Handbook of innovation & appropriate technologies for international development

edited by Philippe Régnier (professor and dean (research), school of management Fribourg, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO)), Daniel Frey (professor, currently head of the design and manufacturing area within mechanical engineering, and formerly research faculty director, D-Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US), Samuel Pierre (professor, director of the mobile computing and networking research laboratory (LARIM), department of computer and software engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, Canada), Koshy Varghese (professor, department of civil engineering and currently dean (administration), Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, India) and Pascal Wild (professor, School of management Fribourg, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO))

"This timely Handbook provides a conceptual discussion and a wide empirical presentation of new disruptive forms of innovation producing appropriate technologies, addressing the needs of low-income populations, and providing alternative solutions for sustainable development. The Handbook of Innovation & Appropriate Technologies for International Development expertly analyses and compares contributions of appropriate technologies in developing, emerging and industrialized economies, including China and India, and their global development impacts. Additionally, it covers the transversal role of new international communication technologies, open access, digital tools as well as entrepreneurship and innovation from within emerging economies and in industrialized nations. Using empirical analyses of cases and experiences in manufacturing sectors and services, it covers both the formal and informal economy, and provides an insightful focus on differences and similarities across borders and sectors. NGO and private sector practitioners, public sector officers as well as academics specialized in development economics, entrepreneurship and engineering or management studies will find this Handbook to be illuminating and very informative. Science and technology producers and entrepreneurs will appreciate the global look into more sustainable development as related to appropriate technologies, and how they can be used across all economic backgrounds"--

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Year of publication:	2022
Other Persons:	Régnier, Philippe (ed.) ; Frey, Daniel (ed.) ; Pierre, Samuel (ed.) ; Varghese, Koshy (ed.) ; Wild, Pascal (ed.)
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Angepasste Technologie \| Appropriate technology \| Innovation \| Innovationsmanagement \| Innovation management \| Technischer Fortschritt \| Technological change \| Entwicklung \| Economic development \| Schwellenländer \| Emerging economies \| Entwicklungsländer \| Developing countries

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (296 pages)
Series:	Innovation and appropriate technologies for international development series
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatzsammlung ; Handbuch ; Handbook
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: Introduction to the handbook of innovation & appropriate technologies for international development / Daniel Frey, Samuel Pierre, Philippe Régnier, Koshy Varghese and Pascal Wild -- Part I: Appropriate technology: Origins and evolution of a concept -- 1. Revisiting the concept of "technology for the people": From gandhi and schumacher to 21st century new developments / Philippe Régnier and Pascal Wild -- 2. Mit d-lab: Designing for a more equitable world / Amy Smith and Nancy Adams -- 3. Solving problems and strengthening systems: How local innovation of appropriate technology contributes to development / Elizabeth Hoffecker and Boru Douthwaite -- Part II: The rise of emerging economies and new contributions -- 4. The rise of emerging economies: Implications on appropriate technology development in theory and practice / Philippe Régnier and Pascal Wild -- 5. Entrepreneurship, appropriate technologies and economic development in China / Heini Shi -- 6. Technological transformation in India: The debate between appropriate and frontier technologies / Binod Khadria and Ratnam Mishra -- Part III: Recent innovations and appropriate technologies in transformation -- 7. Technology evaluation for global development: Exploring the efficiency of comparative methods / Daniel Frey and Bish Sanyal -- 8. Mobilizing higher education and research toward engineering for global development: The approach taken by the centre for global engineering / Ahmed Mahmoud, Amy Bilton, Morris Huang, Levente Diosady and Yu-Ling Cheng -- 9. The participatory design spectrum: Design for, with, and by / Kendra Leith, Sher Vogel and Khanjan Mehta -- 10. Frugal engineering / Rao Balkrishna -- 11. Financial technologies and rapid development growth in emerging economies / Jane Khayesi -- 12. Openness and new development perspectives / Abdelhamid Benhmade -- 13. How technologies can be used to reduce poverty and promote sustainable development in haiti: The case of the pigran project / Samuel Pierre -- 14. Ethical considerations for "internet of things" in research to advance global development / Daniel Sweeney, Amit Gandhi and Evan Thomas -- 15. High-stake conditions to catalyse local sustainable development through fablabs in Africa / Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou -- 16. The importance of local institutions: Bottom-up innovation in Uganda / Joe Amick and Roy William Mayega -- 17. How locally adapted information and communication technologies (icts) may contribute to the citizens' socio-economic conditions in emerging countries: Case study in the dr congo / Musandji Fuamba -- Index.
ISBN:	978-1-80088-782-4 ; 978-1-80088-781-7
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781800887824 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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