frugal innovation

Digital fabrication maker response to COVID-19

By rnd-admin
on 14 January, 2021

The rapid spread of Covid-19 has led to an unprecedented bottom-up, distributed, frugal innovation response from individuals and maker communities worldwide who have rapidly developed and distributed crisis-critical items, filling shortages and providing a stop-gap solution for the disrupted...

Innovation in an Era of Disruption – R&D Management Conference 2021 – Call for tracks

By rnd-admin
on 26 November, 2020

The pandemic is driving economic and societal change, creating a space for new thinking, new business models and sustainable innovation. Do you have a track recommendation?

Frugal Innovation and Digitalization: Crossing Boundaries and Creating Impact

By rnd-admin
on 10 February, 2020

Evidence is busting the myth that frugal innovation is just for global south countries, this approach may provide a mechanism for affordable and sustainable solutions, Suchit Ahuja discusses this phenomenon.

frugal innovation alternative to red ocean

Can frugal innovation make a wave in ‘red oceans’?

By rnd-admin
on 4 February, 2020

'Red oceans' is term coined to describe known market spaces, where to compete industry rivals need to be increasingly cut throat. Frugal innovation has the potential to disrupt these assumptions rewriting many of the rules of marketing.

Frugal innovation – competitive advantage when resources are limited

By rnd-admin
on 4 April, 2017

Frugal innovation allows a company with a quality product to compete effectively with cheaper manufacturers as it makes a better product more affordable.

Frugal innovation in a complex world

By rnd-admin
on 30 June, 2016

Resources are increasingly scarce and organizations are looking for ways to do more with less. The frugal approach can be applied to intellectual and skilled resources as much as to physical ones – something of relevance in a world...