How Frugal Innovation Promotes Social Sustainability

Rakhshanda Khan
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Rakhshanda Khan: LUT School of Business and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lahti 15140, Finland

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 10, 1-29

Abstract: There is a need to develop an understanding of how frugal innovation promotes social sustainability. The objective of this paper is to find the connections between the two concepts of social sustainability and frugal innovation, by reviewing the existing literature concerning both fields. This paper presents a framework that identifies essential themes of social sustainability and explores them through frugal innovation. The framework builds on the important themes of social sustainability and shows their relevance in practice through frugal innovation. The notion of frugal innovation can be viewed as an approach towards realizing social sustainability and fulfilling the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

Keywords: social sustainability; frugal innovation; practice; Sustainable Development Goals (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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