Just Published "Handbook of Frugal Innovation" | Edited by Leliveld, Bhaduri, Knorringa, and van Beers, 2023

Handbook on Frugal Innovation
Edited by André Leliveld, Saradindu Bhaduri, Peter Knorringa, and Cees van Beers. Edward Elgar, 2023, ISBN: 9781788118873.
About the Book: This pioneering Handbook details the origins of the concept of frugal innovation, its emergence as an academic field of interest, and the main driving forces behind it. The book presents new empirical evidence and critical perspectives on what frugal innovation entails, from disciplines such as science and engineering, humanities, and social sciences.

Table of Contents 

1 Capturing frugal innovation: introduction to the Handbook on Frugal Innovation | André Leliveld, Saradindu Bhaduri, Peter Knorringa and Cees van Beers 

PART I INCLUDING FRUGAL INNOVATION THINKING IN DISCIPLINARY DEBATES

2 Anchoring: a historical perspective on frugal innovation | Miguel John Versluys and Ineke Sluiter 
3 Frugal innovation: some theoretical observations from innovation-economic and social-entrepreneurial perspectives | Cees van Beers and André Leliveld
4 The apolitical framing of frugal innovation in the global south: beyond the tales of scarcity, heroic inventors and techno-fixes | Mario Pansera
5 Frugality in innovation processes: a heuristics-based perspective from the 'informal economy' | Saradindu Bhaduri, Ariane Agnes Corradi, Hemant Kumar and Fayaz Ahmad Sheikh

PART II EMBEDDING FRUGAL INNOVATION IN TRANSDISCIPLINARY THEMATIC DEBATES

6 Frugal innovation and sustainability: bringing together polarized views from the state of the art | Stephanie Knizkov and Julia Arlinghaus
7 Frugal innovators as change agents in circular economy transitions | Jarkko Levänen, Eugenia Rosca and Sukyung Park
8 A gender lens for frugal innovation | Saskia Vossenberg and Solange Hai
9 Governing frugal innovation for sustainable development: the hybrid domain | Balaji Parthasarathy and Yuko Aoyama
10 Frugal innovation and legitimacy | Greetje Schouten and Peter Knorringa
11 Fairness institutions for frugal innovation | Haye Hazenberg and Saradindu Bhaduri

PART III TECHNOLOGY AS AN ENABLER

12 Value-sensitive design practices for frugal innovations | Neelke Doorn
13 The frugal design of a medical centrifuge: distributed production as a frugal technology to increase access to medical devices in low- and middle-income countries | Jan Carel Diehl, Temitope Agbana, G-Young Van, Ludo Hille Ris Lambers and Samenjo Karl Heinz Tondo
14 Frugal engineering solutions for recovery of resources from wastewater | Pamela Ceron-Chafla and Ralph E.F. Lindeboom
15 Engineering capabilities for frugal innovations: the case of a radiation-free cancer detection device | Christine Wimschneider-Weikl and Nivedita Agarwal
16 Design and engineering for frugal product development | Balkrishna C. Rao
17 Frugality and jugaad in science: evidence from a research laboratory | Pankaj Sekhsaria
18 ICTs as frugal innovations: enabling new pathways towards refugee self-reliance and resilience in fragile contexts? | Holly A. Ritchie
19 Frugal innovation and digital platforms | Erwin van Tuijl and Peter Knorringa

PART IV ACTORS, BUSINESS MODELS AND BLURRING BOUNDARIES

20 Lead markets, international business and frugal innovation | Rajnish Tiwari and Cornelius Herstatt
21 Frugal energy and the global markets of pico solar systems | Pascale Trompette and Céline Cholez
22 Frugal process innovation and local innovation systems – the case of a small producers' cluster in northern Vietnam | Jaap Voeten
23 Frugal innovation: balancing between value capture and value creation | Rachel Howell
24 Frugal innovation in public service delivery: reflections from case studies in Kenya | Elsie Onsongo
25 University–business cooperation for frugal innovation: a case study of the University of Campinas | Bruno Brandão Fischer, José Guimón and Paola Rücker Schaeffer
26 University-driven frugal innovations | Marjolijn Dijksterhuis, Sara Grobbelaar and Robert Tijssen