How disruptive is frugal?

被引：150

作者：

Rao, Balkrishna C. ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Indian Inst Technol, Dept Engn Design, Madras 600036, Tamil Nadu, India

来源：

TECHNOLOGY IN SOCIETY | 2013年 / 35卷 / 01期

关键词：

Frugal-innovation; Disruptive innovation; Global warming; Financial crisis; Sustainability;

D O I：

10.1016/j.techsoc.2013.03.003

中图分类号：

D58 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];

学科分类号：

摘要：

Global warming and the recent financial crises have prompted a rethink among businesses on the production of cost-effective products and services. Frugal-innovations, with their genesis mainly in India, are accordingly becoming popular in emerging and developed economies due to their lower costs and no frills structure. By studying a variety of frugal-innovations, this effort brings out the features of these innovations and also examines their disruptiveness vis-a-vis other innovations. Furthermore, this paper has formalized the frugal-innovation process based on examples covered in this effort. Such a formalization will aid in the metamorphosis of an ordinary innovation into the frugal type. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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