• Autonomous Delivery Robots: A Literature Review 

      Hossain, Mokter ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2023 , Article)
      Autonomous delivery robots (ADRs) are a recent advent in delivery services. While studies on the technical aspects of ADRs are growing rapidly from technical perspectives, studies of ADRs from the business perspective are ...
    • Collaborative innovation for sustainability in Nordic cities 

      Seppo, Leminen; Rajahonka, Mervi; Westerlund, Mika; Hossain, Mokter ( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)
      New integrative, collaborative, and innovative approaches are needed to overcome global sustainability challenges. Exploring the diversity of collaborative innovation in six Nordic cities, this study aims to advance our ...
    • Frugal entrepreneurship: A way to seize business opportunities for low-income customers 

      Shahid, Muhammad Shehryar; Hossain, Mokter; Karami, Masoud; Anwar, Tehreem ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)
      Frugal innovation (FI) is a recently emerged phenomenon that is increasingly gaining importance to serve a set of customers in developing countries. Frugal entrepreneurship (FE) based on frugal innovations is emerging from ...
    • Frugal Entrepreneurship: Profiting With Inclusive Growth 

      Hossain, Mokter; Sarkar, Soumodip ( IEEE , 2021 , Article)
      Frugal entrepreneurship (FE) is increasingly considered an important change-maker in emerging markets, serving the unmet market needs of the poor. However, we lack an understanding of who the protagonists of the FE are, ...
    • Frugal entrepreneurship: Resource mobilization in resource-constrained environments 

      Hossain, Mokter ( John Wiley & Sons Ltd. , 2022 , Article)
      Frugal entrepreneurship (FE) is a recent pursuit that has evolved from the frugal innovation (FI) concept. How frugal entrepreneurs mobilize resources is both interesting and novel, yet it remains an underresearched area. ...
    • Frugal innovation and sustainable business models 

      Hossain, Mokter ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      This study aims to explore how frugal innovations (FIs) emerge at the grassroots level of developing countries and employ novel business models to contribute to sustainable development. It explores various business model ...
    • Frugal innovation in the midst of societal and operational pressures 

      Levänen, Jarkko; Hossain, Mokter; Wierenga, Marleen ( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)
      To respond to both global sustainability challenges and grassroots level needs in emerging markets with innovative solutions, firms need the capacity to operate under societal and operational pressures and skills to blend ...
    • Frugal innovation: Antecedents, mediators, and consequences 

      Hossain, Mokter; Agarwal, Nivedita; Bhatti, Yasser; Levänen, Jarkko ( John Wiley & Sons Ltd. , 2022 , Article)
      Frugal innovation (FI) describes a phenomenon whereby solutions are developed to serve low-income customers, mainly in developing countries, with affordable products and services that help address pressing social and ...
    • Frugal innovation: Unveiling the uncomfortable reality 

      Hossain, Mokter ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      Frugal innovation (FI) has been getting growing attention from scholars, practitioners, and policymakers for its promise to serve low-income customers with affordable solutions. As a recently emerged concept, it has been ...
    • Marketing intelligence and small firms' performance: the role of entrepreneurial alertness and effectuation 

      Karami, Masoud; Hossain, Mokter ( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)
      Purpose: Knowledge of how entrepreneurial alertness (EA) and effectuation impact small firms' performance in uncertain markets is limited. Suggesting effectuation as a mediation mechanism between EA and small firms' ...
    • Pursuing Frugal Innovation for Sustainability at the Grassroots Level 

      Hossain, Mokter; Levänen, Jarkko; Wierenga, Marleen ( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , Article)
      Firms are often criticized for their reluctance to embrace sustainability in their business strategies. Frugal innovation is a recent concept that represents a new way for firms to serve underserved customers in developing ...
    • TEAM-BASED INNOVATION CONTESTS FOR CROWDSOURCING: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON IDEACONNECTION PLATFORM 

      Hossain, Mokter; Piazza, Mariangela; Mazzola, Erica ( World Scientific Publishing , 2022 , Article)
      Crowdsourcing for innovation contests represents a promising mechanism to access and integrate external ideas. Among various crowdsourcing types, online, team-based contest is one of the most prominent one. The objective ...