("social capital"). -- Lead Markets ; Frugal Innovations ; India ; Globalization of Innovation ; Internationalization of R&D …India has emerged as a vibrant and versatile source for cost effective, "disruptive innovations" of various varieties … creating solutions that are able to circumvent given environmental constraints in a cost effective way. India's large and …

what is it that makes India a forerunner for an innovation paradigm with increasing global relevance? In this paper, I …In recent years a phenomenon called "frugal innovation" has increasingly gained traction in the scholarly discourse …; and as research reveals, it is often brought in connection with India. Apparently, India has quietly acquired the role of …

The phenomenon of frugal innovation, as characterized by "affordable excellence", is experiencing increasing acceptance … regarded as a social virtue in India and the socio-cultural context of the country provides a fertile environment for the … have been closely associated with India. This concept has now begun to spread to other developing and industrialized …

innovation pathways in Germany with those in India. This paper is based on our investigations of innovation pathways in Indian … of frugal innovations for Germany. One of the objectives of this project has been to identify innovation pathways that … foster frugal innovations. Since auto component suppliers based in India are known to contribute significantly to the …

-driven innovations (“frugal innovations”) from India we investigate how firms can effectively reduce market and technology uncertainty of …-driven innovations are especially successful when firms seek recourse to “open global innovation networks” (OGINs) for collaborative … development in all phases of the innovation value chain …

capabilities in some "emerging economies" like China and India call for a reassessment of the appropriateness of the "conventional … purpose of the present study is to specifically assess India's potential as a lead market for cost-effective frugal … India. The factors identified thus are then incorporated in the theoretic model to derive propositions about India's lead …

innovation ; global innovation ; India ; open global innovation networks ; innovation systems …-driven innovations ('frugal innovations') from India we investigate how firms can effectively reduce market and technology uncertainty of …-driven innovations are especially successful when firms seek recourse to open global innovation networks (OGINs) for collaborative …