In den letzten Jahren konnten Firmen aus Schwellenländern ihre Marktanteile sowohl in Industrie- als auch in Schwellenländern durch Reverse Innovation vergrössern. Reverse Innovation bezeichnet dabei schlichte, frugale Produkte, die in Schwellenländern entwickelt und auch in...

Reverse innovation commonly refers to an innovation initially launched in a developing country and later introduced to an advanced country. This study expands the definition of reverse innovation beyond its market-introduction focus by considering reversals in the flow of innovation in the...

The confluence of increasing urbanization with climate change, and the associated need to decarbonize the economy, is driving urgency for the global adoption and diffusion of sustainable scalable solutions. IT-enabled, multi-modal transportation, often referred to as the “new mobility”, is...

There is no lack of prefixes for a term innovation in innovation discourse. Concepts of frugal innovation and reverse innovation have emerged recently and there are already several hallmark examples of them. However, extant academic literature on these concepts is still quite limited. The...

The concepts of frugal and reverse innovation are recent entrants to the innovation literature. Frugal innovation conveys the important idea of innovating under circumstances of resource scarcity. Reverse innovation refers to another significant turn in thinking and practice – innovations from...

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 radically increase affordability while significantly...