DREAMS DEVELOPED MIDTERM REVIEW
Tim Tocci \ Prof. Chris Miller 25 April 2011 \ IDUS 763
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
THESIS TITLE Designing Resonant Exemplars for Advancement through Microenterprise Solutions
THESIS STATEMENT 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.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS 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?
LITERATURE REVIEW MAP Microenterprise
Afghanistan Product Design
Post-Conflict (Bowling 2005)
Innovation (Anderson 2007) Rebuild (Ghani 2005)
Development (Ingram 2010)
Informality (Gulyani 2010)
Social Ent. (Bornstein 2010)
Fortune Pyramid (Prahalad 2009)
Third World (Amir 2004)
Women (Tinker 2000)
VALUE PROPOSITION 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.
POTENTIAL THESIS COMMITTEE
Joel
Bob
Wittkamp Fee
John
Owen
John
McCabe
Foster
Schaffield
TIMELINE TO DEFENSE
Secondary Research Summer
Thesis Application Summer
Primary Research Fall
Defense March 2012