Consumer Innovation at the Base of the Pyramid
Emerging Patterns of User Innovation in a Resource-Scarce Setting
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ISBN-13:
9783658051044
Veröffentl:
2014
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
22.04.2014
Seiten:
188
Autor:
Sarah Praceus
Gewicht:
251 g
Format:
210x148x11 mm
Serie:
Forschungs-/Entwicklungs-/Innovations-Management
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Approximately one-third of the world's population lives in poverty at the global Base of the economic Pyramid (BoP). Sarah Friderieke Praceus quantitatively investigates patterns and characteristics of a large sample of innovations developed by people living at the BoP in India. Differences and commonalities versus consumer innovations from the developed world are assessed and effects of innovation-relevant resources and contextual factors on the innovative outcomes are examined. The findings indicate that poor consumer innovators and their wealthier counterparts share similar stable demographic predispositions and preferences while the phenomenon adapts to the specific resource-scarce context and different living conditions at the BoP. Finally, user innovation research from developed markets appears not to be entirely transferable to subsistence markets.
Approximately one-third of the world's population lives in poverty at the global Base of the economic Pyramid (BoP). Sarah Praceus quantitatively investigates patterns and characteristics of a large sample of innovations developed by people living at the BoP in India. Their differences and commonalities versus consumer innovations from the developed world are identified. Furthermore, Sarah Praceus examines the effects of innovation-relevant resources and contextual factors on the innovative outcomes at the BoP. The findings indicate that poor consumer innovators and their wealthier counterparts share similar stable demographic predispositions and preferences while the phenomenon adapts to the different living conditions at the BoP. Finally, user innovation research from developed markets appears not to be entirely transferable to subsistence markets.
Base of the Pyramid (BoP).- User Innovation.- Patterns and Antecedentsof Consumer Innovation at the BoP.