Frugal innovation and the digital divide:Developing an extended model of the diffusion of innovations

作     者：Xiaoqun Zhang 

作者机构：Department of Media ArtsUniversity of North Texas1155 Union Circle#310589DentonTX76203USA 

出 版 物：《International Journal of Innovation Studies》 (国际创新研究学报（英文）)

年 卷 期：2018年第2卷第2期

页      面：53-64页

学科分类：08[工学] 080502[工学-材料学] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：Frugal innovation Diffusion of innovation Information communication technology Digital divide Smartphone 

摘      要：Based on diffusion of innovation(DOI)theory and economic consumption analysis as well as the concept of frugal innovation,this study develops an extended DOI model that theorizes the characteristics of the diffusion of frugal information communication technologies(ICTs)and their impacts on the Internet *** model posits that frugal digital ICTs diffuse more rapidly in developing countries than in developed countries and significantly bridge the digital divide between *** diffusion of frugal smartphones is investigated as a case of the diffusion of frugal digital ICTs,which provides empirical evidence for the theoretical model presented herein.