<i>Jugaad</i>to grassroot innovations: understanding the landscape of the informal sector innovations in India

Kumar, Hemant; Bhaduri, Saradindu

doi:10.1080/20421338.2014.895481

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“…Examples are wide-ranging, including children's products developed by parents (Shah and Tripsas 2007), software and sport-related goods (Jeppesen and Frederiksen 2006;Lüthje 2004), and therapies for chronic diseases (Oliveira et al 2015). But examples also exist from communities in poorer situations, where bottom-up innovations may contribute not only to the development of new technologies, but also to social empowerment, like the case of sanitary solutions in India (Kumar and Bhaduri 2014).…”

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Introducing the dilemma of societal alignment for inclusive and responsible research and innovation

Ribeiro

Bengtsson

Benneworth

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Journal of Responsible Innovation

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In this discussion paper, we outline and reflect on some of the key challenges that influence the development and uptake of more inclusive and responsible forms of research and innovation. Taking these challenges together, we invoke Collingridge's famous dilemma of social control of technology to introduce a complementary dilemma that of 'societal alignment' in the governance of science, technology and innovation. Considerations of social alignment are scattered and overlooked among some communities in the field of science, technology and innovation policy. By starting to unpack this dilemma, we outline an agenda for further consideration of social alignment in the study of responsible research and innovation.ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Civil Society Engagement and Bottom-up Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Introducing the dilemma of societal alignment for inclusive and responsible research and innovation

Ribeiro

Bengtsson

Benneworth

et al. 2018

Journal of Responsible Innovation

101

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“…This might have been due to the experience from their fi elds and interaction with the environment. Despite having no formal knowledge of science behind their innovations, they generated certain social and individual values in the form of conceptualising the problem (See for detail Kumar and Bhaduri 2014). This informal, yet strong nature of ties gives the innovator freedom to work and question any phenomenon, and at the same time maintains a sense of belonging to the society.…”

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Dynamic networks of grassroots innovators in India

Kumar

2014

African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Developm

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Grassroots innovations' in India are receiving increasing attention from innovation scholars and policymakers alike. These innovations are individual or community efforts to solve the problems faced in one's daily life. Moreover, rather than responding to any 'potential market' demand, these efforts are often geared towards satisfying one's own innate psychological needs and fulfilment of the so-called 'social duty'. The National Innovation Foundation (NIF) is working towards popularisation and diffusion of these innovations. Such policies have taken the form of various kinds of formal and informal networks involving innovation. Using primary and secondary data, we intend to study the relationships between various kinds of networks that innovators form at different stages of innovation. Results show that networks keep changing and have vital effects on the innovation in the informal sector.

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“…Es debido a la persistencia del sector informal que algunos autores han generado la llamada nueva visión con propuestas de políticas dirigidas a apoyar las actividades de dicho sector y aprovechar así sus contribuciones en la economía y en la sociedad (Kumar & Bhaduri, 2014;Tokman, 2001;Chen et al, 2001). 4 Desde diversas perspectivas, en la literatura se registran revisiones atinadas de la naturaleza, del concepto y de la definición operativa del sector informal, véanse Tokman (1995), Gërxhani (2004) • 67…”

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“…Por ejemplo, Berner et al (2012) asocian los empresarios categorizados como orientados al crecimiento con una experiencia previa como asalariados en el sector formal. Mientras que Campbell (1992), citado en Garoma (2012), señala que la importancia de la experiencia radica tanto en el conocimiento adquirido como en los vínculos creados, y Kumar & Bhaduri (2014) subrayan el peso de este elemento, al afirmar que se trata de la base de la innovación que se da en las empresas informales.…”

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Heterogeneidad en las microempresas informales mexicanas: evidencia empírica y algunas implicaciones de política

Huerta

2017

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ResumenA diferencia de las teorías tradicionales del desarrollo económico, nuevas corrientes consideran que las microempresas informales en actividades no agropecuarias son un sector dinámico de la economía. No obstante, unas y otras reconocen la necesidad de diseñar políticas destinadas a formalizar estas empresas e incrementar su productividad. Usando datos de microempresas mexicanas para el año 2008 y técnicas de análisis clúster, este artículo propone que, dada la alta heterogeneidad entre las microempresas informales, las políticas a aplicar deben ser distintas. Así, mientras ciertas empresas se beneficiarían de la creación de políticas productivas, otras podrían requerir políticas de asistencia social. AbstractUnlike traditional theories of development, new schools of thinking consider nonfarm informal micro-enterprises as a dynamic sector. Nevertheless, social researchers from both streams recognize the necessity of policies to formalize and increase the productivity of such kind of enterprises. Using Mexican data from 2008 and cluster analysis techniques, this work proposes that informal micro-enterprises constitute a very heterogeneous group and that such heterogeneity deserves a diversified strategy of development: while some entrepreneurs would benefit from productivity policies, some others would require an assistance approach.Palabras clave: sector informal, desarrollo inclusivo, microempresas, estrategia de desarrollo, análisis clúster, México.

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Jugaadto grassroot innovations: understanding the landscape of the informal sector innovations in India

Cited by 66 publications

References 19 publications

Introducing the dilemma of societal alignment for inclusive and responsible research and innovation

Introducing the dilemma of societal alignment for inclusive and responsible research and innovation

Dynamic networks of grassroots innovators in India

Heterogeneidad en las microempresas informales mexicanas: evidencia empírica y algunas implicaciones de política

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