全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Innovation pathways at the Base of the Pyramid: establishing technological legitimacy through social attributes.

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来源类型	Article
规范类型	其他
DOI	10.1016/j.technovation.2013.12.003
ISBN	0166-4972
	Innovation pathways at the Base of the Pyramid: establishing technological legitimacy through social attributes.
	Hall, Jeremy; Matos, Stelvia V; Martin, Michael J C
发表日期	2014-01-10
出处	Technovation
出版者	Elsevier
出版年	2014
页码	284-294
语种	英语
摘要	Two challenging imperatives we face today are the amelioration of global poverty and reducing environmental impacts such as global climate change. This article discusses these challenges in the ‘Base of the Pyramid’ (BOP), impoverished socio-economic groups from underdeveloped regions that have traditionally been excluded from economic participation. Drawing on the BOP, global value chain and latecomer literature, we propose five innovation pathways for social and environmental improvement within poor communities. We extend Geel’s (2002) new socio-technical landscape framework, Hall et als' (2011) and Hall and Martin’s (2005) framework for innovative uncertainties and Aldrich and Fiol’s (1994) legitimization processes by proposing a ‘hurdles and levers analysis,’ suggesting that in addition to overcoming technological and commercial hurdles, social attributes play a key role in BOP innovation dynamics. Two illustrative cases are presented; an initiative to replace candles and kerosene lanterns with semiconductor white light-emitting-diodes (WLEDs) in various BOP locations; and the development of naturally colored cotton in poor regions of Brazil for sale locally and abroad. We argue that social uncertainties in particular may act as ‘levers’, compensating for initial technological and commercial deficiencies, thus providing technology developers time to improve. The paper concludes with implications for policy and future research.
特色分类	H Social Sciences
URL	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/88301/
来源智库	Science Policy Research Unit (United Kingdom)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/468270
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Hall, Jeremy,Matos, Stelvia V,Martin, Michael J C. Innovation pathways at the Base of the Pyramid: establishing technological legitimacy through social attributes.. 2014.