Frugal Innovation and Its Implementation: Leveraging Constraints to Drive Innovations on a Global Scale

ISBN-13: 9783030671211 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Agarwal, Nivedita

Opis

This book discusses several product development strategies and tools employed by organizations around the world to implement frugal innovations. Over the past decade, frugal innovations have caught the attention of countless management scholars. This book comes at the right time for academics and practitioners alike, as it explores how the concept of frugal innovation has evolved over the past several years and is shifting its focus from merely featuring ‘cost’ driven innovations to being more ‘resourceful’ and ‘sustainable’ at its core. Furthermore, in light of the ongoing digital revolution and emergence of new business models such as sharing economy and circular economy, the book highlights recent and upcoming trends and their impacts on frugal innovation strategies.

Spis treści

Chapter 0

Introduction: What we don’t know about Frugal Innovations yet? Future Research Potentials

to Leverage Constraints for Driving Innovations on a Global Scale

Section 1: Evolution of Frugal Innovation

Chapter 1

Institutional Perspectives on Frugal Innovation

Daniel Etse & Adela McMurray

Chapter 2

Frugal Innovation in Healthcare: Factors Affecting the Diffusion in Developing Economies

Hareem Arshad

Section 2: Frugal Engineering and Development Process

Chapter 3

Strategic Alignment of Multinational Corporations for Frugal Innovation – A Case Study

Julia S. Roppelt, Anirudha A. Dambal & Sergej von Janda

Chapter 4

Quality Control of Frugal Products

Balkrishna C. Rao

Chapter 5

User-driven Innovation with Frugal Characteristics: A Multi-Case Analysis of China’s

Innovation-Driven Economy

Henning Kroll & Ingo Liefner

Chapter 6

Fostering Frugal Innovation through Computer-aided Engineering: Benefits and Challenges

for Emerging Economy Firms

Stefan Bernat & Solmaz Filiz Karabag

Section 3: Frugal Innovation Becoming a Global Phenomenon

Chapter 7

Frugal Innovation for Developed Markets: Target Customers, Characteristics, Success Factors

Liza Wohlfart, Julian Groganz, Sven Manefeld & Fabian Fröhlich

Chapter 8

New Business Models for Frugal Innovation: Experience from an Enterprise Supporting

Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya

Jackson Musona

Chapter 9

Small Industrial Companies and Frugal Innovation: A Case Study in the State of Alagos/

Brazil

Francisco Rosário & Araken Lima

Section 4: Adding New Perspectives to Frugal Innovation

Chapter 10

Implementing Frugal Innovation: Leveraging Constraints as Opportunities for Electric

Rickshaws in India

Anne H. Koch

Chapter 11

Building Sustainable Innovation Through Changes in Employee Behavior and Organizational

Capabilities

Minna Saunila, Juhani Ukko & Tero Rantala

Chapter 12

Digital Transformation as Enabler of Affordable Green Excellence: An Investigation of

Frugal Innovation in the Wind Energy Sector

Rajnish Tiwari

Chapter 13

Frugal Digital Innovation: Leveraging the Scale and Capabilities of Platform Ecosystems

Suchit Ahuja

O autorze

Alexander Brem is an Endowed Chaired Professor and Institute Director at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He is also Honorary Professor at the University of Southern Denmark. His research interest is on technological innovation and entrepreneurship. 

Nivedita Agarwal is an Assistant Professor at the Chair of Technology Management at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Germany. Her research focuses on social entrepreneurship, sustainability management and frugal innovations especially in this context of emerging markets. Her research highlights the role of innovation and entrepreneurship enabled by disruptive technologies in shaping the complex innovation ecosystems. She has published articles in several peer reviewed academic journals such as the Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Business Research and IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. She is also the editor of the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing and is on the editorial board of International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management.