TY - JOUR T1 - Patterns of Frugal Innovation in Healthcare JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Hareem Arshad A1 - Marija Radić A1 - Dubravko Radić KW - developing economies KW - emerging economies KW - frugal innovation KW - global health KW - healthcare AB - Frugal innovations have the potential to offer simple and cost-effective solutions to the healthcare challenges of the world. However, despite the potential for frugal innovations in healthcare, this context has been rarely studied. The objective of this article is to shed some light on patterns of frugal innovations in healthcare and thereby contribute to the literature. With this aim, we conducted a comprehensive literature review and searched for innovations that were labelled as frugal and were related to healthcare. This led us to a sample of 50 frugal innovations in the healthcare sector. For each of the 50 selected examples, we examined various characteristics of the innovation, such as the country of origin, first launch market, type of innovator, type of innovation, type of care, and geographic diffusion. Our findings show that most of the frugal innovations originated in the United States, followed by India. The most frequent first launch market was India. In terms of types of innovators, academia seemed to be the strongest driver. Most frugal innovations are product innovations in the fields of neonatology and general practice. In this article, we expand on these findings and examine the relationships between individual variables to reveal further insights. Finally, we offer conclusions, an outlook for frugal innovation in the healthcare sector, and future research questions. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 8 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1150 IS - 4 U1 - Leipzig University Hareem Arshad is a PhD student at Leipzig University in Germany. She graduated in 2013 with a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Air University in Pakistan. She gained her first professional experience as a guest lecturer at Air University and has been affiliated with the Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW in Leipzig since 2016. Her research focuses on the areas of service innovation, diffusion of innovation, and frugal innovation in healthcare. U2 - Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy Marija Radić heads the Price and Service Management Group at the Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW in Leipzig, Germany, and is Deputy Head of the Department for Corporate Development in International Markets. She studied International Economics at the Universities of Tübingen in Germany and Chicago in the United States, and she earned her doctorate at the University of Dortmund in Germany. Prior to joining Fraunhofer IMW, Marija worked as a senior consultant at a renowned international management consultancy in Germany and the United States. As part of this activity, she advised customers from the fields of industry and technology, life sciences, and financial services on pricing, marketing, sales, and strategic issues on a national and international level. In her current role, her research focuses on marketing and strategy aspects of healthcare innovation. U3 - Leipzig University Dubravko Radić holds the Chair of Service Management at Leipzig University, Germany, and is Deputy Head of Price and Service Management at the Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW. He completed his doctorate at the Department of Statistics and Econometrics at the University of Frankfurt, Germany. For his dissertation on innovation activities of German companies, he was awarded the Gerhard Fuerst Prize of the Federal Statistical Office. After researching at the Graduate School of Management at the University of California, Davis, and Harvard Business School, he completed his habilitation in 2009 on the topic of pricing policy in services at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal (Germany). His research interests include application of empirical methods to business issues, service management issues, and service pricing. ER -