Post on 27-Mar-2016
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OVERVIEW
1. Working Thesis Title
2. Working Thesis statement
3. Working Research questions
4. Lit review map/sketches/book covers
5. Value proposition draft
6. Potential thesis committee members
7. Screen shots of blog site
8. Time Line to defense
Product design heuristics derived from ethnographic
research may be employed to expedite and optimize
microenterprise development (MED) in post-conflict
communities such as Kabul, Afghanistan.
THESIS STATEMENT
1. What are the political, economic, social,
technological, legislative, and environmental
factors affecting MED in Kabul?
2. What are the barriers to MED in Kabul?
3. Who is the target beneficiary for current MED
programs in Kabul?
4. Where are the opportunities for MED?
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
LITERATURE REVIEW MAP
Microenterprise
Informality(Gulyani 2010)
Social Ent.(Bornstein 2010)
Fortune Pyramid(Prahalad 2009)
Product Design
Innovation(Anderson 2007)
Third World(Amir 2004)
Women(Tinker 2000)
Afghanistan
Post-Conflict(Bowling 2005)
Rebuild(Ghani 2005)
Development(Ingram 2010)
Findings used to create a framework to guide
future microenterprise product development and
evaluate design concepts.
Benefits community development agencies and
local entrepreneurs by facilitating process and
identifying factors that contribute to success.
VALUE PROPOSITION