'Taken as a whole, the book provides some deep insights into frugal innovation with the help of models and frameworks. It also provides a means for academics and practitioners to gain an understanding of frugal innovation with some prevalent cases. The book serves as a useful primer for anyone aspiring to research this area, and its illustration of innovation issues using various examples will be helpful for scholars.' Mokter Hossain, R&D Management
Part I. Models of Frugal Innovation: 1. Outline of the context, literature and methodology; 2. Conceptualising innovation – Model 1; 3. Conceptualising innovation under constraints – Model 2; Part II. Towards a Theory of Frugal Innovation: 4. Integrative results and theory development; 5. Test of models using secondary cases; 6. Emerging concepts in innovation; 7. Implications for research, practice and policy; Part III. Tools for Practice and Research: Appendix A. Toolkit to identify frugal innovations; Appendix B. Core competencies from the frugal innovation lab; Appendix C. Detailed research methodology and design; References; Select Bibliography.