Print Email Facebook Twitter Frugal Innovation and development: Aides or adversaries? Title Frugal Innovation and development: Aides or adversaries? Author Knorringa, P I, Peša Leliveld, A van Beers, Cees (TU Delft Economics of Technology and Innovation) Date 2016 Abstract Frugal innovation aims to bring products, services and systems within the reach of billions of poor and emerging middle-class consumers. Through significantly cutting costs while safeguarding user value, frugal innovation opens opportunities for new business models and may well disrupt innovation processes in entire economies. The debate on the developmental implications of frugal innovation is ideologically polarized. Whereas advocates suggest a business view of ‘win-win’ in which companies can earn profits while simultaneously alleviating poverty, critics argue that frugal innovation will merely exacerbate capitalist exploitation and inequality. In this contribution we argue that an empirical approach is needed to assess where and when frugal innovation is more likely to enhance inclusive development. Subject frugal innovationentrepreneurshiptechnologyinclusive developmentinequality To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dbd567cf-b812-4c21-93ee-23b2de235e74 DOI https://doi.org/10.1057/ejdr.2016.3 Embargo date 2017-03-24 ISSN 0957-8811 Source European Journal of Development Research, 28 (2), 143-153 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2016 P Knorringa, Peša I, A Leliveld, Cees van Beers Files PDF Knorringa_Pesa_Leliveld_a ... saries.pdf 212.96 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:dbd567cf-b812-4c21-93ee-23b2de235e74/datastream/OBJ/view