Business Informatics on the Ground
Research summary
The Business Informatics on the Ground (BIG) project aims to set up a sustainable learning environment where participants of the network learn to design and apply mobile technologies, including games, for practical business uses in the context of emerging economies. A key component of the design process is to collect real life design stories related to good practices and lessons learned of various business informatics projects emerging in different contexts. A concrete example of a BIG initiative is a street business school, where street vendors are trained to use mobile technologies in their daily lives. The approach used in the street business school is a living lab approach where the vendors, students, researchers and designers of technologies work in close collaboration.
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Research title
Business Informatics on the Ground
Research timeline
1.6.2014 - 1.12.2015
Keywords
business informatics ICT4D NSS
Region
Africa
Countries
Finland, South Africa, Tanzania, United Republic Of, Uganda
Institution
University of Eastern Finland
School of Computing
Joensuu, Finland
Head of research
Prof. Erkki Sutinen
Research team
Prof. Erkki Sutinen, Dr. Jarkko Suhonen
Partners
UEF (Finland), College of Business Education (Tanzania), Makerere University Business School (Uganda), Nong Lam University (Vietnam),
North-West University (South Africa), University of Helsinki (Finland),
University of Iringa (Tanzania)
Contact information
Jarkko Suhonen
jarkko.suhonen@uef.fi
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Record last updated
15.4.2014