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Frugal Innovations

An Inquiry into Causes, Effects and Pathways of Affordable Excellence
BuchGebunden
350 Seiten
Englisch
De Gruytererscheint am15.06.2025
This book draws on many years of research by the author involving collaborative work with various scholars and research institutions. It enables a different perspective on frugal innovations, as it draws on streams as varied as business management, sociology, psychology, philosophy, culture and engineering. This is missing in publications on frugal innovations so far. It is based on a mixed, multi-methods research approach (literature review, bibliometrics, expert interview, focus groups, case studies and conceptual work) in a multi-national context, providing rich insights.mehr

Produkt

KlappentextThis book draws on many years of research by the author involving collaborative work with various scholars and research institutions. It enables a different perspective on frugal innovations, as it draws on streams as varied as business management, sociology, psychology, philosophy, culture and engineering. This is missing in publications on frugal innovations so far. It is based on a mixed, multi-methods research approach (literature review, bibliometrics, expert interview, focus groups, case studies and conceptual work) in a multi-national context, providing rich insights.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-3-11-071110-3
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2025
Erscheinungsdatum15.06.2025
ReiheDe Gruyter Studies in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Reihen-Nr.6
Seiten350 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Illustrationen40 b/w ill., 40 b/w tbl.
Artikel-Nr.49016266
Rubriken
GenreWirtschaft

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction

Concept of Frugal Innovation: Literature review



Scholarly discourse on frugal innovation



Bibliometric analysis of published literature



Frugality Discourse in Related Scientific Fields



Historical and philosophical context of frugality



Frugality in political economy



Connecting culture with frugality



Frugality discourse in other disciplines of social sciences



Engineering sciences and frugality



Redefining frugal innovation



Universal relevance of frugality in today's world



Empirical assessment of expert opinion & consumer perception



Mapping the frugality paradigm



From "good enough" to "affordable green excellence"



Role of digital transformation



Principles of circular economy



Avoiding rebound effects



Measure against planned obsolescence



India: Learning from a lead market



Brief profile of country and its research & innovation system



Connecting India to frugal innovations



India's lead market potential for frugal solutions



Frugal innovations and industrialized economies



Factors driving the need (e.g., financial factors, environmental consciousness, changing value systems -> voluntary simplicity)



Examples of known frugal solutions (from countries such as Germany, Japan, Austria, USA)



Relevance for a large, industrialized economy: Example of Germany
(with brief profiles of the country and its research & innovation system; results of an empirical survey)



Relevance for a small, industrialized economy: Example of Austria
(with brief profiles of the country and its research & innovation system; results of an empirical survey)



Modes & routines of frugal product development: lessons from a patent data analysis



Comparative study of innovation pathways in Indian and German auto-components industries



Discussion of results



Identification of suitable (context-specific) innovation pathways



Relevant implications for research and innovation systems (for policy makers, managers and scholars of business management)



Conclusionmehr

Autor

Dr. Rajnish Tiwari is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Technology and Innovation Management of Hamburg University of Technology in Germany. He leads the research program Global Innovation and has co-founded the Center for Frugal Innovation. Rajnish has advised Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) concerning "new global innovation pathways" and has led projects to investigate potentials of "affordable excellence" in industrialized economies in sectors such as food industry, automotive and renewable energies. He is an alumnus of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science and has been a visiting fellow at several universities in Australia, India, Japan and the USA. He has co-authored/edited seven books and published numerous articles and book chapters.