Frugal products and services aim at satisfying the unsaturated demand of a large and growing middle class in many "emerging economies". Although research has been conducted in regard to the strategic importance of frugal innovations, so far, the actual development process of such innovations has...

In this paper we explore how knowledge brokers - specialised design and engineering companies offering services to clients in diverse industries - use analogies for product development. Our research is based on interviews with project leaders of 13 knowledge brokering companies. The interviews...

This qualitative-explorative study set out to investigate potentials and relevance of frugal innovations, as enablers of “affordable excellence”, for Austria. Employing a multi-method approach combining literature review, case studies and expert interviews it sought to generate preliminary...