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Operationalizing inclusive innovation: Lessons from innovation platforms in livestock value chains in India and Mozambique

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Title Operationalizing inclusive innovation: Lessons from innovation platforms in livestock value chains in India and Mozambique
 
Creator Swaans, Kees
 
Contributor Boogaard, Birgit
Bendapudi, Ramkumar
Taye, Hailemichael
Hendrickx, Saskia
Klerkx, Laurens
 
Description Various authors have identified the potential relevance of innovation system approaches for inclusive innovation, that is, the means by which new goods and services are developed for and by the poor. However, it is still a question how best to operationalize this. Innovation platforms (IPs) represent an example of putting an inclusive innovation system approach into practice by bringing different types of stakeholders together to address issues of mutual concern and interest with a specific focus on the marginalized poor. This paper explores the formation and functioning of IPs with the aim of providing lessons on the conditions and factors that play a role in making them effective. The study shows the importance of social organization, representation, and incentives to ensure a ‘true’ participatory innovation process, which is based on demand and embedded in the context. Critical to this is a flexible planning process stimulating incremental change through so-called innovation bundles (i.e. combinations of technological, organizational, and institutional innovations) and reflexive learning (systematically challenging constraining factors). Furthermore, local institutions embedded in norms and values are crucial to understand people's decisions. Due to weak linkages between value chain actors, innovation brokers have a vital role in facilitating the innovation process. Overall, IPs are a promising model for inclusive innovation, but they require a careful assessment of and adjustment to the institutional context.
 
Date 2016-02-14T09:56:23Z
2016-02-14T09:56:23Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier https://mel.cgiar.org/reporting/downloadmelspace/hash/0Z1UD211/v/2e082a4f66e186e51ee70ab53a588d6a
Kees Swaans, Birgit Boogaard, Ramkumar Bendapudi, Hailemichael Taye, Saskia Hendrickx, Laurens Klerkx. (27/6/2014). Operationalizing inclusive innovation: Lessons from innovation platforms in livestock value chains in India and Mozambique. Innovation and Development, 4 (2), pp. 239-257.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/4371
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Taylor & Francis (Routledge) (STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles)
 
Source Innovation and Development;4,(2014) Pagination 239-257