Currently, around one to two billion users are able to connect to the Internet, most of them living in the industrialized parts of the world. However, if we want to improve the quality of life of the world population with the help of access to information and education, it is necessary that in the next decade an additional five billion people gain access to the Internet. The next five billion Internet users are mainly living in emerging economies. Therefore, the main challenge is to lower the economic barrier using new approaches for infrastructure deployment and service delivery to billions of people. This book reflects the discussions of the challenges from the Münchner Kreis with representatives from the ICT industry, academia, non-governmental organizations and governmental development organizations, among them many representatives from emerging economies in Africa and Asia. They had highlighted the real demand for ICT, and what impact ICT creates for the wealth and lifestyle of the people.

First book to discuss the implications of internet access for inhabitants of the emerging economics Discussion of business opportunities Contributions by leading experts Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Arnold Picot folgte 1984 dem Ruf auf den Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine und Industrielle Betriebswirtschaftslehre an der Technischen Universität München, bevor er 1988 Vorstand des Instituts für Information, Organisation und Management an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München wurde. Im akademischen Jahr 2004/2005 vertrat er den Konrad Adenauer-Gastlehrstuhl an der Georgetown University, Washington D.C.. Er ist Vorsitzender des Münchner Kreis, Mitglied in diversen wissenschaftlichen Beiräten, Vorständen und Kommissionen sowie in Aufsichts- und Beiräten in der Wirtschaftspraxis und (Mit-)Herausgeber von mehreren Zeitschriften, Schriftreihen und Sammelwerken. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte befassen sich mit Grundfragen wirtschaftswissenschaftlicher Theorie, mit Organisation und Unternehmensführung, Wirtschaftsinformatik, Wissensmanagement sowie mit den Wechselwirkungen zwischen neuen Technologien und Strukturen von Unternehmen und Märkten. Seit 1999 ist Picot ordentliches Mitglied der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Am 1. Januar 2007 wurde er Sekretar der Philosophisch-historischen Klasse dieser Einrichtung.

Inhalt
1 Opening Remarks, Prof. Jörg Eberspächer, Technische Universität München, Munich. - 2 ICT for the Poor at Large Scale: Innovative Connections to Markets and Services, Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). - 3 People Driven Innovation How to create the Demand for ICT Solutions in Underserved Areas, Kazi Islam, Grameen Solutions Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh. - Applications for Emerging Economies, Chair: Josef Lorenz, Nokia Siemens Networks, Munich. - 4 Transfer of services to emerging markets mobile services, m-payment & m-health, Stanley Chia, Vodafone Group R&D. - 5 Incubating Micro Enterprises in Rural South Africa The Use Case of Virtual Buying Cooperatives, Christian Merz, SAP Research, Karlsruhe. - 6 What can we learn from the Developing World? Impact of Mobile Applications from developing Markets on Mature Economies, Prof. Gary Marsden, University of Cape Town, South Africa. - Business Models For Sustainable Development, Chair: Christian Merz, SAP Research, Karlsruhe. - 7 Mobile Broadband Community Centers, Jean-Marc Cannet, Alcatel-Lucent, Velizy. - 8 Myths about ICT for the Other Billions, Dr. Kentaro Toyama, Microsoft Research India, Bangalore, India. - Fordable Infrastructure For Everyone, Everywhere, Chair: Prof. Jörg Eberspächer, Technische Universität München. - 9 From Voice to Broadband Data Affordable Communications in Emerging Markets, Frank Oehler, Nokia Siemens Networks, Espoo Finland. - 10 Leapfrogging ICT with Cloud Computing in Emerging Countries, Dr. Hagen Wenzek, Corporate Strategy, IBM, Armonk, NY. - 11 Panel Discussion. - ICT and Economics Development in Underserved Markets A Chicken and Egg Problem, Chair: Prof. Dr. Arnold Picot, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität,Munich. - 12 Closing Remarks, Prof. Dr. Arnold Picot, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich. - Appendix . - List of Speakers and Chairmen.