@article{ahad2016exploring,
  title = {Exploring the Usage of the Mobile Phones by SMEs in the Achievement of Vision 2020 Goals},
  author = {Md Taimur Ahad},
  year = 2016,
  url = {https://ibimapublishing.com/articles/JMTKS/2016/741807/},
  journal = {Journal of Mobile Technologies, Knowledge and Society},
  volume = (2016),
  pages = 18,
  doi = 10.5171/2016.741807,
  abstract = {This research seeks to  investigate the usage of mobile phones by the  rural SMEs  to  achieve the vision2020 goals, with a specific focus on good governance, poverty alleviation and, health, education, human resource and empowerment. There is relatively little known about the use of mobile phones in achieving national socioeconomic development agendas. This research fills the gap by presenting mobile phones as the enablers of Vision2020 goals in Bangladesh. The findings from 32 interviewees suggest that mobile phones can assist the government of developing countries, and in particular the Bangladeshi government  in achieving vision2020, by providing a distribution channel for good governance, poverty alleviation, health, education, human resource and empowerment programs. The findings of this study, the opportunities to use mobile phones for rural SMEs sustainability, as a platform for collaborative learning, as a tool for lifelong development for SMEs, are rarely addressed in prior studies. Since most of the prior studies approach mobile phones use from the consumer standpoint, this is one of the few papers that address the socioeconomic development opportunities for  the rural SMEs. Furthermore, this research collected data from the SMEs to understand the development opportunities and also from the service providers, such as government officers, NGOs experts, university teachers, doctors and bankers, to provide more insights on the development mechanisms using mobile phones. Therefore, the outcomes and results of this research will be of potential value to the service providers in achieving Vision2020 goals in Bangladesh and in other developing countries.},
  keywords = {Mobile phone services, Socioeconomic criteria, Socio economic impact, User needs},
  note = Article ID: 741807
}