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M-Kopa Solar: Lighting up the Dark Continent
No full text M-Kopa Solar is a pay-as-you-go provider of solar home systems, catering to low-income, off-grid customers in East Africa. The company goes by the tagline, ‘Power for Everyone’. Using mobile payments system and an innovative approach to energy delivery, M-Kopa succeeded in building a business which solved a grave problem for the poorest of the poor and has the potential to become a billion dollar enterprise. The case begins with a description of the background in which M-Kopa is operating. It goes on to explain how M-Kopa used the infrastructure gap in sub-Saharan Africa as an opportunity and propagated solar power as an alternative to traditional energy. Finally, it lays out the challenges M-Kopa may face on its expansion spree. </jats:p
Effect of Information Technology Assets on Organizational Performance: A Case of M-Kopa, Nairobi-Kenya
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in Strategic ManagementThe purpose of the study was to determine the effects of information technology assets on organizational performance: A case of M-KOPA. The study was guided by the following research objectives; to establish the different types of information technology assets adopted in M-KOPA, to determine the level of performance within M-KOPA, and to establish the effects of information technology assets on organizational performance. The study employed descriptive research design in order to provide accuracy and effective representation of the variables being studied. The target population was 463 employees of M-KOPA. The primary data for this study was collected using questionnaires. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. The study established that M-KOPA employees had access to knowledge in using computers, in addition the employees were adequately trained and were able to login and use the computer application hence achieve organization objectives. Additionally, M-KOPA employees were effectively equipped to handle electronic procurement systems and other online application. Employees benefited from efficiency and effectiveness of using information technology hardware, software, and management systems. The study concluded that those organizations should embrace information technology assets to have competitive edge and improve service delivery to customers. The study recommends that organizations should utilize information technology hardware, software, and management system components to ensure data security and accessibility at the workplace. In addition, the organizations should budget for training and up skilling of employees on use of management systems at the workplace. Further research needs to be done to establish the possible risks involved in using information technology assets in handling customer data.School of Business and Economics of
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Influence of Information Communication Strategies On Business Process Management: A Case of M-KOPA Solar Ltd
No full textA Research Project Report Submitted to Chandaria School of Business in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Degree of Master of Business Administration
(MBA)The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of information communication
strategies on business process management. This study was guided by the following
questions: How does emerging technologies influence business process management? How does social media strategies influence business process management, and finally, what influence does business automation have on business process management?
The descriptive survey research design was adopted for this study. The study had a
population of 104 out of which stratified sampling was used to select a sample size of
respondents. A structured questionnaire was used collect primary data which was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22 which is the latest data analysis tool on the market. The analyzed data has been presented using tables and figures.
The first research question sought to determine the influence of emerging technologies on business process management. The findings show the existence of a positive relationship between emerging technologies and business process management. The study examined cloud computing, near field technologies, virtual reality, and ambient intelligence, which contributed to the relationship significantly.
The second research question sought to determine the influence of social media strategies on business process management. The findings show that there exists a significant relationship between social media strategies and business process management. The study examined the use of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube and found they contribute significantly to business process management at M-KOPA.
The third research question sought to determine the influence of business automation on business process management. The findings show the existence of significant relationship between automation and business process management. The study examined automated workflow management, process efficiency and process effectiveness contributed significantly to business process management
This study concludes that emerging technologies examined in this study including cloud
computing, near field technologies, ambient intelligence and virtual reality are significant
in advancing business process management. This study concludes that social media
strategies examined including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube significantly contributes to business process management. Facebook and Twitter enables organizations to advertise their products and services to clients that could not be reached with traditional channels like TV and radio. This study concludes that business automation which included workflow management and process management significantly contributed to business process management. Workflow management enables organizations to integrate different components of organization operations into singular modules thus enhancing efficiency in business process management.
This study recommends that management at M-KOPA should invest more in emerging
technologies especially in cloud computing as this will enable the organization collaborate with other designer’s similar products and services in the global environment and exchange ideas on how to drive efficiency while lowering the cost of doing business. Secondly, this study recommends that M-KOPA should invest more in Facebook and Twitter content management particularly in passing information concerning M-KOPA products and services. Social media content should be developed in a manner that advances organizational strategic objectives, particularly in simplifying business process management. Finally, this study recommends that M-KOPA should enhance the process of full automation of product assembly lines. This will cut down the cost of out-sourcing production to other firms. Automation will also enhance workflow efficiency, and process management that is essential for cost reduction in business process management. Investing in workflow systems will eliminate traditional legacy systems that reduce organizations’ competitiveness on the global market
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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