Research Publications

Our research projects often result in one or more publications. You can request our publications via info@icfi.nl or download them via this website. The publications in books and journals can also be ordered via (internet) bookshops.

Publications 2024

Journal Article

Journal of Innovation Management Cover

Increasing or Decreasing Frugality: The Connection Between Digitalization and Frugal Innovation

Book Chapter

Transformative Innovation in Times of Change COVER

Enabling Inclusive Technological Change through Transformative Policies: Frugal innovations from medical device manufacturing firms in South Africa

Book chapter

Cover Palgrave handbook

Digitalization, Frugal Innovation, and Sustainable Development in the Global South: Opportunities and Challenges of a Frugal Smart Water Pump

Journal Article

Cover Sustainable Development

Adaptive governance by community based organisations: Community resilience initiatives during Covid-19 in Mathare, Nairobi

Journal Article

The European Journal of Development Research

Resilience Pathways of Informal Settlements in Nairobi: Stasis, Decline, Adaptation, and Transformation

Publications 2023

Handbook on Frugal Innovation

handbook on frugal innovation

Handbook

Article in Journal

Cities journal | coverpage

Community vitality and frugal practices in informal settlements in Nairobi: Towards a typology

Book chapter

handbook

Advancing the measurement of frugal innovation

Article in EJDR Journal

image cover connections

A Development Lens to Frugal Innovation: Bringing Back Production and Technological Capabilities into the Discourse

PhD Thesis

Article in Journal

Cover journal

Connecting the Concepts of Frugality and Inclusion to Appraise Business Practices in Systems of Food Provisioning: A Kenyan Case Study

Publications 2021

Article in Journal

Science Direct Sanghamitra publication

Resource-constrained innovation strategies in a technology-intensive sector

Article in Journal

Energies mdpi

Improvement of Biogas Quality and Quantity for Small-Scale Biogas-Electricity Generation Application in off-Grid Settings: A Field-Based Study

Publications 2020

Book Chapter

Responsible innovation in large technological systems

Responsible innovation: from MOOC to Book

Article in Journal

Innovation and Development Coverpage

Comparing frugality and inclusion in innovation for development: logic, process and outcome

Article in Journal

Innovation: Organization and Management Coverpage

Rare gems or mundane practice? Resource constraints as drivers of frugal innovation

Publications 2019

Book Chapter

research publications

Water, housing and (in)formality in Kitwe, Zambia: Infrastructure, citizenship and urban belonging

Working Paper

Why Europe Needs Frugal Innovation - CFIA Working Paper Series - Frugal Innovation in EU Research and Innovation Policy

Working Paper 6 - Frugal Innovation in EU Research and Innovation Policy

Article in Journal

Journal of Macromarketing

Consumption of Bottled Water at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Who Purchases First?

Book Chapter

Co-designing science in africa

Designing Knowledge Systems for Sustainable Development in Kenya

Publications 2018

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 2018

CFIA Publications: Frugality and cross-sectoral policymaking for food security

Frugality and cross-sectoral policymaking for food security

EJDR Special Issue Article, 2018

CFIA Publications EJDR; Volume 30, Issue 1 (January 2018): SPECIAL ISSUE – Frugal Innovation

A quantitative approach to innovation in agricultural value chains: evidence from Kenyan horticulture

EJDR Special Issue Article, 2018

EJDR Special Issue Article, 2018

EJDR Special Issue Article, 2018

EJDR Special Issue Article, 2018

CFIA Publications EJDR; Volume 30, Issue 1 (January 2018): SPECIAL ISSUE – Frugal Innovation

Introduction; Frugal Innovation and Development Research.

EJDR Special Issue Article, 2018

CFIA Publications EJDR; Volume 30, Issue 1 (January 2018): SPECIAL ISSUE – Frugal Innovation

Frugal innovations in Technological and Institutional Infrastructure: Impact of mobile phone technology on productivity, public service provision and inclusiveness.

EJDR Special Issue Article, 2018

CFIA Publications EJDR; Volume 30, Issue 1 (January 2018): SPECIAL ISSUE – Frugal Innovation

Frugal Innovation through a Gender Lens: Towards an Analytical Framework.

EJDR Special Issue Article, 2018

CFIA Publications EJDR; Volume 30, Issue 1 (January 2018): SPECIAL ISSUE – Frugal Innovation

The Developmental Potential of Frugal Innovation among Mobile Money Agents in Kitwe, Zambia

Publications 2017

Conference Paper, 2017

CFIA Publications CFIA Conference; A Conceptual Framework for Analysing and Fostering Innovation in the Water Sector

A Conceptual Framework for Analysing and Fostering Innovation in the Water Sector

Article in Journal, 2017

CFIA Publications; Industrial and Corporate Change; Volume 26, Issue 6, 1 December 2017, Pages 1089–1108

Incremental innovations, information contagion, and path dependence: ...

Book Chapter, 2017

CFIA Publications Entrepreneurship in Africa; Innovation as a key to succes?

Innovation as a key to success? Case studies of innovative start-ups in Kenya and Nigeria.

Conference Paper, 2017

Article in Journal, 2017

CFIA Publications SETA; Sawdust pellets, micro gasifying cook stoves and charcoal in urban Zambia: Understanding the value chain dynamics of improved cook stove initiatives

Sawdust pellets, micro gasifying cook stoves and charcoal in urban Zambia: Understanding the value chain dynamics of improved cook stove initiatives

Article in Journal, 2017

CFIA PublicationsUniversity-driven inclusive innovations in the Western Cape of South Africa: Towards a research framework of innovation regimes

University-driven inclusive innovations in the Western Cape of South Africa: Towards a research framework of innovation regimes

Article in Journal

CFIA Publication; Value capture and value creation: The role of information technology in business models for frugal innovations in Africa

Value capture and value creation: The role of information technology in business models for frugal innovations in Africa.

Publications 2016

Article in Journal

CFIA Publications EJDR; Frugal Innovation and Development: Aides or Adversaries?

Frugal Innovation and Development: Aides or Adversaries?

Conference Paper

CFIA Publications Conference Dynamic-entrepreneurship-in-developing-countries-Eindhoven-18-November-2016

Gender Matters in Dynamic Entrepreneurship.

Conference Paper

CFIA Conference Paper Market Innovation in Malawi: Rippling gendered institutions? The case of Malawi’s Agricultural Commodity Exchange.

Market Innovation in Malawi: Rippling gendered institutions? The case of Malawi’s Agricultural Commodity Exchange.

Symposium Paper

CFIA Publication, Symposium paper Engendering the energy transition. Theory meets policy and practice. South meets North

Women’s entrepreneurship and frugal innovation in Africa

Article

CFIA Publications How Inclusive is Inclusive Business for Women? Cases in Latin America and Asia.

How Inclusive is Inclusive Business for Women? Cases in Latin America and Asia.

Policy Paper

CFIA Publication, Policy Paper for INCLUDE Gender-Aware Women’s Entrepreneurship Development for Inclusive Development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Gender-Aware Women’s Entrepreneurship Development for Inclusive Development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Publications 2015

Conference Paper

CFIA Featured

Can Frugal Innovations be Responsible Innovations?

Article in Journal

CFIA Publication, Southern African Journal of Policy and Development, Homegrown or imported? p 15-25

Homegrown or imported? Frugal innovation and local economic development in Zambia.

Conference Paper

CFIA Workshop How can frugal innovations become inclusive innovations?

Towards a Better Understanding of Outcomes of Inclusive Innovation: Applying a Gender Lens.

Publications 2014

Conference Paper

Discussion Paper

Publication Understanding Frugal Innovation in Africa: Schumpeter revisited

Understanding Frugal Innovation in Africa: Schumpeter revisited

Publications 2013

Book Chapter

CFIA Publications, Frugal innovation in Africa: Tracking Unilever’s washing-powder sachets.

Frugal innovation in Africa: Tracking Unilever’s washing-powder sachets.