Technoserve : Mozambique Case Study

The innovative approaches and methods that Technoserve Mozambique (TnsMz) has pioneered have become best practice templates for other Tns country operations and, indeed, best practice templates within Mozambique itself, where TnsMz's successes...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ADVERTISING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES BARTER BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BEST-PRACTICE BID BIOTECHNOLOGY BRAND BROKER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PROCESSES BUSINESS SYSTEMS BUSINESSES BUYERS CAPITAL STRUCTURE CASH ECONOMY CASH PAYMENTS COLLATERAL COMMODITY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COPYRIGHT CREDIBILITY CURRENCY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKET GOVERNMENT POLICY GROWTH POTENTIAL INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTRUMENT INTERFACE INTERFACES INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT BANKS INVESTMENT PROJECTS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LICENSE LICENSES LOAN LOCAL ECONOMIES LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL MARKETS MARKET ACCEPTANCE MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET DEVELOPMENTS MARKET POSITION MARKET POSITIONING MARKET RESEARCH MARKETING MICRO ENTERPRISES NETWORKS NEW MARKET NEW MARKETS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY PHOTO POPULATION DENSITY PORTFOLIO POTENTIAL INVESTMENT POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MARGINS PROGRAMS PURCHASING QUERIES RESULT RESULTS RETURN SALES SEARCH SEARCHES SITES SUBSTITUTION SUPPLIERS SUPPORT STAFF SURPLUS TARGETS TECHNICAL SUPPORT TELEPHONE TRANSLATION TURNOVER USES VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20143888/technoserve-mozambique-case-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20111

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spelling	okr-10986-201112021-04-23T14:03:54Z Technoserve : Mozambique Case Study World Bank ACCOUNTING ADVERTISING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES BARTER BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BEST-PRACTICE BID BIOTECHNOLOGY BRAND BROKER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PROCESSES BUSINESS SYSTEMS BUSINESSES BUYERS CAPITAL STRUCTURE CASH ECONOMY CASH PAYMENTS COLLATERAL COMMODITY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COPYRIGHT CREDIBILITY CURRENCY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKET GOVERNMENT POLICY GROWTH POTENTIAL INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTRUMENT INTERFACE INTERFACES INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT BANKS INVESTMENT PROJECTS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LICENSE LICENSES LOAN LOCAL ECONOMIES LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL MARKETS MARKET ACCEPTANCE MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET DEVELOPMENTS MARKET POSITION MARKET POSITIONING MARKET RESEARCH MARKETING MICRO ENTERPRISES NETWORKS NEW MARKET NEW MARKETS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY PHOTO POPULATION DENSITY PORTFOLIO POTENTIAL INVESTMENT POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MARGINS PROGRAMS PURCHASING QUERIES RESULT RESULTS RETURN SALES SEARCH SEARCHES SITES SUBSTITUTION SUPPLIERS SUPPORT STAFF SURPLUS TARGETS TECHNICAL SUPPORT TELEPHONE TRANSLATION TURNOVER USES VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS The innovative approaches and methods that Technoserve Mozambique (TnsMz) has pioneered have become best practice templates for other Tns country operations and, indeed, best practice templates within Mozambique itself, where TnsMz's successes in the cashew, banana, and poultry industries are notably successful. Tns offers no centralized facilities for practicing and refining business skills, but rather serves its clients where one do business, in the rural areas where crops and animals grow. However, it frequently creates partnerships with industry leaders using sites to demonstrate and or train new market entrants in best practices for processing, marketing, logistic management, and quality control. Its programs are designed to stimulate investment, job creation, and local economic activity within commodity-oriented agribusiness sectors, which typically afford only thin profit margins. TnsMz provides incentives in the form of grants or matching grants to change behavior and to introduce new technologies within farm-to-market chains. In this context, this report presents summary, background and context, strategic vision, mission, and targets, TnsMz's distinctive features, brand, and market position, approach to incubation, business model, staffing, network partners, current portfolio strategies, achievements, critical success factors, lessons learned and implications for agribusiness incubators, and future goals. 2014-09-12T21:20:40Z 2014-09-12T21:20:40Z 2014 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20143888/technoserve-mozambique-case-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20111 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Africa Mozambique
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topic	ACCOUNTING ADVERTISING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES BARTER BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BEST-PRACTICE BID BIOTECHNOLOGY BRAND BROKER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PROCESSES BUSINESS SYSTEMS BUSINESSES BUYERS CAPITAL STRUCTURE CASH ECONOMY CASH PAYMENTS COLLATERAL COMMODITY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COPYRIGHT CREDIBILITY CURRENCY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKET GOVERNMENT POLICY GROWTH POTENTIAL INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTRUMENT INTERFACE INTERFACES INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT BANKS INVESTMENT PROJECTS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LICENSE LICENSES LOAN LOCAL ECONOMIES LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL MARKETS MARKET ACCEPTANCE MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET DEVELOPMENTS MARKET POSITION MARKET POSITIONING MARKET RESEARCH MARKETING MICRO ENTERPRISES NETWORKS NEW MARKET NEW MARKETS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY PHOTO POPULATION DENSITY PORTFOLIO POTENTIAL INVESTMENT POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MARGINS PROGRAMS PURCHASING QUERIES RESULT RESULTS RETURN SALES SEARCH SEARCHES SITES SUBSTITUTION SUPPLIERS SUPPORT STAFF SURPLUS TARGETS TECHNICAL SUPPORT TELEPHONE TRANSLATION TURNOVER USES VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTING ADVERTISING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGIES BARTER BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BEST-PRACTICE BID BIOTECHNOLOGY BRAND BROKER BUSINESS ACTIVITIES BUSINESS MODEL BUSINESS MODELS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BUSINESS PROCESSES BUSINESS SYSTEMS BUSINESSES BUYERS CAPITAL STRUCTURE CASH ECONOMY CASH PAYMENTS COLLATERAL COMMODITY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVENESS COPYRIGHT CREDIBILITY CURRENCY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOREIGN INVESTORS GLOBAL ECONOMY GLOBAL MARKET GOVERNMENT POLICY GROWTH POTENTIAL INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTRUMENT INTERFACE INTERFACES INTERNATIONAL BANK INVESTMENT BANKS INVESTMENT PROJECTS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND OWNERSHIP LICENSE LICENSES LOAN LOCAL ECONOMIES LOCAL ECONOMY LOCAL MARKETS MARKET ACCEPTANCE MARKET DEVELOPMENT MARKET DEVELOPMENTS MARKET POSITION MARKET POSITIONING MARKET RESEARCH MARKETING MICRO ENTERPRISES NETWORKS NEW MARKET NEW MARKETS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NEW TECHNOLOGY PHOTO POPULATION DENSITY PORTFOLIO POTENTIAL INVESTMENT POTENTIAL INVESTORS PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT MARGINS PROGRAMS PURCHASING QUERIES RESULT RESULTS RETURN SALES SEARCH SEARCHES SITES SUBSTITUTION SUPPLIERS SUPPORT STAFF SURPLUS TARGETS TECHNICAL SUPPORT TELEPHONE TRANSLATION TURNOVER USES VALUE CHAIN VALUE CHAINS World Bank Technoserve : Mozambique Case Study
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description	The innovative approaches and methods that Technoserve Mozambique (TnsMz) has pioneered have become best practice templates for other Tns country operations and, indeed, best practice templates within Mozambique itself, where TnsMz's successes in the cashew, banana, and poultry industries are notably successful. Tns offers no centralized facilities for practicing and refining business skills, but rather serves its clients where one do business, in the rural areas where crops and animals grow. However, it frequently creates partnerships with industry leaders using sites to demonstrate and or train new market entrants in best practices for processing, marketing, logistic management, and quality control. Its programs are designed to stimulate investment, job creation, and local economic activity within commodity-oriented agribusiness sectors, which typically afford only thin profit margins. TnsMz provides incentives in the form of grants or matching grants to change behavior and to introduce new technologies within farm-to-market chains. In this context, this report presents summary, background and context, strategic vision, mission, and targets, TnsMz's distinctive features, brand, and market position, approach to incubation, business model, staffing, network partners, current portfolio strategies, achievements, critical success factors, lessons learned and implications for agribusiness incubators, and future goals.
format	Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author	World Bank
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author_sort	World Bank
title	Technoserve : Mozambique Case Study
title_short	Technoserve : Mozambique Case Study
title_full	Technoserve : Mozambique Case Study
title_fullStr	Technoserve : Mozambique Case Study
title_full_unstemmed	Technoserve : Mozambique Case Study
title_sort	technoserve : mozambique case study
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/01/20143888/technoserve-mozambique-case-study http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20111
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Technoserve : Mozambique Case Study

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