factors seldom covered in the literature on such projects, then addresses the question(s) of sustainability and scalability, and explores the advantages of focussing on sub-urban areas and the small-and-medium-enterprise sector of emerging economies.
KW - Development
KW - Public-private partnerships
KW - Scaling
KW - Sustainability
KW - Telecenters
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U2 - 10.1080/02681102.2011.568225
DO - 10.1080/02681102.2011.568225
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79960352429
SN - 0268-1102
VL - 17
SP - 232
EP - 248
JO - Information Technology for Development
JF - Information Technology for Development
IS - 3
ER -