Emergence and Scale-up of Frugal Innovations: The Relevance of University-Industry Interaction

Q3 Business, Management and Accounting

Journal of Technology Management and Innovation Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI:10.4067/s0718-27242021000300003

Darío Reyes Reina, Ariane Agnes Corradi, Márcia Siqueira Rapini

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: This article analyses the emergence and scale-up of frugal innovations supported by university-industry interactions in the Colombian context. We conducted semi-structured interviews with eight researchers from the National University of Colombia, who participated in activities to transfer technology to society through frugal innovations. Results highlight the social role of the Colombian university and the motivations of the participating researchers to develop frugal innovations. Three benefits of the university-industry interaction to develop and upscale frugal innovations were identified and described: a) the exchange of specialised knowledge that helps to do incremental improvements on frugal innovations; b) the strengthening of distribution and marketing strategies of innovation, supporting its implementation in different contexts; and c) ad-vantages in scaling up production. The relevance of these findings to understand frugal innovation processes and their implications for designing support services by university technology transfer offices are discussed.

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：本文分析了哥伦比亚背景下大学与产业互动支持的节俭创新的出现和扩大。我们对哥伦比亚国立大学的八名研究人员进行了半结构化采访，他们参与了通过节俭创新向社会转移技术的活动。研究结果突出了哥伦比亚大学的社会作用以及参与研究的研究人员开发节俭创新的动机。确定并描述了大学与行业互动对发展和提升节俭创新的三个好处：a）专业知识的交流，有助于对节俭创新进行渐进式改进；b）加强分销和营销战略的创新，支持其在不同背景下的实施；以及c）扩大生产的优势。讨论了这些发现与理解节俭创新过程的相关性，以及它们对大学技术转让办公室设计支持服务的影响。

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Journal of Technology Management and Innovation Business, Management and Accounting-Management of Technology and Innovation

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2.00

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审稿时长

12 weeks

期刊介绍： JOTMI is a quarterly indexed electronic journal, refereed and edited by Business and Economy Faculty at Alberto Hurtado University. Its mission is to publish original and novel literature in the fields of technology management and innovation; putting emphasis in topics relevant in a global fashion, remarking in Latin-Ibero-America and the Caribbean. The objective of the journal is to analyze the impact that global technological change has on society and to disseminate the best management practices of companies and organizations.