Bonobos: Hybridizing the Digital and Physical Shopping Experience

For many men, the ideal shopping experience is markedly different than what women typically envision. The ecommerce platform, Bonobos, took advantage of this difference to create a business model specifically targeted for the needs of male shoppers. To achieve their value proposition, the Company has paradoxically turned to operating features characteristic of more traditional retail: hands-on customer service and brick-and-mortar stores

M-Pesa: a Mobile Money success story from Kenya

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M-Pesa is a phone-based peer to peer money transfer service launched by Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telecom provider, in 2007. According to a Kenyan government report published from 2012, just five years after launch, there were 19.5 million mobile money users […]

Roshan Telecommunications (Afghanistan) – Private Enterprise Winning where Developmental Aid has Failed

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Within the massive numbers of development project failures in Afghanistan since 2001 Roshan Communications stands out as one of the only success stories. It is even more impressive since it has made a profit since its sixth month in operation. This essay examines how this private enterprise’s success stems from a well aligned long-term business and operational model.