Public-private partnerships (PPPs) can help emerging economies address infrastructure gaps by leveraging private investment and expertise, especially when governments clearly define project roles, risks, and return on investment (ROI). However, the success of such projects often hinges on good risk allocation and selecting projects with clear financial returns to attract private partners. Governments may also need to provide additional incentives or assurances to promote a sustainable PPP environment and ensure ongoing accountability in project management.

1. A
Two-Way
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Public-private
partnership projects
can help emerging
economies fill
infrastructure gaps—
if governments
define a clear ROI.
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2. build a better future. Emerging
economies need upgrades to roads,
railways, energy grids and broadband
networks in order to sustain
domestic growth. But these countries
face a particular conundrum: how
to build highways, power plants and
ports that will stimulate economic
development when public funds are
in short supply.
To make ends meet, many governments are
turning to public-private partnerships (PPPs). PPPs
allow the public sector to leverage private funding
and expertise to more rapidly plan, launch and
deliver infrastructure projects. In exchange, private-
sector partners are given long-term maintenance
and operation contracts that tu rn a profit.
“O n the face of it, PPPs are a great project model
to fill in the funding gaps these countries face,"
says Andy North, a former senior vice president of
strategic development and management in Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, for AECOM, a global design,
engineering and construction firm.
The global gaps are staggering. According to
McKinsey & Co., an estimated US$57 trillion will be
needed to finance infrastructure development around
the world through 2030, with much of that invest-
ment needed in developing countries. Latin America
and the Caribbean, for example, will need more than
US$700 billion to double power-generation capac-
ity by 2030, according to the U.S. Energy Informa-

3. tion Administration. And sub-Saharan Africa needs
US$93 billion per year to address its infrastructure
shortfall, according to The World Bank.
Given these urgent needs, PPP projects hold
huge potential. But governments m ust clarify proj-
ect roles, risks and ROI before private organizations
will be prepared to foot the bill.
A m o u n t t h a t w ill be nee d ed t o fin an c e
in fra s tru c tu re d e v e lo p m e n t aro u n d th e
w o r ld th r o u g h 2 0 3 0 , w it h m uch o f t h a t
in v e s tm e n t nee d ed in d e v e lo p in g c ou n trie s
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! trillionyear
A in o u n t s u b -S a h a ra n A fric a needs to
address its in fra s tru c tu re s h o rtfa ll
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"In a lot of cases, the private investors cannot
see how they will get the full cost recovery,” Mr.
North says.
PAVING THE WAY
To attract private-sector investments, governments
must paint a clear picture of what they bring to
the table. But this will be easier for some projects
than others. While energy and toll road initiatives
may offer a distinct ROI, projects to generate clean
drinking water or treat wastewater have less obvi-

4. ous revenue streams once construction is complete.
Indeed, power projects are among the most
common types of PPPs, says Alexander Nicho-
las Jett, public-private partnership specialist, PPP
office, Asian Development Bank, Manila, the Phil-
ippines. He notes that Pakistan recently closed
several wind power PPP project deals, thanks to
proper risk allocation.
“One of the key reasons these projects were
attractive to the private sector is that the govern-
ment addressed many of the risks in their project
agreements,” Mr. Jett says. Planning documents
factored in how currency fluctuations would impact
budgeting, how much power must be reliably deliv-
ered to the grid and who will buy the power at
what rate to solidify the project’s long-term value
to investors.
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A rendering o f a proposed new
in te rn a tio n a l a irp o rt in M anila,
th e Philippines
“Good risk allocation is critical to attracting the
private sector to these projects,” he says. “Once the
first deal closes, the next ones are easier." For proj-
ects with a murkier ROI, such as rail infrastructure
initiatives, governments may need to find additional
sources of revenue to attract private partners. Offer-
ing perks like real estate rights along rail lines or

5. commercial space at rail stations can help sweeten
the pot, Mr. Jett says.
“That can change the financial picture consider­
ably. The government gets a connected country and
it doesn't have to spend as much money to incentiv-
ize private investors."
Beyond offering incentives, governments must
“Selecting a pipeline o f
projects tn a t have a clear
p ay o ff is one o f th e biggest
challenges w ith prom oting a
sustainable PPP environm ent.”
— M o h a m m a d Abu Rashed, PPP o ffic e , p rim e m in is
te r's
o ffic e , Dhaka, Bangladesh
build confidence that projects will deliver their
projected value, says Mohammad Abu Rashed, PPP
advisor, PPP office, prime minister's office, Dhaka,
Bangladesh.
“Selecting a pipeline of projects that have a clear
payoff is one of the biggest challenges with promot-
ing a sustainable PPP environment,” he says.
PAYLOAD CAPACITY
Private-sector partners are also hesitant to invest
in infrastructure in countries with a short PPP
project resume. They worry governments won’t
hold team members accountable for implement-
ing new rules and that PPP laws are stronger on
paper than in practice.

6. The Philippines has worked to change that
perception. Since launching its PPP program in
2010, the national government has awarded 10
PPP projects collectively worth PHP189 billion.
The program aims to overhaul the country’s
transportation infrastructure and includes road,
airport and building projects.
To take these projects from conception to reality,
the government created the PPP Center, which acts
as the central coordinating and monitoring agency
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for all PPP projects, providing project advisory and
facilitation services. The country has also set up
formal rules for financing, risk sharing and project
management. All of this has helped spur the success
of the country’s first PPP project: the Muntinlupa-
Cavite Expressway, which was completed success-
fully in July 2015.
That project was delivered in partnership with
Ayala Corporation Infrastructure Holdings, an
infrastructure development group that invested
PHP2.2 billion to support the project, including
a PHP902 million up-front cash payment to the
government. In exchange, Ayala will operate and
maintain the new road for 30 years, generating a
return on the investment through tolls.
The government is now bidding out 13 more

7. projects, including airport terminal, rail, highway,
prison and water infrastructure projects.
"Tie Philippines is taking the lead in Southeast
Asia in developing successful PPP projects,” Mr.
North says. “We are optimistic that more will come
out of this country.”
FROM DEAL TO DELIVERABLES
Once projects are funded, project and program
"Good risk allocation is critical
to a ttractin g th e private
sector to these projects. Once
th e firs t deal closes, th e n ext
ones are easier."
—Alexander Nicholas Jett, Asian Development Bank,
Manila, the Philippines
managers must carefully navigate varying requests
coming from a range of public and private stake-
holders, says Wachira Gervasio, PMP, project
superintendent for Kenya Power in Nairobi, Kenya.
Conflicting pressures from key stakeholders can
tempt project managers to make promises they can't
deliver, like agreeing to overly aggressive timelines
or unrealistic return scenarios. That may be a short-
term solution, but it spells disaster in the end. “Don’t
rush the planning process,” Mr. Gervasio advises.
To create a plan that will deliver a viable ROI,
project and program managers should identify past

8. PPP projects that can serve as a roadmap. Reviewing
lessons learned can help confirm whether the team
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“You have to
know w h a t
you are going
to measure
and how it w ill
be measured
as part o f th e
project plan."
— J o n a th a n S te v e n s , T h e W o r ld
B a n k , W a s h in g t o n , D .C ., U S A
has the skill and experience needed to identify and
mitigate risks.
Practitioners also should identify key performance
indicators (KPIs) that will allow them to measure
things like performance, quality and environmental
impact, says Jonathan Stevens, senior technical advi-
sor, infrastructure and environment, The World Bank,
Washington, D.C., USA, “You have to know what you
are going to measure and how it will be measured as
part of the project plan,” he says.
And measuring success shouldn’t stop at the rib-

9. bon-cutting ceremony, Mr. Jett adds. A PPP project
technically continues as long as the private sector
owns the concession rights, which can stretch to as
many as 30 years. “A good PPP will define expecta­
tions for how the concessionaire will maintain the
asset, and penalties if KPIs aren’t met,” he says. “A
government may need training to effectively mea-
sure KPIs and apply penalties if it is its first PPP
project in a particular sector.”
Governments new to PPP projects may need
outside help to ensure a comprehensive project plan
is in place. That might mean bringing in experts
from academia and global organizations like The
W orld Bank or the African Development Bank to
offer training and guidance on the implementation
of early PPP projects. But showcasing initial suc-
cesses will help emerging economies attract more
private-sector partners—and make PPP projects
a linchpin of future infrastructure portfolios, says
M tchera Johannes Chirwa, chief infrastructure and
PPP specialist for the African Development Bank in
Pretoria, South Africa.
“If we take the tim e to plan and manage these
projects, I have no doubt they will play an im portant
role in filling the infrastructure gap.”
4 PPPs P<ivi
HYDERABAD METRO RAIL PROJECT
Location: Hyderabad, India
Budget: INR147 billion
PPP duration: 2012-2047 (construction phase 2012-20
Partners: Government o f Andhra Pradesh, India and L&
Metro Rail
Description: Construction, maintenance and operation

10. 72-kilom eter (45-m ile) train system
G A L E A O -A N T O N IO
CARLOSJOBIM
IN TE R N A TIO N A L
AIRPO RT EXPA N SIO N
Location: Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
Budget: BRL2 billion
PPP duration: 2014-2039
(construction phase
2014-2016)
Partners: Brazil's
National Civil Aviation
Agency, Odebrecht
Transport, Changi Airports
International
Description: Construction
o f a th ird term inal and
renovations to tw o
existing terminals;
maintenance and
operation o f entire airport
through 2039
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11. Location: Northern
Ireland
Budget: GBP250
million
PPP duration: 2007-
2041 (construction
phase 2007-2011)
Partners: Northern
Ireland's Department
for Regional Develop-
ment Roads Service
and Amey Lagan
Roads
Description: Con-
struction and mainte-
nance of 125-kilome-
ter (78-mile) highway
SOUTH WHARF CONTAINERTERMINAL
Location: Port of Cotonou, Benin
Budget: US$610 million
PPP duration: 2009-2034 (construction phase 2009-2013)
Partners: Benin's federal government and Croupement Bollore
Description: Construction and operation of a new terminal at
the port
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ISSN 2029-4581. ORGANIZ ATIONS AND MARKETS IN
EMERGING ECONOMIES, 2015, VOL. 6, No. 2(12)
UTILIZING THE CONCEPT
OF CONVENIENCE AS A BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITY IN EMERGING MARKETS
Malin Sundström*
Swedish Institute for Innovative Research,University of Borås
Anita Radon
Swedish Institute for Innovative Research, University of Borås
Abstract. Non-store retailing is dominated by the Internet and is
a potential strategy for manufacturers,
brand owners, and retailers entering emerging markets.
Consumers in developed markets shop online
for a variety of retail goods, and motives for choosing e-
commerce are o!en referred to as convenience
reason. Convenience is essential for understanding why
consumers prefer one channel to another.
By revisiting the concept of convenience as a signi"cant
variable in e-commerce and exploring its
complexity and the multiple meanings of the concept with
regard to emerging markets, the paper
considers a business opportunity in terms of new ways of
reaching emerging markets and proposes
potential lines for future research with regard to this concept.
Key words: e-commerce, emerging markets, convenience, retail
strategy, non-store retailing.
Introduction

15. Non brick-and-mortar store retailing in the business-to-
consumer market (B2C) has
a long history; the non-store-based formats are dominated by
the mail order industry,
but they also include direct selling, home-party, TV-shopping,
telemarketing etc.
(Sundström, 2008). In many ways non-store-based formats now
are transformed
due to the internet communication technologies (ICT).
Traditional research on why
consumers adopt new technology or choose new channels is
performed based on
adoption theories, focusing on the premises that something
“new” must be understood
and conquered. However, ICT and the advent of smart phones
have altered the way
businesses are done within retailing. "e digital era has impacted
the retail business
and digitalization has empowered customers with possibilities
to shop online anyplace
and at any time. "e choices of non-store-formats have increased
and fundamentally
changed the manner in which consumers shop from retailers
(Hagberg et al., 2015).
* Corresponding author: Swedish Institute for Innovative
Retailing, University of Borås, Allégatan 1, S-501
90 Borås, Sweden, phone: +46 701 80 69 98, email:
[email protected]
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"e modern retailing landscape o%ers consumers a variety of

16. channels such as
catalogue selling, direct selling, pure e-commerce, mobile
commerce (m-commerce),
&xed store se'ings; mixed formats such as click-and-collect and
pop-up-stores are also
available. Up until two decades ago, retailers had the option of
integrating e-commerce
into their operations. Now it is a necessity and businesses o/en
start with the launch
of their web site with e-commerce built-in. Global online retail
sales have become a
competitive channel to the traditional retail channels, which is
driven by growth in
emerging markets (eMarketer, 2014). "is paper addresses the
potential in retailers,
manufacturers and brand owners’ ability to start e-commerce in
markets where there
are few established retail networks, where legislation might be a
barrier for retailers
to physically enter a market, or where it may be
counterproductive to invest in own
bricks-and-mortar stores. "e question has been posed as to what
it is that determines
foreign market entry strategies. Much of the existing literature
has focused on the
characteristics of the entering &rm, in particular its resources
and capabilities (Barney,
1991; Anand & Delios, 2002) and its need to minimize
transaction costs (Buckley &
Casson, 1976; Anderson & Gatignon, 1986; Hill, Hwang, &
Kim, 1990). While not
doubting the importance of resources and capabilities (Peng,
2001), it has also been
suggested that strategies are moderated by the characteristics of
the particular context
in which &rms operate (Hoskisson et al., 2000; Meyer & Peng,

17. 2005; Tsui, 2004; Meyer,
2006, 2007). "is paper departs from entry strategy literature
which either focuses on
the institutional side (Brouthers & Brouthers, 2000; Meyer,
2001; Hi' et al., 2004) or
the resource-based side (Anand & Delios, 2002) and focuses
upon the readiness of
emerging markets and the concept of convenience instead. "e
potential of e-commerce
in emerging markets cannot be capitalized upon unless retail
business realizes the
profound need of consumer insight in di%erent markets and the
motives which drive
the choice of the channel. "is article suggests that the concept
of convenience might
be a key to understanding the consumer channel choice.
"ere is a knowledge gap on how convenience motivates the
choice of channel and
what convenience means to di%erent consumers in di%erent
cultural and economic
contexts. By addressing the importance of understanding
di%erent consumer
perspectives and perceptions of a convenient way of shopping
online we see a particular
relevance of this when aspiring to enter new or emerging
markets. Elaborating on
convenience to understand the consumer channel adoption is
particularly important
in light of the Internet no longer being a novelty, this meaning
that traditional theories
on adoption such as the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)
and the "eory
of Reasoned Action (T=) may no longer be su>cient or even
adequate. Such
theories focus on technological adoption and acceptance, on

18. how people behave
when confronted with new technology (the Internet), and their
intentions to act
(e. g., Dabholkar, 1996; Locke' & Li'ler, 1997; Howcra/,
Hamilton & Hewer, 2002;
Lee, Lee & Schumann, 2002; Lee, Lee & Eastwood, 2003;
Venkatesh, Morris, Davis &
Davis, 2003; and Schepers & Wetzels, 2007). "e recourse to
such theories was logical
9
with the advent of the Internet, but with the rapid progression of
digitalization there
is a reason to revisit basic assumptions and theories used to
explain e-commerce and
the adoption of channels and focus speci&cally on the notion of
convenience in order
to be'er assess the opportunities and potential for e-commerce in
emerging markets.
Marketers have for long now addressed issues such as growth
strategies within
emerging markets (Arnold & Quelch, 1998) and modes of entry
(Elg et al., 2008),
competing e%ectively in emerging markets (Ghemawat & Hout,
2008), and the
structure of the market (Khanna & Palepeu, 2006). "e focus in
this idea-generating
paper takes a di%erent and somewhat novel approach and
instead makes the assumption
that convenience can be a driving force for a business
opportunity in emerging markets.
Whereas more mature markets have had a di%erent journey in

19. light of e-commerce and
digitalization, the emerging markets have skipped some of the
steps that other markets
have gone through (e. g., catalogue shopping). Coussy (2009),
for instance, developed
a typology of emerging countries, suggesting that such
emerging economies display
the following three characteristics: they are (1) latecomers to
development that (2)
a'ain very high growth rates of about 10 percent, and (3) their
growth challenges the
economic situation of developed countries. Many emerging
markets have not built
up the distribution networks in the same way as developed
countries and thus do not
face all of the same challenges. Instead, there is a readiness for
commerce that can be
utilized by assessing convenience as a motivational driver for
consumers, which as such
provides a business opportunity.
�e need to understand convenience as a driver of business
opportunities
E-commerce has become a prominent element in the everyday
life of consumers in
steadily eroding markets and the digital technologies that are
being used are developed
as we speak. With increasing storage capacity and processing
capabilities, smart phones
are becoming more powerful and are making this power
accessible to users around the
world. "e widespread digital technology in the form of
smartphones creates global
business opportunities, i.e. local retailers can be both local and
global (glocals) if they

20. understand the driver for consumers o/en put in the argument:
convenience. It was
not by accident that the term convenience store was made up, it
was a strategy by retailers
who identi&ed a business opportunity in o%ering a new retail
format based on the self-
service idea (Kirby, 1986). "e argument consumers where
confronted with when
supermarkets were o%ered instead of over-the-counter services
was – convenience.
"e argument when building kiosks was also convenience. And
the argument when
o%ering e-commerce was convenience. It is clear that
convenience is an advantage
communicated in most consumer markets, nevertheless, it is not
o/en discussed and
used as a business opportunity (Sundström, 2007).
Our suggestion is that emerging markets might entail business
opportunity for
retailers who have the digital readiness in providing e-
commerce, but in order to be
successful, they need to know how convenience drives
consumer behavior. In order to
10
capitalize on a business opportunity with glocal retailers there
is a strong need to avoid
mistakes such as using a push-strategy with heavy advertising
or price o%erings. "is
was early identi&ed by Prahalad and Lieberthal (1998), who
claimed that they must
delve deeper into the local consumer base in order to deliver on

21. the promise of tapping
into billion-consumer markets (Prahalad & Lieberthal, 1998).
Further, Dawar and
Cha'opadhyay (2000) claimed that this calls for a shi/ in
emphasis from the “global”
to the “local” consumer, and from globally standardized to
locally adapted marketing
programs (Dawar & Cha'opadhyay, 2000). A sustainable
strategy might be to o%er true
customer value and with such knowledge, design a'ractive e-
commerce alternatives. We
suggest that convenience is a strong driver for consumers
choosing a shopping channel,
but we also believe that convenience is a complex notion
colored by culture and norms.
"e advent of new technologies is transforming the structure of
competition, the
conduct of business, and it might even be so that new
technologies will change our
way of categorizing markets, i.e. industrialized markets and
emerging markets. Most
emerging markets are highly local and su%er from inadequate
infrastructure (Sheth,
2011). "ese are historic barriers stopping global retailers from
entering emerging
markets. However, with new technology the business
opportunities are evident and
e-tailing might be the next industry successful in export
activities. To keep ahead of
the competition, managers will need to challenge some of their
assumptions on why
customers adopt new channels and seek consumer insight from a
di%erent retail logic
and a digitized society. "is suggests a need for increased
research into the theoretical
framework of online shopping, in order to be'er understand why

22. customers adopt
non-store retail formats. "ese theoretical frameworks must be
something else than the
traditional adoption theories. Promising areas of investigation
include the development
of distinct dimensions of trust (Park & Goetzinger, 2006), as
well as understanding
and interpreting shopping motives with respect to channel
preferences (Schramm-
Klein, Swoboda & Morsche', 2007). However, we suggest an
alternative way to build a
theoretical framework by revisiting the concept of convenience,
then transforming the
&ndings into the context of e-commerce and emerging markets.
One of the main reasons to revisit the concept of convenience
when focusing on
e-commerce in emerging markets is the fact that the Internet has
grown strongly,
especially in the Asia-Paci&c region accounting for over a third
of global B2C
e-commerce sales (Research and Brand, 2013), but there is a
gap of knowledge regarding
why consumers in that kind of emerging markets adopt the e-
business channel. Recent
studies suggest that we need to examine how beliefs and
a'itudes inJuence online retail
behaviour of consumers in lower-income countries (Ahmed &
Akhlaq, 2015). Khanna,
Palepu, and Sinha (2005) o%er what they refer to as the &ve
contexts framework that
helps executives identify institutional voids in any country. "e
&ve contexts are:
(1) political and social system, (2) openness, (3) product
markets, (4) labor markets,
and (5) capital markets. Based on the analysis using this &ve

23. context framework,
companies can adapt their strategies, work toward changing one
or more of the contexts
11
to &t company needs, or stay out of the emerging market. We
suggest that contexts of
interest, which also include the meaning of convenience, are the
social system, product
markets and labor markets, as they probably also reJect a'itudes
towards a convenient
way of shopping. As a reply to that suggestion, the ambition to
develop knowledge on
the concept of convenience and its connection to online
shopping is evident. Future
growth of e-commerce in countries like India, Russia and Brazil
show positive growth
&gures, although barriers such as payment methods and product
ful&lment need to
be addressed. (Chiu et al., 2014) Studies regarding convenient
payment methods
suggest that emerging markets also must improve their payment
arrangements to foster
economic growth (Humphrey et al., 1996).
As previously argued, one of the main motives to choose online
shopping in
mature markets is said to be convenience (Kaufman-
Scarborough & Lindquist, 2002;
Sundström, 2007), however, the concept of convenience is not
fully covered in the
existing marketing literature. "e theoretical support of its
present use is equivalent

24. to e>ciency in time savings. What consumers mean by
convenience in the context
of online shopping has been researched to some extent
(Kaufman-Scarborough &
Lindqvist, 2002; Sundström, 2007), but remains yet to be fully
explored in the western
world, and is also needed to be explored in emerging markets.
Convenience can act as a
driver in di%erent situations around the purchasing situation,
before the purchase and
a/er the decision has been made. A convenient e-tail purchase
might be considered
convenient in terms of a wide range of o%erings, di%erent
delivery services, and/
or convenient payment methods along with convenient ways of
returning products.
To sum up, the theoretical understanding of convenience is
unsatisfactory, leaving
many ambiguities in the notion, and with regard to emerging
markets, the concept of
convenience remains very much under-researched, despite the
potential in this concept
speci&cally for emerging markets.
"is paper presents a literature review of the theoretical concept
of convenience,
exploring its implications and connecting the concept to channel
adoption and
emerging economies as there are still few studies focusing e-
commerce to emerging
markets (see, for instance, Rouibah, Khalil & Hasanien, 2008).
Wells (2009) highlights
the importance of innovation in today’s global marketplace, and
Sull, Ruelas-Gossi,
and Escobari (2004) suggest that there is a tendency to envision
developed-world

25. companies (e.g., USA’s IBM, Japan’s Sony, South Korea’s
Samsung, Finland’s Nokia, or
Switzerland’s Novartis) when thinking about innovation. While
citing challenges to
innovating in an emerging economy, Sull, Ruelas-Gossi, and
Escobari (2004) identify
three innovation strategies applicable to both advanced and
emerging economies: (1)
understanding the customer, (2) innovating around, rather than
through technology,
and (3) scouring the globe for good ideas. For this research
strong focus lies on the
understanding of the customer in di%erent markets and
innovating around.
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2. Convenience as a complex notion
Reports establishing the importance of convenience in online
shopping stress time
management ( Jiang et al., 2013; Chen & Hung, 2015), but
feature other convenience
dimensions of time as well. One example is the importance of
time-based delivery
services (Goebel et al., 2012). Explanations o/en heard in
conjunction with convenience
also include fast, easy, and safe (Sundström, 2007; Shoenberger
& "orson, 2014). An
illustration of this may be seen in the advertising of the
Eurocard, which encourages
European customers to shop online by stressing e>ciency: “Shop
conveniently this
Christmas by si'ing on your sofa!” (Eurocard, 2014). "us,

26. convenience is a more
complex notion than simply ease and speed of purchasing and
browsing (Kaufman-
Scarborough & Lindqvist, 2002). In emerging markets it is less
likely that consumers
de&ne convenience in terms of time-saving value, but rather in
terms of a rich supply,
as many emerging markets have su%ered from chronic shortage
of resources. It might
also be a business opportunity if e-tailers could o%er unbranded
products or services as
consumption is more of a make versus buy decision (Sheth,
2011). Reports emphasising
the importance of convenience in mature markets stress other
dimensions than time
involving a'ractiveness, such as easy to reach, and easy to &nd
(Kaufman-Scarborough
& Lindqvist, 2002; Ganesh & Agarwal, 2014). In some
emerging markets consumers
are less likely to de&ne convenience in terms of a'ractiveness,
giving preference to
accessibility. "at is also one of the arguments for Project Loon,
launched by Google
with the ambition to provide free WiFi to the world (Project
Loon, 2015). We argue
that many beliefs fundamental to retailing and e-commerce are
at odds with the realities
of emerging markets. But we also see the great business
opportunities to develop and
discover new perspectives in e-commerce which might be
valuable for both retailers
and consumers in emerging markets.
Although former research studies have taken convenience into
consideration, few
of them have investigated what the concept of convenience

27. means to consumers in
the shopping situation, and how it plays a role when adopting
new channels. "is is
important due to the fact that consumers of today demonstrate a
new frame of mind
regarding the activity of shopping. Even fewer studies have
focused on convenience
as a driver in emerging markets. "e believed value dimensions
of shopping de&ned
as hedonic or utilitarian have been developed in a context where
e-commerce did
not exist (Holbrook & Hirschman, 1982a; 1982b), and need to
be revised. In mature
markets purchasing activities are in many cases no longer seen
as ful&lling (Passyn et
al., 2011). Online shopping relieves customers from such
unpleasant chores and gives
them a more convenient and time-saving way to buy goods.
Other aspects supporting
the idea that people are in need of convenience are the increased
time demands among
consumers in the western world in general, as well as greater
auence and increased
consumption (Sundström, 2007; Yale & Venkatesh, 1986). "ese
trends together with
the fact that consumers in mature markets use communication
technology in their
13
everyday life, point to the assumption that the meaning of
convenience in general
might be changing in mature markets. A customer described as a
convenient consumer

28. is no longer seen as a “bad” or “lazy” customer (Sundström,
2007). On the contrary,
a convenient consumer could be seen as a “smart” and
“rational” customer. "is trend
leads to the deduction that convenience as a notion will become
increasingly important
to mature markets, thus leading to a challenge in providing
convenient ways to shop
online, and to communicate to potential customers with the
argument of convenience.
On the other hand, we also know li'le about how convenience is
perceived in emerging
markets, and the knowledge about convenience as a driver
derived from mature
markets might not be the same in markets with shortage of
resources. "e challenge
lies within the fact that di%erent markets have their own
de&nition of what convenience
entails. Opportunities for e-commerce in emerging markets must
be capitalized on
with this insight, and how to reach new customers with a
convenience argument must
be communicated di%erently to each market and segment.
Convenience is no longer a
unisex fragrance and one size does not &t all.
�e construct and use of convenience
Convenience has been used historically as an important variable
in many di%erent retail
transformational changes such as locations (Wood & Browne,
2007), formats (Kinsey
& Senauer, 1996), and payments (Szmigin & Foxall, 1998).
Convenience has also been
used in terms of categorizing products. It was Copeland (1923)
who &rst introduced

29. the idea of convenience with regard to how buying decisions
were made. Convenience
goods were familiar products, easy-to-buy and requiring li'le, if
any, cognitive decision-
making e%ort. Empirical researchers later operationalised the
construct and a'ached
another meaning to it: time-buying or time-saving (Douglas,
1976; Strober & Weinberg,
1977). "e theoretical framework was built on the assumption of
the household as a
production unit, optimising value with income as the constraint
production capability.
Value in this sense was bringing goods to consume and such
goods were paid for with
money and time. It was Becker (1965) and Michael and Becker
(1973) who expanded
the classical behaviour model of economic choice to include
time as a constraint to the
household’s “full income”, something that may explain why the
more modern construct
of convenience in mature markets stresses time management
(Yale & Venkatesh, 1986).
In the late 1950s convenience was considered an important
element when planning
shopping centres (Kelley, 1958). "e aim was to build shopping
centres in a way that
provided the customer with a convenient and time-saving
shopping atmosphere,
including stores placed in a logical order, comfortable lanes
between the stores and
wide aisles between the shelves. In maximizing advantages
related to place convenience
retailers could place products in a spatial position perceived by
customers as convenient.
"e examples above, despite being very speci&c, all refer to a
store-based-context.

30. With regard to non-store-based retailing it also gives place to
convenience according to
Kaufman-Scarborough and Lindquist (2002), but di%erent
compared to the &xed-store
14
se'ings. Customers shopping online can order without having to
leave their current
location, and have the goods delivered in a convenient way.
Also, in terms of consumer
typologies convenience has been used to segment speci&c target
groups. Convenience-
oriented customers were identi&ed with the help of family
demographic characteristics
such as: stage in a family life cycle, family size, socioeconomic
status, annual income,
and education (Anderson, 1972; Gehrt & Yale, 1993; Berry,
Seiders & Grewal, 2002).
In di%erent times the typical characteristic for such a consumer
typology has shi/ed. At
&rst the convenience-oriented typology was seen as positive,
describing an individual
as being smart and rational (Anderson, 1971). "is, however,
shi/ed to a more negative
view of this consumer group, suggesting an individual being
lazy and with no energy
(Sundström, 2007). "us, the construct of convenience so far has
involved di%erent
perspectives, where time and timing are perhaps the most
commonly used explanations.
Time and timing motivates innovations

31. It is suggested that many Western consumers feel the pressure
of anxiety and stress, o/en
referred to as a lack of time. In response to these feelings, the
industry has developed
a variety of time-saving products and services, o/en referred to
as “convenience
goods” or convenience services (i.e., self-service technologies
such as scanners, on-
line reservations, self-check-in, etc.). In emerging markets there
are probably also
convenience needs based on the feeling of time pressure;
however, there might also be
other feelings that drive a convenience need when shopping. In
many emerging markets
the social activity connected to shopping is evident and perhaps
an e-tailer can innovate
di%erent online services that also provide convenient social
interaction. It might be
possible that time convenience in emerging markets should
provide consumers with an
online shopping context that expands the shopping activity and
is constructed in order
to take time instead of saving time.
Another aspect of time-convenience is timing, and Brown
(1989) points out that the
Jexibility to choose the exact moment for making a purchase
could also be perceived as
a ma'er of convenience, which is also supported by Bellinger
and Korgaonkar (1980).
Convenience could also mean selecting a convenient occasion,
which, in turn, is about
timing. In many parts of the world there may be more reluctance
to do something at a
certain time than willingness to save or spend time. In other
words, when something

32. is convenient it could mean saving time as well as spending
time and doing it at the
right moment. Regarding online shopping and e-commerce, the
media are suitably
designed both for time saving consumers and for those who
want to spend time. But it
is absolutely necessary to know your target groups and design
virtual shopping contexts
that are a'ractive for both of these segments. Compared to &xed
store se'ings, virtual
store se'ings can be designed in a variety of ways and o%er
di%erent tools to di%erent
customers with much lower costs and with much more
Jexibility.
15
Symbolic value and convenience
Innovations can provide convenience or o%er symbolic value
(Oropesa, 1993). Based on
the work conducted by Walker and Walker (1996) and Roger’s
di%usion of innovation
theory (1995), it is well known that in order to adopt a
technological innovation, an
individual goes through &ve steps: awareness, interest,
evaluation, trial, and adoption. It
is not so well researched how di%usion behaves in emerging
markets , but we know that
foreign innovations call for greater e%orts and those indigenous
and foreign e%orts are
complementary (Fu et al., 2011). In the western world several
key technologies could
be classi&ed as convenience technology: scanner-equipped

33. grocery stores, electronic
funds transfer, automated teller machines, and custom telephone
calling services
(Gilly & Zeithaml, 1985). "e ability to shop online can also
represent a technological
innovation that gives convenience and bene&ts and, at the same
time, changes customer
behaviour (Hansen, 2005). Both awareness and interest are steps
in the adoption
process that may be awakened when the need for convenience is
uppermost. In this
way, the Internet alters the behaviour as a result of information
access. "e Internet
provides individuals with an enormous amount of information
and the possibility of
comparing information (Kaufman-Scarborough & Lindquist,
2002). "is is also likely
to be the case in emerging markets, but there is also strong
evidence that other symbolic
values might be associated with convenience.
Low consumer adoption regarding online buying in mature
markets was formerly
explained by the presence of transaction obstacles, such as slow
loading times, the
inability of locating items, incomplete information, and lack of
human interaction
(Kaufman-Scarborough & Lindquist, 2002). "ese steps of
adoption are not so likely
to occur in emerging markets. Explanations as to who might be
an online customer
referred to characteristics such as innovativeness and risk
taking (Locke' & Li'ler,
1997) but these segments are also less likely to be true in
emerging markets. Today,
most of the former obstacles are gone and in most countries

34. customers shop online.
Decision making and convenience
One question of importance to a business aspiring to enter new
consumer markets
is how and why people shop. A'empts to answer it have led to
proposals of di%er-
ent shopping typologies in the western world, two of which
oppose recreational and
convenience shoppers. Stone (1954) introduced and de&ned
shopping orientations in
order to characterise consumers according to lifestyles,
interests, and opinions. "is
has led to the systematic measurement of shopping orientations
using decision making
instruments. Pioneer work in this area was conducted by Sproles
and Kendall (1986),
who pro&led consumers according to di%erent consumer
decision making (CDM)
styles. "e CDM in retailing has a fairly long and varied history.
It focuses on substan-
tiating the existence of “styles of thinking” applied to consumer
shopping (Wesley, Le-
Hew & Woodside, 2006). According to Kaufman-Scarborough
and Lindquist (2002),
16
a central dimension of convenience in the decision making
process is the convenience
of information search. "is aspect is closely connected to the
structure and form of the
Internet as a huge information database. A customer could &nd

35. it convenient because
a great deal of information is gathered in one place, facilitating
extensive search and
comparisons. As to why and how people shop online, theoretical
approaches have been
based on CDM and on information search theories (Ariely,
2000; Bakos, 1991, 1997;
Brynjolfsson & Smith, 2000; Ho%man & Novak, 1996).
Combinations of theories have
been proposed (Senecal, Kalczynski & Nantel, 2005). However,
the centre of inter-
est remains directed to what online customers do in the
decision-making process, not
what they wish or require in terms of convenience.
Convenience, in this sense, becomes
a motivator to a decision. We argue that decision-making styles
in emerging markets
might look di%erent from those derived from studies in mature
markets in the western
world. "is is an important knowledge gap that needs to be
investigated.
"e speci&c context of online shopping assumes that consumers
act alone, have
an abundance of information, and are dependent on technical
skills and/or a mobile
phone. A customer with extended experience of online shopping
tends to be less risk-
averse, more skilful in information searching, more price
conscious, less patient with
regard to waiting time, and generally places a higher value on
convenience (Sundström,
2007). "ese circumstances suggest that convenience-driven
decision making in an
online store consists of a situation that provides ample
information, e%ective tools for

36. comparing both information and prices, a website with an easy-
to-use design/layout,
options for payment, and useful information between the point
of delivery and the
point of ordering. What convenience-driven decision making in
emerging markets
looks like, we know less about.
"e academic literature with empirical data from mature and/or
industrialized
markets has discussed retail convenience by focusing on the
elements of time and
searching (Brown, 1989; Kaufman-Scarborough & Lindquist,
2002). Nevertheless, the
meaning of convenience di%ers, depending on the shopping
situation, the customer
and the market characteristics. Emerging markets are a
business potential to retailers
as the communication technology is widespread. On the other
hand, emerging markets
might react di%erently to global e-tailers, and might also
behave di%erently in terms
of convenience reasons for shopping online. Another aspect of
business opportunities
is that some of the best capitalist markets today are ex-
communist countries, and all
advanced countries are maturing. Naturally, we realize that
there are other barriers
to a growth in e-tailing in emerging markets, such as su%ering
from inadequate
infrastructure and country-speci&c taxes and regulations, but
we believe that there is a
need to develop knowledge on how convenience might be a
driver for choosing online
shopping in these markets.

37. 17
3. Toward a framework for e-commerce convenience in
emerging markets
Di%erent customer needs and preferences towards convenient
online shopping are
reshaping the expectations of e-commerce and individual point
of purchase. Almost
every product or service available in global markets must
incorporate the characteristic
of convenience. Any product can be seen as convenient when
buying on the Internet.
It is not a product’s characteristics but a shopping situation
perceived as time-saving
which determines whether it is convenient or not. Furthermore,
convenience is no
longer seen as disgraceful or bad. It is generally a means of
freeing leisure time for other
activities, such as sports or hobbies (Scarborough Research,
2008; Sundström, 2007).
Another aspect of convenience in the online shopping context is
place convenience,
that is, the web site atmosphere. When the web site is perceived
as convenient, the
product is also thought of as convenient. Also, the aspect of
timing is critical with regard
to why a customer chooses an online store. Many do so because
they value the freedom
to buy at a time of their own choosing. While many retailers are
investigating in the
possibility of going multi-channel and manufacturers aiming to
enter new markets,

38. the basic consumer requirement of convenience should not be
forgo'en. "e same
argument applies to retailers investing in high-tech self-service
facilities in their brick-
and-mortar stores.
Following Coussy’s (2009) typology of emerging countries,
suggesting that
emerging economies display, among other, the characteristic of
being latecomers to
development, this paper suggests that being a latecomer to
certain aspects of retail and
e-commerce has led to a certain readiness which has not been
observed in developed
countries that had a longer startup towards e-commerce. And
by revisiting the concept
of convenience, put in the context of online shopping, it is here
suggested that it is not
only valuable to gain consumer insight when wanting to enter an
emerging market with
the help of e-commerce, but crucial not to asses the market
using the same criteria and
standards as for markets where e-commerce has been long
established.
"e complexity in the concept of convenience has been shown,
and questions have
been raised about the role and importance of customer-
perceived convenience when
entering emerging markets. It is vital to take a customer’s
perspective on convenience in
di%erent shopping situations, and on individual preferences for
perceived convenience.
Furthermore, one must view convenience as a signi&cant
variable whose understanding
involves complexity and multiple meanings. It is proposed that

39. there is an academic
need to develop a framework for customer-perceived
convenience in order to facilitate
retail development in non-store se'ings.
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