University-driven inclusive innovations in the Western Cape of South Africa: Towards a research framework of innovation regimes

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Title:	University-driven inclusive innovations in the Western Cape of South Africa: Towards a research framework of innovation regimes
Authors:	Grobbelaar, Sara Tijssen, Robert Dijksterhuis, Marjolijn
Year:	2017
Periodical:	African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (ISSN 2042-1338)
Volume:	9
Issue:	1
Pages:	7-19
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	universities frugal innovation
External link:	https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2016.1225549
Abstract:	Inclusive innovation refers to the improvement of living conditions and creation of employment opportunities for the poor through the development or co-creation of new products, services, processes and business models aimed at resource poor communities. Based on an empirical study of 15 university-led inclusive innovation projects in the Western Cape Province in South Africa, using an inductive approach we apply an analytical framework that serves two purposes (1) to describe our empirical findings and (2) to develop a broader research agenda that identifies a number of key research questions on the role of inclusive innovation projects in developing countries, and ways of addressing those questions in future studies.