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Analysis of the factors affecting the sustainability of ICT4D initiatives

Author: Marais, Mario A Date: Oct 2011 The sustainability of ICT for Development (ICT4D) initiatives remains an enduring concern, and projects typically have a high rate of failure. ICT4D is in flux and the trends are analysed to show how sustainability issues have changed from ... Read more
Applying living lab methodology to enhance skills in innovation

Author: Herselman, Martha E ; Marais, Mario A ; Pitse-Boshoman, M Date: Jul 2010 The focus of this paper is to indicate how skills can be enhanced in innovation through the application of the living lab methodology. When users are part of the creation of innovation in real-life contexts it can have a positive effect on ... Read more
Applying the Digital Doorway design research model in facilitating skills transfer in rural communities

Author: Herselman, Martha E ; Smith, R ; Gush, Kim L ; Cambridge, G ; Botha, Adèle ; Marais, Mario A Date: Nov 2010 The purpose of this article is to indicate how skills can be transferred through the application of the Digital Doorway (DD) design research model. Skills transfer takes place between the initiators of Digital Doorway (CSIR Meraka Institute) ... Read more
Beneath the surface of conscious patterns: using narrative to characterise the culture of innovation at a leading R&D organisation

Author: Maree, GA ; Roux, DJ ; Marais, Mario A Date: Feb 2006 The South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was founded in 1945 and knowledge has always been a core asset of the organisation and is a direct determinant of the organisation’s relevance. Strategic management of ... Read more
Beyond ‘Technology for Development’ and ‘Sustainability’ towards systemic and holistic rural innovation: Success factors from the Southern African experience over 20 years

Author: Van Rensburg, J ; Du Buisson, U ; Cronje, B ; Marais, Mario A ; Haruperi, E Date: Jun 2014 This paper describes essential, real-world activities and processes needed to develop and deploy people-centred networks enabled with innovative technologies that in turn produce “essential knowledge economy functions in service of systemic ... Read more
Catalysing innovation: the promise of the living lab approach in South Africa

Author: Pitse-Boshomane, MM ; Marais, Mario A ; Morris, CF ; Roux, K ; Van Rensburg, R ; Herselman, Martha E ; Makan, AK ; Mulder, I Date: Oct 2008 Members of the Meraka Institute of the CSIR have been active in ICT for Development (ICT4D) activities in South Africa and Africa over the last ten years or more. An overview of the lessons learned in the areas of Community Wireless Networks, ... Read more
The components of an innovation ecosystem framework for Botswana's mobile applications

Author: Nyamaka, AT ; Botha, Adèle ; Van Biljon, J ; Marais, Mario A Date: Apr 2020 The literature on information and communication technology comprises numerous studies on the role of mobile technologies in developing communities, including examples of innovative mobile applications which improve literacy and access to ... Read more
A critical analysis of the uses and gratifications experienced by South African users of the digital doorway

Author: Abbas, FJ ; Van der Vyver, AG ; Marais, Mario A Date: Nov 2013 The Digital Doorway is a computerized machine that was implemented in areas populated by disadvantaged communities throughout South Africa to promote computer literacy within these communities. Understanding the progress and satisfaction of ... Read more
Decision support to enable sustainability in development projects

Author: Meyer, IA ; Marais, Mario A Date: Oct 2014 A number of factors complicate the ability to deliver sustainably on development interventions. Multiple role players are involved, the performance of implementation agencies are measured over the short- to medium term and donors do not always ... Read more
Decision-making: Theory and Practice

Author: Turpin, SM ; Marais, Mario A Date: 2004 This paper compares a number of theoretical models of decision-making with the way in which senior managers make decisions in practice. Six prominent decision-makers were interviewed about their own decision-making style as well as their use ... Read more
Defining research priorities for developmental logistics

Author: Ittmann, HW ; Meyer, IA ; Marais, Mario A ; De Jager, C ; Van Dyk, FE ; Maspero, EL ; Ralehoko, EN ; Ndlazi, AT Date: Nov 2005 In the first State of Logistics in 2004 the need for measurement and revitalisation of basic infrastructure in South Africa' dual economy was accentuated. The process of addressing these needs has started with the release of the National ... Read more
Design for sustainability: Countering the drivers of unsustainability in development projects

Author: Marais, Mario A ; Meyer, I Date: Nov 2015 Development projects aim to make a difference in communities. Funders often require that the intervention needs to last, or that it needs to effect change that will last, over an extended period of time. In short, a sustainable difference ... Read more
Design for sustainability: rural connectivity with village operators

Author: Roux, K ; Marais, Mario A Date: Oct 2011 South Africa has approximately 26500 primary and secondary schools, of which at least 17000 are in remote rural villages. None of these rural schools have any form of Internet connectivity. The same rural villages may have one health facility ... Read more
Developing a systems analysis framework for the National Poverty Alleviation System

Author: Marais, Mario A ; Turpin, M ; Marais, Mario A ; Scott, L ; Saidi, M ; Meyer, I Date: Sep 2007 The purpose of the project is to use systems methodologies developed in a science and engineering environment and to apply these towards a better understanding of the National Poverty Alleviation System. The aim of such a project is to establish ... Read more
Digital Doorway: Social-Technical innovation for high-needs communities

Author: Stillman, L ; Herselman, Martha E ; Marais, Mario A ; Pitse-Boshomane, M ; Plantinga, P ; Walton, S Date: Nov 2010 The application of the Living Lab (LL) approach to social-technical innovation to the Digital Doorway Initiative in Zandspruit near Johannesburg is outlined in the context of the initiative’s evolution from an educational project to a broader ... Read more
Digital Doorway: Social-Technical innovation for high-needs communities

Author: Stillman, L ; Herselman, Martha E ; Marais, Mario A ; Pitse Boshomane, M ; Plantinga, P ; Walton, S Date: 2012 The application of the Living Lab (LL) approach to social-technical innovation to the Digital Doorway Initiative in the informal settlement of informal settlement Zandspruit near Johannesburg is outlined in the context of the initiative’s ... Read more
Digital platforms for research collaboration: using design science in developing a South African open knowledge repository

Author: van Biljon, J ; Marais, Mario A ; Platz, M Date: May 2017 Research involving the use of information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) inhabits an interdisciplinary space characterized by various philosophies, aspirations, realities and priorities. This diversity in the ICT4D ... Read more
E-tourism: a survey of e-business among South African tour operators.

Author: Verhoest, PI ; James, T ; Marais, Mario A ; Van Audenhove, L Date: 2007 This contribution presents the results of a pilot project on ICT usage by South African SMMEs in the tourism industry. The Electronic Business Survey (EBS) methodology which was tested for applicability in a developing country, in this case ... Read more
Electronic business survey on South African tour operators

Author: Verhoest, P ; James, T ; Marais, Mario A ; Van Audenhove, L Date: May 2006 This contribution presents the results of a pilot project on ICT usage by South African SMMEs in the tourism industry. The Electronic Business Survey (EBS) methodology, which was tested for applicability in a developing country, in this case ... Read more
Evaluating users’ perceptions of the digital doorway: a narrative analysis

Author: Van der Vyver, AG ; Marais, Mario A Date: Nov 2013 This paper contains a report on the uses, expectations and gratifications experienced by the users of digital doorways. The researchers adopted a grounded theory approach in their analysis of 200 narratives collected from the users. The stories ... Read more

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