Mobile phones and the livelihoods of Indonesian micro-entrepreneurs: Evidence of capability expansion

Misita Anwar

Mobile phones and the livelihoods of Indonesian micro-entrepreneurs: Evidence of capability expansion

Misita Anwar

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Abstract

Mobile phone is one of a few technologies in the world that have created immediate and widespread of an impact mobile phones. The impact of the mobile technology for development has been seen from many different perspectives, but few empirical studies have investigates the technology in relation to human development perspectives and in particular Capability Approach. The present study fills this important gap in the literature. Focusing on micro-entrepreneurs in Indonesia including women and disabled micro-entrepreneurs, this paper investigates how the mobile phones create new and expand existing capabilities of micro-entrepreneurs in running business and improving their livelihoods.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PACIS 2015 Proceedings
Editors	Atreyi Kankanhalli, Andrew Burton Jones, Thompson Teo
Place of Publication	Atlanta GA USA
Publisher	Association for Information Systems
Pages	1 - 15
Number of pages	15
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2015 - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 5 Jul 2015 → 9 Jul 2015 Conference number: 19th https://web.archive.org/web/20150728131139/http://www.pacis2015.org/ https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2015/ (Proceedings)

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Conference	Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems 2015
Abbreviated title	PACIS 2015
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	5/07/15 → 9/07/15
Internet address	https://web.archive.org/web/20150728131139/http://www.pacis2015.org/ https://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2015/ (Proceedings)

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Mobile phones and the livelihoods of Indonesian micro-entrepreneurs: Evidence of capability expansion. / Anwar, Misita.
PACIS 2015 Proceedings. ed. / Atreyi Kankanhalli; Andrew Burton Jones; Thompson Teo. Atlanta GA USA: Association for Information Systems, 2015. p. 1 - 15.

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