Abstract
Recently, there has been widespread interest in innovation through ICT for development (ICT4D) projects focusing on the poor communities in developing countries. This study conceptualizes ICT innovation challenges as a source of ambiguity and freedom to reflect during innovation process. It is argued that entrepreneurs take advantage of such experiences and start to look for options to transform traditional practices for ICT innovation. The study illustrates that ICT innovation in developing countries is a process of path creation involving three practices: experimenting and exploring ideas in real time, disembedding traditional practice, and mobilizing actors through translation. Such practices are explored in an ICT innovation initiative in Bangladesh. Drawing on the findings, theoretical implications in understanding the entrepreneurial process through which ICT innovation in developing countries can be successful have been discussed and several practical implications for entrepreneurs have been outlined.
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