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2017
Study
Title

Study on frugal innovation and reengineering of traditional techniques

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Call for Tenders PP-02381-2015
Abstract
This study explores the potential of frugal innovation for Europe. Frugal innovation relates to the process of reducing a solution to exactly those, often basic, functionalities that users will need, thus economising on resources and cost. While firms and entrepreneurs from emerging economies display unrivalled capacity to cut cost and leverage local knowledge, European firms may find opportunity in leveraging Europe's existing portfolio of technologies. For this, further actors in the field of technology exploitation need to be mobilised, their interface with existing technology developers strengthened, and their access to foreign markets improved. European firms should not attempt to win a race to the bottom on price. Instead, policy support should champion smart frugal solutions with a slightly better customer-orientation, quality and sustainability than commonly available cheap mass produce.
Author(s)
Kroll, Henning  orcid-logo
Gabriel, Madeleine
Braun, Annette  
Engasser, Florence
Meister, Michael
Muller, Emmanuel  
Nowlan, Oscar
Neuhäusler, Peter  orcid-logo
Saunders, Tom
Schnabl, Esther  orcid-logo
Zenker, Andrea  orcid-logo
Publisher
Publications Office of the European Union  
Publishing Place
Luxembourg
DOI
10.2777/94587
Link
Link
Language
English
Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI  
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