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Frugal Innovation and Social Transitions in the Digital Era

Muhammad Nawaz Tunio (Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, Pakistan) and Atia Bano Memon (University of Sindh, Badin Campus, Pakistan)
Indexed In: SCOPUS
Release Date: December, 2022 | Copyright: © 2023 | Pages: 208

Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase
ISBN13: 9781668454176
ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668454183
EISBN13: 9781668454190
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5417-6

Description:

Frugal innovation is considered a new source of innovation, mainly to meet the needs of low-income customers. Hence, frugal innovation has primarily been explored emphasizing affordability. The concept of frugal and social innovation is a new idea and requires perspectives from academicians, researchers, and organizations to reach its full potential.

Frugal Innovation and Social Transitions in the Digital Era considers the social value of innovation, frugal innovation, and social innovation in society at local, national, and international levels and calls the attention of scholars and researchers around the globe to focus on the social perspectives and social patterns of human life and society. Covering key topics such as emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, and social change, this reference work is ideal for computer scientists, business owners, managers, policymakers, researchers, scholars, practitioners, instructors, and students.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Community
  • Digital Age
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Frugal Innovation
  • Innovation
  • Markets
  • Social Change
  • Social Dynamics
  • Social Innovation
  • Social Learning

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Muhammad Nawaz Tunio is Assistant Professor, Department of Business Administration, Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi, Pakistan. Dr. Tunio is Ph.D. in the Doctoral track Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development, Alpen Adria University, Klagenfurt, Austria on the government scholarship of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. He was awarded a young scientist research fellowship for Kent State University, Ohio. His fields of research interest are entrepreneurship, CSR, Careers, Youth Development, and Self-employment. He has publications in top-notch research journals, and he has presented papers at international conferences and conducted research workshops. Dr. Tunio has edited several books, contributed chapters in the different book edits by reputable publishers, and edited special issues of the impact factor, and Scopus indexed journals in the field of entrepreneurship. He has conducted several sessions, and workshops.

Atia Bano Memon is Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Science at the University of Sindh, Pakistan. She earned her degree of PhD in Computer Science from the University of Leipzig, Germany in 2017. She has also worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher for six months at the Institute for Applied Informatics at the University of Leipzig, Germany. She has published several research publications in well recognized international research journals and conferences. Her research interests include IT-supported service innovation, collaborative innovation, web-based platforms for innovation and collaboration, and social big data analysis and integration for business applications.

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