Abstract

PASTOR PEREZ, María del Pilar  and  BALBINOT, Zandra. SOCIAL AND FRUGAL INNOVATION: WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?. Innovar [online]. 2021, vol.31, n.81, pp.101-114.  Epub Aug 03, 2021. ISSN 0121-5051.  https://doi.org/10.15446/innovar.v31n81.95576.

The concept of innovation has evolved over time, gaining a positive and eminently technological connotation since the 20th century. Nevertheless, other forms of innovation are currently studied as a response to the prevailing techno-economic paradigm. Placed within the framework of innovation studies, the purpose of this article is to clarify social and frugal innovation concepts, making emphasis on their measurement. To do so, we adopt a qualitative research approach based on the review of existing literature on the subject. Results highlight that social and frugal innovations share some features with technological innovation, although distinguishing traits and relations among them should be deeply studied in order to advance in their understanding. Moreover, it is important to work on how to measure social and, especially, frugal innovations, since this subject is clearly less addressed than technological innovation measurement.

Keywords : Social innovation; frugal innovation; reverse innovation; measurement.

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