Business model innovation in the water sector in developing countries

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 488-489, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 512-520

  Gebauer, Heiko ^a,b   Saul, Caroline Jennings ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business model; Innovation; Low income countries; Water services

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COST REDUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; POTABLE WATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION; BUSINESS MODELING; DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL; FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; LOW INCOME COUNTRIES; VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES; WATER SERVICE; WATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ARSENIC; FLUORIDE;

ARSENIC; BUSINESS; CAPACITY BUILDING; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; INNOVATION; WATER TECHNOLOGY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST CONTROL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BUSINESS MODEL; INNOVATION; LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES; WATER SERVICES;

ARSENIC; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; POVERTY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84901676654     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.046     Document Type: Article

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