Genre et innovateur frugal: 4 cas de femmes innovatrices

Sophia Belghiti-Mahut (), Anne-Laurence Lafont (), Angélique Rodhain (), Florence Rodhain (), Leila Temri () and Ouidad Yousfi ()
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Sophia Belghiti-Mahut: CORHIS - Communication, Ressources Humaines et Intervention Sociale - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia
Anne-Laurence Lafont: MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier
Angélique Rodhain: MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier, UM - Université de Montpellier
Florence Rodhain: MRM - Montpellier Research in Management - UPVM - Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 - UPVD - Université de Perpignan Via Domitia - Groupe Sup de Co Montpellier (GSCM) - Montpellier Business School - UM - Université de Montpellier, UM - Université de Montpellier
Leila Temri: UMR MOISA - Marchés, Organisations, Institutions et Stratégies d'Acteurs - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - Montpellier SupAgro - Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques - CIHEAM-IAMM - Centre International de Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Institut Agronomique Méditerranéen de Montpellier - CIHEAM - Centre International de Hautes Études Agronomiques Méditerranéennes - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier, Montpellier SupAgro - Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier

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Abstract: Combining ingenuity, simplicity and responsibility, frugal innovation is perceived as a back-to-basics approach in the developed countries. Unlike more conventional innovators, frugal innovators exhibit slightly different characteristics at several levels. Indeed, it appears that frugality is based on intuition, and "local thinking". These features are quite common in academic literature about female innovators. Women innovate less than men, according to some data. Stereotypes and also self-discrimination could help to explain this scarcity. In the present study, we investigate whether frugal innovators present similarities to female innovators. We base our analysis on the background literature and also on the life-stories of four female innovators. We shed light on the way women are innovating and suggest that the frugal innovator's profile could lead women to feel more involved in innovation.

Keywords: gender; ancrage local; intuition; genre; innovateur frugal; récit de vie; femme innovatrice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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Published in Innovations - Revue d’économie et de management de l'innovation, 2016, 2 (51), pp.69-93. ⟨10.3917/inno.051.0069⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/inno.051.0069

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