scispace - formally typeset
Search or ask a question
Topic

Frugal innovation

About: Frugal innovation is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 472 publications have been published within this topic receiving 9290 citations.

Papers published on a yearly basis

Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors described the current situation of the vehicle industry and the tremendous influence of digitalization technologies for the value chain structure are described, and demand side aspects are described.

6 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an adapted process which links the basic ideas of Design Thinking and Frugal Innovation with the focus on production systems for emerging markets, where the application of the process is shown by a use case.

6 citations

20 Dec 2019
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the potential adoption of Frugal Innovation projects in a Transition-driven Urban Living Lab. And they find that by applying inclusion innovation mechanisms and allowing them to work as a mediator's smart cities can be frugal.
Abstract: This research is an exploratory study, which discusses Inclusive Innovation Mechanisms and the potential adoption of Frugal Innovation projects in a Transition-driven Urban Living Lab. It is believed that by exploring the links between these two concepts an inclusive smart city model can be created as well as increasing equality of BoP in cities like Amsterdam. In this respect, the four inclusive dimensions framework developed by Schillo and Robinson (2017) resulted to be useful to give a shape to these mechanisms. Secondly, the study defined key influencing factors on the potential adoption of FI projects in an Urban Living Lab. In order to reach this goal, the theory of diffusion and the Theory of planned behavior were used to see the level of attractiveness of FI characteristics in a ULL. Finally, there is an attempt to illustrate possible patterns between mechanisms and adoption of FI projects to produce innovation strategies for inclusion. Two research strategies were selected to answer theoretical and empirical research questions. These strategies are desk research of academic literature and Case Study, which are particularly appropriate to study how inclusive innovation mechanisms facilitate the potential adoption of frugal projects in an Urban Living Lab operating under Amsterdam’s smart city program. The analysis uncovers strategies and practices involve in the innovation processes. Resulting in a relevant framework where IIMs stimulate the adoption of FI projects and at the same time FI might strengthen the performance of IIMs in the ULL. In addition, the research complements the four-dimensional framework for inclusive innovation created by Schillo and Robinson (2017) by adding a list of possible mechanisms useful to boost inclusion in an organization. Lastly, policy, theoretical and practical contribution are given. As a result, the study found that by applying inclusion innovation mechanisms and allowing them to work as a mediator’s Smart cities can be frugal. However, future research should be orientated towards the application of these IIMs in other smart initiatives to prove their inclusive nature and their relationship with the potential adoption of FI projects in a western context.

5 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: The street cultures of make-do and reuse in contemporary India, colloquially known as jugaad, is a set of material practices that have had a long and established history in the country as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Street cultures of make-do and reuse in contemporary India, colloquially known as jugaad, is a set of material practices that have had a long and established history in the country. This article ju...

5 citations

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on specific resource-constrained local context conditions, actors' frugal approaches to overcoming these conditions, and multi-scalar resource mobilisation strategies to scale Frugal solutions.
Abstract: This article refines our understanding of frugal innovation in geographical energy transitions research. Frugal innovation represents a strategic approach to solving local problems with limited resources through complexity reduction. The article analyses three frugal innovation cases from São Paulo, Brazil. For each case, the analysis focuses on specific resource-constrained local context conditions, actors’ frugal approaches to overcoming these conditions and multi-scalar resource mobilisation strategies to scale frugal solutions. The article concludes by identifying three roles of frugality in energy transitions: (i) outcome complexity reduction enables scalable model solutions; (ii) process complexity reduction enables industrially scalable production; (iii) a philosophy of complexity reduction enables scalable dissemination strategies.

5 citations


Network Information
Related Topics (5)
Competitive advantage
46.6K papers, 1.5M citations
74% related
Entrepreneurship
71.7K papers, 1.7M citations
72% related
Sustainability
129.3K papers, 2.5M citations
71% related
Globalization
81.8K papers, 1.7M citations
68% related
Sustainable development
101.4K papers, 1.5M citations
68% related
Performance
Metrics
No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202172
202050
201956
201859
201754
201650