Below the radar: what does innovation in emerging economies have to offer other low-income economies?

Kaplinsky, Raphael; Chataway, Joanna; Clark, Norman; Hanlin, Rebecca; Kale, Dinar; Muraguri, Lois; Παπαϊωάννου, Θεόδωρος; Robbins, Peter; Wamae, Watu

doi:10.1386/ijtm.8.3.177/1

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“…Such studies have been associated with productivity, growth, business development and similar concepts (Fagerberg, 2005;Kaplinsky et al, 2009, Khajeheian, 2014. Innovation promotes entrepreneurship and new venture creation (Khajeheian, 2013;Salamzadeh and Kawamorita, 2017) and it allows companies to stay competitive (Khajeheian, 2016).…”

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Innovation acceptance and customer satisfaction. A survey on tax information systems

Abadi

Jafari

2017

AD-minister

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Section: Literature Innovation Acceptance and Technology Adoptionmentioning

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Innovation acceptance and customer satisfaction. A survey on tax information systems

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Jafari

2017

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“…As often with new phenomena, it has different names that reflect different emphases: 'inclusive innovation', 'propoor innovation', 'below-the-radar innovation', 'BoP (bottom-of-the-pyramid) innovation' and more (Horton, 2008;Kaplinsky et al, 2009;Joseph et al, 2011). However, its core focus is the structures and processes required to develop and deliver innovative technologies (goods and services) incorporating the needs and interests of the poor.…”

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Conceptualising Inclusive Innovation: Modifying Systems of Innovation Frameworks to Understand Diffusion of New Technology to Low-Income Consumers

2013

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Inclusive innovation is the means by which new goods and services are developed for and/or by the billions living on lowest incomes. Although a topic of increasing interest, it has been relatively under-researched and under-conceptualised to date. This article studies arguably the most successful new technology to reach low-income groups: the mobile phone, focusing specifically on its diffusion in Kenya. Systems of innovation are shown to be an appropriate frame for conceptualisation of inclusive innovation. However, the conventional content of this framework must be modified to allow for particular features of inclusive innovation, including the nature of innovations required, the actors involved and their interrelations, the type of learning they undertake, and the institutional environment in which they operate. Four system domains must be effective if inclusive innovation is to succeed: the product, its retailing and support, the micro-enterprises that provide these demand-side services, and the wider context. L'innovation inclusive est le moyen par lequel de nouveaux produits et services sont de´veloppe´s pour et/ou par les milliards de personnes aux revenus les plus faibles. Bien que ce the`me fasse l'objet d'un inte´reˆt croissant, il reste a`ce jour relativement peu e´tudie´et sous-conceptualise´. Cet article examine la technologie qui a probablement le mieux re´ussi a`atteindre les populations a`faibles revenus, a`savoir le te´le´phone mobile et, plus particulie`rement, sa diffusion au Kenya. Nous montrons que les syste`mes d'innovation constituent un cadre approprie´pour la conceptualisation de l'innovation inclusive. Toutefois, le contenu traditionnel de ce cadre doit eˆtre modifie´pour pouvoir prendre en compte les caracte´ristiques particulie`res de l'innovation inclusive, notamment la nature des innovations ne´cessaires, les acteurs implique´s ainsi que leurs interrelations, les types d'apprentissage qu'ils entreprennent et l'environnement institutionnel dans lequel ils e´voluent. Quatre domaines de syste`me doivent fonctionner efficacement pour permettre le succe`s de l'innovation inclusive: le produit lui-meˆme, sa distribution et les services d'assistance, les micro-entreprises qui fournissent ces services axe´s sur la demande et, enfin, le contexte ge´ne´ral

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“…The current evidence rejects this proposition because of the narrow scope of innovation it allows, which is inconsistent with the broad range of technological capabilities of EMNCs that result from their unique learning experience. The higher degree of success or competitiveness of EMNCs relative to foreign competitors in their own home markets as well as against firms in other low-income emerging economies led Kaplinsky et al, (2009) to argue of a disruption of global corporate and locational hierarchies of innovation. Furthermore, a process of 'reverse innovation' has also often taken place as further technological advances to the initial innovation undertaken by established MNCs to meet the particular needs of emerging markets propelled the growth of business opportunities globally, including in advanced economies.…”

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Technological innovation and emerging economy multinationals: the product cycle model revisited

Tolentino

2017

IJTM

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This paper assesses the continuing validity of three distinct propositions associated with the early versions of the product cycle model of Vernon (1966Vernon ( , 1979 or its extension to Third World Multinationals by Wells (1983Wells ( , 1986. This is in light of recent developments in the role of rapidly evolving technological capabilities in the competitive emergence and evolution of MNCs from emerging economies (EMNCs). The first product cycle proposition states that these firms have limited scope for innovation, which consists of imitation and adaptation of the innovative activities of the technologically leading companies as standardisation proceeds in the product life cycle. The current evidence rejects this proposition on the basis of the narrow scope of innovation it allows, which is inconsistent with the broad range of technological capabilities of EMNCs that result from their unique learning experience. The second product cycle proposition is that innovations are almost always located in the home country of national firms. This hypothesis remains generally valid in the case of EMNCs since the home country is the single most important site for their innovation. However, the product cycle model's focus on demand factors in the home country in determining innovation is a narrow view. Innovation generally relies on a firmspecific learning process that interacts with growth of demand, the peculiarities of domestic and foreign production conditions, and technological capabilities. Moreover, the home country is not the most significant site for their technologically sophisticated or knowledge intensive production which is in advanced economies, dominant centres or international centres of excellence. In the third product cycle proposition, the purpose of international operations is to exploit internationally their unique home country-derived technological advantages. This proposition would need to be broadened to consider competence exploration or the 'creative blending' of competence exploitation and competence exploration in the international expansion of EMNCs. The concepts of localised technological change and technological accumulation, therefore, assume increasing current relevance over the product cycle model in explaining innovation in EMNCs. These concepts will doubtless become more significant as EMNCs further evolve and follow firm-specific, cumulative and differentiated technological trajectories.

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Below the radar: what does innovation in emerging economies have to offer other low-income economies?

Cited by 97 publications

References 17 publications

Innovation acceptance and customer satisfaction. A survey on tax information systems

Innovation acceptance and customer satisfaction. A survey on tax information systems

Conceptualising Inclusive Innovation: Modifying Systems of Innovation Frameworks to Understand Diffusion of New Technology to Low-Income Consumers

Technological innovation and emerging economy multinationals: the product cycle model revisited

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