Handbook on Frugal Innovation

Edited by André Leliveld, Senior Researcher, African Studies Centre Leiden, Leiden University, and Co-leader, International Centre for Frugal Innovation, Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities, the Netherlands, Saradindu Bhaduri, Associate Professor, Centre for Studies in Science Policy, and Coordinator, JNU-ICFI Transdisciplinary Research Cluster on Frugality Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, Peter Knorringa, Professor of Private Sector and Development, International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and Academic Director of the International Centre for Frugal Innovation, Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities and Cees van Beers, Professor of Innovation Economics and Management, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, Delft University of Technology, and Co-leader, International Centre for Frugal Innovation, Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities, the Netherlands

• Contents:Preface xviiAndré Leliveld, Saradindu Bhaduri, Peter Knorringa and Cees van Beers1 Capturing frugal innovation: introduction to the Handbook on FrugalInnovation 1André Leliveld, Saradindu Bhaduri, Peter Knorringa and Cees van BeersPART I INCLUDING FRUGAL INNOVATION THINKING INDISCIPLINARY DEBATES2 Anchoring: a historical perspective on frugal innovation 28Miguel John Versluys and Ineke Sluiter3 Frugal innovation: some theoretical observations frominnovation-economic and social-entrepreneurial perspectives 43Cees van Beers and André Leliveld4 The apolitical framing of frugal innovation in the global south: beyondthe tales of scarcity, heroic inventors and techno-fixes 54Mario Pansera5 Frugality in innovation processes: a heuristics-based perspective fromthe ‘informal economy’ 69Saradindu Bhaduri, Ariane Agnes Corradi, Hemant Kumar and Fayaz AhmadSheikhPART II EMBEDDING FRUGAL INNOVATION INTRANSDISCIPLINARY THEMATIC DEBATES6 Frugal innovation and sustainability: bringing together polarized viewsfrom the state of the art 84Stephanie Knizkov and Julia Arlinghaus7 Frugal innovators as change agents in circular economy transitions 102Jarkko Levänen, Eugenia Rosca and Sukyung Park8 A gender lens for frugal innovation 114Saskia Vossenberg and Solange Hai9 Governing frugal innovation for sustainable development: the hybrid domain 126Balaji Parthasarathy and Yuko Aoyama10 Frugal innovation and legitimacy 142Greetje Schouten and Peter Knorringa11 Fairness institutions for frugal innovation 154Haye Hazenberg and Saradindu BhaduriPART III TECHNOLOGY AS AN ENABLER12 Value-sensitive design practices for frugal innovations 164Neelke Doorn13 The frugal design of a medical centrifuge: distributed production asa frugal technology to increase access to medical devices in low- andmiddle-income countries 176Jan Carel Diehl, Temitope Agbana, G-Young Van, Ludo Hille Ris Lambersand Samenjo Karl Heinz Tondo14 Frugal engineering solutions for recovery of resources from wastewater 197Pamela Ceron-Chafla and Ralph E.F. Lindeboom15 Engineering capabilities for frugal innovations: the case ofa radiation-free cancer detection device 220Christine Wimschneider and Nivedita Agarwal16 Design and engineering for frugal product development 239Balkrishna C. Rao17 Frugality and jugaad in science: evidence from a research laboratory 249Pankaj Sekhsaria18 ICTs as frugal innovations: enabling new pathways towards refugeeself-reliance and resilience in fragile contexts? 262Holly A. Ritchie19 Frugal innovation and digital platforms 278Erwin van Tuijl and Peter KnorringaPART IV ACTORS, BUSINESS MODELS AND BLURRING BOUNDARIES20 Lead markets, international business and frugal innovation 296Rajnish Tiwari and Cornelius Herstatt21 Frugal energy and the global markets of pico solar systems 313Pascale Trompette and Céline Cholez22 Frugal process innovation and local innovation systems – the case ofa small producers’ cluster in northern Vietnam 330Jaap Voeten23 Frugal innovation: balancing between value capture and value creation 346Rachel Howell24 Frugal innovation in public service delivery: reflections from casestudies in Kenya 364Elsie Onsongo25 University–business cooperation for frugal innovation: a case study ofthe University of Campinas 379Bruno Brandão Fischer, José Guimón and Paola Rücker Schaeffer26 University-driven frugal innovations 393Marjolijn Dijksterhuis, Sara Grobbelaar and Robert TijssenIndex

‘With an impressive line-up of diverse contributors from Latin America to Asia, from post-docs to senior academics, from engineers to social scientists, and from practitioners to public policy shapers, this Handbook impressively covers a wide range of historical and modern perspectives on frugal innovation. For anyone looking to advance their own research into this topic, this Handbook would be an excellent starting point. I have already highly recommended it to my PhD students.’