In recent years a phenomenon called "frugal innovation" has increasingly gained traction in the scholarly discourse; and as research reveals, it is often brought in connection with India. Apparently, India has quietly acquired the role of a pioneer for innovations that aim at combining...

The phenomenon of frugal innovation, as characterized by "affordable excellence", is experiencing increasing acceptance by business leaders, policy makers and scholars around the world. Frugal products, services and technologies strive to radically increase affordability while significantly...

This study builds on our previous work, which had questioned the validity of certain assumptions of the lead market theory in the face of changing ground realities in a globalized world. Sustained economic growth and proven technological capabilities in some "emerging economies" like China and...

India has emerged as a vibrant and versatile source for cost effective, "disruptive innovations" of various varieties. Price-sensitive consumers in a large and growing market keep inducing firms to apply "frugal engineering" for creating affordable products and services without compromising...

Recent years have seen the emergence of low-cost innovations targeted at economically weaker sections of the society, seeking to align business with social welfare. In many instances, results on the ground have been, however, rather sobering as firms have generally (probably justifiably) worried...

In der wissenschaftlichen Literatur zum Innovationsmanagement - wie in der betrieblichen Praxis der Neuproduktentwicklung - wird der Einsatz von "innovativen Analogien" als ein vielversprechender Ansatz gesehen, denn hierdurch kann bereits bestehendes Wissen zur Lösung von Problemstellungen,...

High-tech, German companies are facing a curious problem: their products are reportedly "too good" for the expanding global markets. So in a way they get "penalised" for offering a superlative quality. At a second glance, though, this doesn't seem surprising. For, succeeding in the emerging...

Frugal products and services aim at satisfying the unsaturated demand of a large and growing middle class in many "emerging economies". Although research has been conducted in regard to the strategic importance of frugal innovations, so far, the actual development process of such innovations has...

High-tech, German companies are facing a curious problem: their products are reportedly "too good" for the expanding global markets. So in a way they get "penalized" for offering a superlative quality. At a second glance, though, this doesn't seem surprising. For, succeeding in the emerging...

This study builds on our previous work (Tiwari and Herstatt, 2012), which had questioned the validity of certain assumptions of the lead market theory in the face of changing ground realities in a globalized world. Sustained economic growth and proven technological capabilities in some...