Organizing to deliver off-grid solar applications in emerging markets
Graduation Date
2014
Document Type
Project
Program
Other
Program
Project (M.B.A.)--Humboldt State University, Business Administration, 2014
Committee Chair Name
Carol Telesky
Committee Chair Affiliation
HSU Faculty or Staff
Keywords
Humboldt State University -- Projects -- Business, Off-grid solar applications, Social entrepreneurship, Base of pyramid, Ecology of organizations, Emerging markets
Abstract
Thomas Edison created the light bulb over two hundred and thirty years ago. Still today there are over a billion people that do not have access to reliable electricity. This paper looks at what can be done to help these people disconnected from the utility grid. Creating the infrastructure to connect remote locations and villages to the electric grid is expensive and unrealistic. How can organizations work together to make this possible? Renewable resources, such as solar power, are a much more efficient manner to help provide electricity. This will not be easy, as there are many barriers standing in the way of electrifying people living in off-grid locations. The task is too big for a single person or organization. Various organizations need to engage and work together towards sustainable change in the system. Different organizations have different strengths and connections, and by aligning themselves they can make change and bring about sustainability. New organizational forms are developing form to fill in niche needs that are overlooked by established organizations to benefit society.
Recommended Citation
Macino, Anthony, "Organizing to deliver off-grid solar applications in emerging markets" (2014). Cal Poly Humboldt theses and projects. 2078.
https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/etd/2078
https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/sb397b41j