Disruptive Innovation at the Base-of-the-Pyramid: Negotiating the Missing Links
ABSTRACT: The disruptive innovation framework has become a topical issue in recent years. Despite its popularity, as well as the perceived strategic advantages it bestows on entrant firms, little is known about the disruptive innovation capability of new-technology-based firms (NTBFs) in the South A...
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| description | ABSTRACT: The disruptive innovation framework has become a topical issue in recent years. Despite its popularity, as well as the perceived strategic advantages it bestows on entrant firms, little is known about the disruptive innovation capability of new-technology-based firms (NTBFs) in the South African context. This article explores the contextual factors that influence disruptive innovation capability in South Africa’s base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) environment and how, given the specifics of this operating environment, entrepreneurs strategize for disruptive innovation capability. Following the development of a conceptual framework, we used a grounded theory approach to conduct in-depth interviews with purposefully selected stakeholders in the NTBF incubation sector. Our findings show that South Africa has the catalytic socio-economic dynamics to encourage the development of disruptive innovations. However, despite having fairly robust institutions in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, these fall short of enabling the innovation capability of NTBFs, owing to the poor-quality linkages between and among institutions within the ecosystem. On the strength of these findings, we synthesised a framework of disruptive innovation capability in BoP environments that highlights the contextual factors that influence disruptive innovation capability. Specifically, we demonstrate how the quality of linkages in the entrepreneurial ecosystem influences the innovation outcomes for innovators. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-71ec07d85325414284e41fd6dfa7f7fb2023-12-14T05:21:55ZengElsevierJournal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity2199-85312022-12-0184171Disruptive Innovation at the Base-of-the-Pyramid: Negotiating the Missing LinksEsnah Dzimba0John Andrew van der Poll1Correspondence:; Digital Transformation and Innovation, Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL), Midrand, University of South Africa, Pretoria 0003, South AfricaCorrespondence:; Digital Transformation and Innovation, Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL), Midrand, University of South Africa, Pretoria 0003, South AfricaABSTRACT: The disruptive innovation framework has become a topical issue in recent years. Despite its popularity, as well as the perceived strategic advantages it bestows on entrant firms, little is known about the disruptive innovation capability of new-technology-based firms (NTBFs) in the South African context. This article explores the contextual factors that influence disruptive innovation capability in South Africa’s base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) environment and how, given the specifics of this operating environment, entrepreneurs strategize for disruptive innovation capability. Following the development of a conceptual framework, we used a grounded theory approach to conduct in-depth interviews with purposefully selected stakeholders in the NTBF incubation sector. Our findings show that South Africa has the catalytic socio-economic dynamics to encourage the development of disruptive innovations. However, despite having fairly robust institutions in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, these fall short of enabling the innovation capability of NTBFs, owing to the poor-quality linkages between and among institutions within the ecosystem. On the strength of these findings, we synthesised a framework of disruptive innovation capability in BoP environments that highlights the contextual factors that influence disruptive innovation capability. Specifically, we demonstrate how the quality of linkages in the entrepreneurial ecosystem influences the innovation outcomes for innovators.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2199853123000574base-of-the-pyramid (BoP)disruptive innovationsresource-constrained innovationsnational systems of innovation (NSI)new technology-based firm (NTBF)emerging economies |
| spellingShingle | Esnah Dzimba John Andrew van der Poll Disruptive Innovation at the Base-of-the-Pyramid: Negotiating the Missing Links Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) disruptive innovations resource-constrained innovations national systems of innovation (NSI) new technology-based firm (NTBF) emerging economies |
| title | Disruptive Innovation at the Base-of-the-Pyramid: Negotiating the Missing Links |
| title_full | Disruptive Innovation at the Base-of-the-Pyramid: Negotiating the Missing Links |
| title_fullStr | Disruptive Innovation at the Base-of-the-Pyramid: Negotiating the Missing Links |
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| title_short | Disruptive Innovation at the Base-of-the-Pyramid: Negotiating the Missing Links |
| title_sort | disruptive innovation at the base of the pyramid negotiating the missing links |
| topic | base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) disruptive innovations resource-constrained innovations national systems of innovation (NSI) new technology-based firm (NTBF) emerging economies |
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