Resource-constrained innovation for emerging economies: The case of the Indian telecommunications industry

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-156

  Ray, Pradeep Kanta ^a   Ray, Sangeeta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Architectural innovation; Bottom of the pyramid; Emerging markets; India; Modular design; Resource constrained innovation (RCI); Telecommunications switching equipment

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL INNOVATION; EMERGING MARKETS; INDIA; MODULAR DESIGN; MODULAR DESIGNS; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED; SWITCHING EQUIPMENT;

COMMERCE; DESIGN; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

INNOVATION;

EID: 76349122679     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2009.2033044     Document Type: Article

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