Solar products for poor rural communities as a business: lessons from a successful project in Uttar Pradesh, India

Urpelainen, Johannes; Yoon, Semee

doi:10.1007/s10098-015-1028-4

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“…The amount of solar light that reaches the earth’s surface in a single day is greater than the total amount of energy used in a year (Cosimo, 2018; International Energy Agency, 2013; Kumar et al , 2020a; Pavel and Rajagopal, 2017) therefore effective energy channeling and utilization are essential (Alam and Fathima, 2022). It has been noted from the past review of literature that most rural and urban areas in India are facing energy issues in terms of connectivity, supply and demand (Hossain et al , 2014; Urpelainen and Yoon, 2016). Thus, the demand for electricity energy consumption has become a pivotal concern to many nations and that is why it has been widely focused on the sustainable development goals (SDGs).…”

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Factors affecting consumer purchase intention for buying solar energy products

M.S

Batcha

Alam

2022

IJESM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors influencing consumers’ intention to purchase solar energy products (SEPs). Design/methodology/approach The research is based on primary data that has been collected from a total of 351 non-users of SEPs from different cities of Tamil Nadu state (India). Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modelling have been used to examine the collected data. Findings Attitude, perceived behavioral control and energy concern variables are significant towards consumers’ purchase intention. However, other variables such as subjective norms and energy awareness were found insignificant. Research limitations/implications The sample size was chosen based on convenience sampling, and the sample was collected from the different cities in Tamil Nadu. As a result, the outcome may not be representative of the whole population. Respondents’ perspectives in one section of India may differ from those in another. Practical implications The findings of this study help policymakers, business experts, marketers, social marketers and energy conservation organizations in gaining a better understanding of consumer behavior. Social implications The outcome of this study will be effective in developing action plans to improve environmental quality through solar products. Originality/value This study has targeted the potential consumers and identified factors that are influencing consumers’ intention to purchase SEP. Therefore, the study’s findings will add value to SEP companies, government and non-government organizations, marketers, academicians and the research community.

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Factors affecting consumer purchase intention for buying solar energy products

M.S

Batcha

Alam

2022

IJESM

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“…There have been a number of studies on Boond's products and services in recent years. These previous studies have been conducted mainly from business sustainability, economics and engineering perspectives (D'Agostino, Lund, & Urpelainen, 2016;Numminen & Lund, 2016;Urpelainen & Yoon, 2016) using quantitative methods, such as surveys, computer systems monitoring and literature reviews. Consequently, a solid body of knowledge on the system performance, business viability, and technology innovation has been developed.…”

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Power to the People

Simmonds

2018

Proceedings of the 9th Indian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction

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Designing a better prepaid solar electricity service for rural Indian villages 7 6 03 GATHERING INSIGHTS 3.1/ Making sense of the field research results 3.2/ Participant stories 3.3/ Findings and insights the entrepreneur ' s role 3.3.1/ Entrepreneurs are a key link in the Boond service understanding the meters 3.3.2/ The account balance is all that matters 3.3.3/ Meter reading is often delegated to others with greater literacy skills 3.3.4/ The meter placement hinders engagement with service 3.3.5/ Opportunities for mobile phones to facilitate the service 3.3.6/ Insights into literacy: exploring context with props energy use decisions 3.3.7/ Boond is one part of a larger household energy mix 3.3.8/ Despite satisfaction with prepaid electricity, kerosene use continues 3.3.9/ Boond is perceived as more costly than it actually is 3.4/ Findings and insights conclusion 04 DESIGN PROPOSAL 4.1/ The design process 4.1.

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“…The digital divides call for an urgent intervention between the digital natives and digital immigrants' social entrepreneurs in developing countries. Presently, in the developing countries context, there are challenges of unconnected society, lack of access to knowledge, information, and knowledge management, inadequate technological facilities, unsafe way of using technology and environmental issues that leads to increasing carbon footprint, inadequate social entrepreneur technology competencies, privacy, and trust issues and limitation in visibility and publicity of social enterprise (Boris & Sergey, 2018;Cross, 2013;Galvin & Iannotti, 2015;Gbadegeshin et al, 2019;Gopalkrishnan, 2013;Horwitch & Mulloth, 2008;Patrignani & Whitehouse, 2015;Richardson, Kettinger, Banks, & Quintana, 2014;Urpelainen & Yoon, 2016;Vargas-Hernandez & Gonzalez, 2020;Warnecke & Houndonougbo, 2016). One solution to these persistent problems is the intervention of innovative technologies tailored to social enterprise operations.…”

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Nigeria Social Enterprise Perception on Social Issues, Profit Maximization, Innovation, and Knowledge Sharing for Poverty Eradication

Olaleye¹,

Sanusi²,

Dada³

2021

Int. j. bus. adm. stud

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Poverty alleviation is one of the significant problems that social enterprise wants to solve. It could be absolute, relative, generational, situational, urban, or rural poverty in Africa. There are scanty literature and a shallow understanding of how technology intervenes for social entrepreneurship in a developing context. This study was conducted to address the identified gap. Quantitative method was used to gather data from the respondents utilizing Nigerian samples. This study used SPSS ver. 26 and Python for the descriptive statistics and 5 Likert Scales data analysis for 33 measurement items. The result shows that Nigeria's social enterprise focused on social issues such as social vision, social need, social change, social goal, social value, social mission, and social efforts. The knowledge of SME owners' insights on business start-ups in Nigeria and how social entrepreneurship could facilitate business growth and renewal is essential for future pursuit of social entrepreneurship. The importance of communication, operational, social, and collaborative technology was highlighted, and the study concluded with limitations and future research opportunities.

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Solar products for poor rural communities as a business: lessons from a successful project in Uttar Pradesh, India

Cited by 18 publications

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Factors affecting consumer purchase intention for buying solar energy products

Factors affecting consumer purchase intention for buying solar energy products

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Nigeria Social Enterprise Perception on Social Issues, Profit Maximization, Innovation, and Knowledge Sharing for Poverty Eradication

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