Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
acceptedVersion
Publication Date
9-2012
Abstract
Rural electrification (RE) has gained prominence over the past two decades as an effective means for improving living conditions. This growth has largely been driven by socio-economic and political imperatives to improve rural livelihood and by technological innovation. Based on a content analysis of 232 scholarly articles, the literature is categorized into four focal lenses: technology, institutional, viability and user-centric. We find that the first two dominate the RE debate. The viability lens has been used less frequently, whilst the user-centric lens began to engage scholars as late as 2007. We provide an overview of the technological, institutional and viability lenses, and elaborate upon the user-centric lens in greater detail. For energy policy and practice, we combine the four lenses to develop a business model framework that policy makers, practitioners and investors could use to assess RE projects or to design future rural electrification strategies.
Keywords
Rural electrification, Business model, Customer
Discipline
Agribusiness | Business | Strategic Management Policy
Research Areas
Strategy and Organisation
Publication
Energy Policy
Volume
48
First Page
687
Last Page
697
ISSN
0301-4215
Identifier
10.1016/j.enpol.2012.05.078
Publisher
Elsevier
Citation
SCHILLEBEECKX, Simon J. D.; PARIKH, Priti; BANSAL, Rahul; and GEORGE, Gerard.
An Integrated Framework for Rural Electrification: Adopting a User-centric Approach to Business Model Development. (2012). Energy Policy. 48, 687-697.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4636
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.05.078
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