UID:
almahu_9949448850702882
Format:
1 online resource (186 pages)
ISBN:
9781035302338 (e-book)
Content:
"In light of the tremendous growth of frugal product and process innovations in both emerging markets and economies in the Global North, this book offers a clear understanding of this new direction of technological change within a Schumpterian analytical framework. Characterizing frugal innovation as a new technological paradigm, it illuminates the relationship between frugality and sustainability. Using important case studies from around the globe, Christian Le Bas explores the key characteristics of frugal innovations: products with fewer artefacts, decreasing technological complexity and design simplification. Chapters systematically synthesize economic knowledge on the topic, mapping the environmentally positive consequences of frugal innovation and identifying the crucial socio-economic and ecological contemporary issues that frugal innovation can help resolve. Concise and timely, this book will be a useful resource for economics and management scholars and students. The tools for understanding the nature and scope of frugal innovation, as well as insights on sustainable innovation, also make this an important read for managers, decision makers and stakeholders"--
Note:
Contents: Preface -- Introduction: Frugal innovation as a schumpeterian innovation of transformative change -- 1. What frugal innovation is: Defining frugal innovation and delineating its forms through cases studies with sana khan -- 2. Frugal innovation as a new technological paradigm: An interpretation -- 3. The economics of the frugal direction of technological change: Resource constraints scheme, induced direction models, and demand-side approaches -- 4. Frugal innovation as environmental innovation: Analytical frame and diffusion factors -- 5. Frugal innovation and sustainability, exploring the empirical relevance of a new taxonomy: Fully versus weakly sustainable frugal innovation with sana khan -- 6. What type of innovator is a frugal innovator? An econometric exercise with mounir amdaoud -- 7. Frugal innovation and the process of disruption with souhaila kammoun -- 8. Frugal innovation and economic dynamics in developing economies -- Conclusion to the economics of frugal innovation -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781035302321 (hardback)
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/book/9781035302338/9781035302338.xml
