Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Development

Employing a three-dimensional approach, this book discusses inclusive innovation for socio-economic growth and development, and the implications for human security within the context of developing and emerging economies. Focusing on a new and innovative area of research, Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Development explores new social and technological processes that are created within, and for the benefit of, marginalised populations. Considering policy and issues surrounding technology, business strategies and best practices, theoretical underpinnings and a broader contextualisation, the authors interrogate the concept of the inclusivity of innovations. Written from the perspective of the new UN paradigm which states that "no one will be left behind", the book considers the potential contribution of modern technology to human security and develops frameworks that counter the potential increases in inequality that this may bring. With contributions from leading international scholars in a range of disciplines, as well as practitioners in international development organizations and private sector actors Inclusive Innovation for Sustainable Development provides a way forward for excluded majority populations to take control of innovative technologies and business processes.

Auteur

Nathaniel Agola is Professor of International Economics and Finance at the Graduate School of Global Studies at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. He has authored, and co-edited three books, a number of book chapters, and dozens of research papers in peer-reviewed journals. Other than teaching and research, he is also actively involved in consulting in business and economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Alan Hunter is Professor of Asian Studies at Coventry University, UK, where he was formerly Director of the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies. Alan has worked and studied in China, India, Japan and Singapore and is currently Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of Global Studies at Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.

Résumé

Employing a three-dimensionalapproach, this book discusses inclusive innovation for socio-economic growthand development, and the implications for human security within the context ofdeveloping and emerging economies. Focusing on a new and innovative area ofresearch, Inclusive Innovation forSustainable Development explores new social and technological processesthat are created within, and for the benefit of, marginalised populations.Considering policy and issues surrounding technology, business strategies andbest practices, theoretical underpinnings and a broader contextualisation, theauthors interrogate the concept of the inclusivity of innovations. Written fromthe perspective of the new UN paradigm which states that no one will be leftbehind, the book considers the potential contribution of modern technology tohuman security and develops frameworks that counter the potential increases in inequalitythat this may bring. With contributions from leading international scholars ina range of disciplines, as well as practitioners in international developmentorganizations and private sector actors InclusiveInnovation for Sustainable Development provides a way forward for excludedmajority populations to take control of innovative technologies and businessprocesses.

Contenu

Part I Innovation, Technology and Policy.- 1 Introduction (Nathaniel O. Agola).- 2 Inclusive Innovation: Beyond the Laboratory (David J. Grimshaw).- 3 Enabling an Inclusive Innovation Ecosystem and SME Development in Kenya: The Role of ICTs (Elijah Bitange Ndemo).- 4 Drivers of Inclusive Innovation in Developing County Markets: A Policy Perspective (Christopher Foster and Richard Heeks).- 5 Can Community Energy Projects be a Game-Changer Driving the Transition towards a Sustainable Energy System in Japan? (Salaam Al Khateeb).- Part II Business and Inclusive Innovation.- 6 5Ps of Innovation Space and Leveraging Latent Value: How to Effectively Innovate and Serve at the Table of Inclusive Innovation (Nathaniel O. Agola).- 7 GSK in Africa: An Inclusive Strategy Case Study for Low Income Market Segments (Tashmia Ismail and Philip Powell).- 8 Inclusive Innovation or Inclusive Adaptation? Training Skills for Social Entrepreneurship in the Philippines (Keith Jackson and Heriberto Ruiz-Tafoya).- Part III Human Security, Morality and Sustainable Development.- 9 Innovation or impediment? On morality and development (Willem Fourie).- 10 Innovation and the security of vulnerable people: shared security and the challenges of exclusion (Mike Hardy).- 11 Artificial Intelligence and Human Security (Alan Hunter).- 12 Conclusion (Alan Hunter).