How Frugal Innovation Promotes Social Sustainability
Summary. Frugal innovation—developing solutions with minimal resources—directly supports social sustainability by addressing key social themes. The paper builds a framework connecting both concepts and demonstrates how frugal innovation approaches help achieve the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. This positions frugal innovation as a practical pathway to realizing social sustainability in practice.
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Khan, R.. (2016). How Frugal Innovation Promotes Social Sustainability. Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8101034
Khan, Rakhshanda. “How Frugal Innovation Promotes Social Sustainability.” Sustainability, 2016. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8101034.
Khan, Rakhshanda. 2016. “How Frugal Innovation Promotes Social Sustainability.” Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.3390/su8101034.
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- 10.3390/su8101034
- Countries
- Finland
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- Europe
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- innovation-theory, climate-and-environment, general-innovation
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- 2026-04-28