Christopher Foster

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• 2022

  Examining Ecosystems and Infrastructure Perspectives of Platforms: The Case of Small Tourism Service Providers in Indonesia and Rwanda

  Foster, C. & Bentley, C., 11 Mar 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS).

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Globalisation in reverse? Reconfiguring the geographies of value chains and production networks

  Gong, H., Hassink, R., Foster, C., Hess, M. & Garretsen, H., 1 Jul 2022, In: Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society. 15, 2, p. 165-181 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

  • Globalization 100%
  • Production Network 100%
  • Value Chain 100%
  • Business Network 100%
  • Value Creation 75%
• 2020

  COVID-19 and the case for global development

  Oldekop, J., Horner, R., Hulme, D., Adhikari, R., Agarwal, B., Alford, M., Bakewell, O., Banks, N., Barrientos, S., Bastia, T., Bebbington, A., Das, U., Dimova, R., Duncombe, R., Enns, C., Fielding, D., Foster, C., Foster, T., Frederiksen, T., Gao, P., & 26 othersGillespie, T., Heeks, R., Hickey, S., Hess, M., Jepson, N., Karamchedu, A., Kothari, U., Krishnan, A., Lavers, T., Mamman, A., Mitlin, D., Monazam Tabrizi, N., Müller, T. R., Nadvi, K., Pasquali, G., Pritchard, R., Pruce, K., Rees, C., Renken, J., Savoia, A., Schindler, S., Surmeier, A., Tampubolon, G., Tyce, M., Unnikrishnan, V. & Zhang, Y-F., 1 Oct 2020, In: World Development. 134, p. 1-4 4 p., 105044.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Public Health 100%
  • Assumptions 100%
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• 2019

  Datafication, value and power in developing countries: Big data in two Indian public service organizations

  Heeks, R., Rakesh, V., Sengupta, R., Chattapadhyay, S. & Foster, C., 12 Oct 2019, In: Development Policy Review. 39, 1, p. 82-102 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Big Data 100%
  • Implementation 50%
  • Organizations 37%
  • Managers 37%
  • Developing Countries 37%
  119 Downloads (Pure)

• Latecomer economies and national digital policy: An industrial policy perspective

  Foster, C. & Azmeh, S., 7 Nov 2019, In: Journal of Development Studies. 56, 7, p. 1247-1262 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Policy 100%
  • Industrial Policy 80%
  • Economics 80%
  • Analysis 60%
  • Growth 40%

• Making Sense of Digital Disintermediation and Development: The Case of the Mombasa Tea Auction

  Foster, C., Feb 2019, Digital Economies at Global Margins. Graham, M. (ed.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, p. 55-79

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The International Trade Regime and the Quest for Free Digital Trade

  Azmeh, S., Foster, C. & Echavarri, J., 6 Sep 2019, In: International Studies Review.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Internet 100%
  • Policy 40%
  • Exchange 40%
  • Campaign 40%
  • Economics 40%
• 2018

  A Quantitative Approach to Innovation in Agricultural Value Chains: Evidence from Kenyan Horticulture

  Krishnan, A. & Foster, C., Jan 2018, In: The European Journal of Development Research. 30, 1, p. 108-135 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Innovation 100%
  • Farmers 28%
  • Global Value Chains 28%
  • Social Participation 14%
  • Kenya 14%

• Big Data and Urban Transportation in India: A Bengaluru Bus Company Case Study

  Rakesh, V., Heeks, R., Chattapadhyay, S. & Foster, C., 2018, Manchester, (GDI Development Informatics Working Papers; no. 72).

  Research output: Working paper

  • Big Data 100%
  • Urban Transportation 66%
  • Transport 50%
  • Bus 50%
  • Management 50%
• 2017

  Digital Control in Value Chains: Challenges of Connectivity for East African Firms

  Foster, C., Graham, M., Mann, L., Waema, T. & Friederici, N., 18 Dec 2017, In: Economic Geography. 94, 1, p. 68-86

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2016

  Africa’s information revolution: technical regimes and production networks in South Africa and Tanzania

  Foster, C., May 2016, 3 p.

  Research output: Other contribution › peer-review

• Geographies of Information Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa

  Graham, M. & Foster, C. G., Jan 2016, 8 p. ACTS Press Nairobi.

  Research output: Other contribution › peer-review

• New models of inclusive innovation for development

  Heeks, R., Foster, C. & Nugroho, Y., 2016, New Models of Inclusive Innovation for Development. Heeks, R., Foster, C. & Nugroho, Y. (eds.). Routledge, p. 1-11

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Reconsidering the role of the digital in global production networks

  Foster, C. & Graham, M., 6 Dec 2016, In: Global Networks. 17, 1, p. 68-88

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

• The TPP and the digital trade agenda: Digital industrial policy and Silicon Valley’s influence on new trade agreements

  Azmeh, S. & Foster, C. G., 2016, London, UK : London School of Economics and Political Science, STICERD.

  Research output: Other contribution › peer-review

  • Industrial Policy 100%
  • Trade 83%
  • Contract Law 50%
  • Economy 50%
  • Data Access 50%
• 2015

  Drivers of Inclusive Innovation in Developing County Markets: A Policy Perspective: GRM International Conference

  Foster, C. G., 1 Jul 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• From Connectivity to Digital Contestations: The Effects of Fibre-Optic Infrastructure on Firms in East Africa

  Foster, C. G. & Graham, M., May 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Connectivity 100%
  • Eastern Africa 71%
  • Infrastructure 42%
  • Fiber Optics 42%
  • Control 42%

• Rethinking Digital Disintermediation: American Association of Geographers Meeting 2015

  Foster, C. G., Apr 2015.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
• 2014

  Does quality matter for innovations in low income markets? The case of the Kenyan mobile phone sector

  Foster, C., 1 Aug 2014, In: Technology in Society. 38, p. 119-129

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Innovation 100%
  • Quality 66%
  • Low Income 38%
  • Consumers 27%
  • Policy 22%

• Nurturing user-producer interaction: inclusive innovation flows in a low-income mobile phone market

  Foster, C. & Heeks, R., 2014, In: Innovation and Development. 4, 2, p. 221-237 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Innovation 100%
  • Perspective 41%
  • Innovations 41%
  • Interaction 25%
  • Understanding 16%
  69 Downloads (Pure)

• Scaling-up Social Protection in Bangladesh: Use of technology in delivering social protection: The Case of MPESA

  Maitrot, M. & Foster, C. G., Dec 2014, “Scaling-up Social Protection in Bangladesh”. Rahman, H., Hulme, D., Maitrot, M. & Ragno, L. P. (eds.). University Press Limited

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2013

  Analysing Policy For Inclusive Innovation: The Mobile Sector And Base-Of-The-Pyramid Markets In Kenya

  Foster, C. G. & Heeks, R., 2013, In: Innovation and Development. 3, 1, p. 103-119

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Conceptualising Inclusive Innovation: Modifying Systems of Innovation Frameworks to Understand Diffusion of New Technology to Low-Income Consumers

  Foster, C. & Heeks, R., Jul 2013, In: European Journal of Development Research. 25, 3, p. 333-355 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Innovation 100%
  • Low Income 37%
  • Technological Change 25%
  • Diffusion 25%
  • Associations 12%
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• Innovation and scaling of ICT for the bottom-of-the-pyramid

  Foster, C. & Heeks, R., Dec 2013, In: Journal of Information Technology. 28, 4, p. 296-315 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Innovation 100%
  • Innovations 62%
  • Scaling 37%
  • Information and Communication Technologies 37%
  • Lead 25%
  303 Downloads (Pure)

• Nurturing User-Producer Interaction: Innovation Flows in a Low Income Mobile Phone Market.

  Foster, C. G., Jul 2013. 25 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Innovation 100%
  • Innovations 50%
  • Perspective 40%
  • Understanding 20%
  • Interaction 20%
• 2011

  Employment and the Mobile Sector in Developing Countries

  Foster, C. G. & Heeks, R. B., 2011, UNCTAD. 21 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

  • Employment 100%
  • Developing Countries 66%
  • Enterprise 50%
  • Analysis 33%
  • Policy 33%

• ICTs and Informal Learning in Developing Countries

  Foster, C. G., 2011, University of Manchester, 44 p.

  Research output: Working paper
• 2010

  A Model for Understanding ICT Micro-Enterprise in Developing Countries

  Foster, C. G. & Heeks, R. B., 2010, UNCTAD. 35 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

  • Developing Countries 100%
  • Simulation Mode 66%
  • Research 50%
  • Understanding 50%
  • Literature 50%

• Analysing Informal ICT Micro-Enterprises Using Activity Theory: The Case of Mobile Handset Regulation in India

  Foster, C. G., Dec 2010.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

  • Activity Theory 100%
  • Enterprise 66%
  • Information and Communication Technologies 66%
  • Entrepreneurs 50%
  • Understanding 33%

• Researching ICT Micro-enterprise in Developing Countries: Themes, Wider Concepts and Future Directions

  Foster, C. G. & Heeks, R., 2010, In: Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. 43, 7, p. 1-20

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Literature 100%
  • Developing Countries 57%
  • Clustering 42%
  • Analysis 28%
  • Enterprise 28%
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