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Embracing solutions-driven innovation to address institutional voids: the case of UBER and the middle of the pyramid
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posted on 2023-06-09, 18:06 authored by Olivia Barbour, John Da Silva LuizJohn Da Silva LuizThis article explores solutions-driven innovation within an emerging market context, specifically in Africa, and how it can be utilized as a strategy by multinational enterprises to address institutional voids in these markets. Through a qualitative case study of Uber and their expansion into Africa, it demonstrates how solutions-driven innovation can create markets and mitigate distance and institutional voids in emerging market contexts. Uber created markets in Africa by developing a solution to consumers’ unmet needs. Such solutions-driven innovation can create opportunities not only at the bottom but also in the middle of the economic pyramid. But to be successful in African markets requires being mindful of how institutional voids necessitate innovative solutions and potentially different value propositions.
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California Management ReviewISSN
0008-1256Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
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1Volume
62Page range
31-52Department affiliated with
- Strategy and Marketing Publications
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2019-06-17First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-06-17First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-06-17Usage metrics
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