User innovation contributes significantly to societal advancement, particularly in developing novel products and … contributions to the common good. This paper investigates end-users' perceptions of user innovation, a critical yet underexplored … through semi-structured interviews (n=5) and quantitative research using a 2x3 (User Innovation vs. Producer Innovation …

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 … resources. It is expected that frugal solutions will be increasingly necessary in both the developed and developing world to …

very large payoff benefits in favor of the innovation. -- Diffiusion of innovations ; Small World Networks ; Contagion …Which types of networks favor the diffusion of innovations in the sense that an innovation whose intrinsic benefits are … world networks, which are of interest as more realistic models of social networks. We consider a random graph model based on …

This paper contributes to the induced innovation literature by extending the analysis of supply and demand determinants … of innovation in energy-efficient technologies to account for international knowledge flows and spillovers. In the first … the supply and demand determinants of innovation accounting for international knowledge spillovers. Our results confirm …

improved products through product innovation, and makes firms more efficient at producing goods through process innovation … relationship between productivity growth, innovation and digital technology adoption plays out is particularly important for the …