New Models of Innovation for Development Workshop: Conclusions

1. New Models of Innovation for Development Workshop: Conclusions Workshop Papers: http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk/newsandevents/ Richard Heeks Centre for Development Informatics, IDPM University of Manchester, UK http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk

2. Key Conclusions • Still early days • Foundations and knowledge gaps • Whose baby? • Engaging with DS and IS • Competing centripetal/ centrifugal forces • Creating a critical mass • Critical mass around what? • Open question

3. NMI4D Papers

4. Supply-Focused Research Issues 1. Best Practice Models for Large Firm Innovation for the BoP Government (Policy) Large Firms (Global Supply Chains) Business Development Services 6. Inclusive / Pro-Poor Innovation Policy Innovation Intermediaries (Help Large Firms Understand the BoP) Innovative SMEs Incubators International Development Agencies 2. Innovation Processes and Outcomes of Incubators - Links to BoP Micro-Enterprises and Consumers Supply Intermediaries (e.g. Wholesalers) Informal Sector MSEs 5. Innovation within the "Development Sector" Civil Society & Government Providers University of Manchester Inclusive Innovation for Development – Stakeholder-Based Research Map (BoP) Micro-Enterprises (Retail / Service Delivery) 3. MSE Innovation - In growing vs. non-growing MSEs (3a) - Diffusion/non-diffusion of innovations (3b) What's new? - New actors and loci of innov. capabilities - New markets for innov. goods/services - New techs. esp ICTs - New modes and contexts for innov. Non-BoP Consumers Users / BoP Consumers / Poor Communities 4. User Innovation in Poor/Bottom-of-Pyramid Communities Demand-Focused Research Issues * * * Conceptualisation / Terminology * * * * * * * Public R&D / University * * * * * * * * = NMI4D Workshop Paper