"This pioneering Handbook details the origins of the concept of frugal innovation, its emergence as an academic field … frugal innovation entails, from a range of disciplines including science and engineering, humanities, and the social sciences …. Analysing case studies on frugal innovation from across the globe, this Handbook assesses the role of innovation in addressing …

Contents: Preface and Introduction / Mitsuru Kodama -- 1. Innovation through boundaries vision and dynamic capabilities … creation perspective / Mitsuru Kodama -- 3. Knowledge convergence and design-driven innovation through boundaries knowledge … - new knowledge from the knowledge convergence and design-driven innovation perspectives / Mitsuru Kodama and Masashi Kimura …

include specific applications of knowledge innovation from networked strategic communities including large corporations, joint …

Innovation Networks in Knowledge-based Firms explores corporate strategic management in an information and … communication technology (ICT) environment, and illustrates the significance of new business models based on 'boundary innovation … service innovation in ICT industries, such as search and advertising (Yahoo, Google), music distribution (Apple iPod) and …