Navi Radjou Books

With a Foreword by Paul Polman, CEO, Unilever. Frugal innovation is a way that companies can develop high-quality products and create more value with limited resources. In today's cost-constrained environment, companies in the developed economies are seeking new routes to long-term business success - while also appealing to cost-conscious and environmentally-aware consumers. With an estimated trillion-dollar global market for sustainable products, and with potentially huge cost savings to be gained, frugal innovation is revolutionising business and reshaping management thinking. This seminal book gives an overview of the principles, perspectives and techniques behind frugal innovation, connecting with key contemporary business concepts such as the sharing and circular economies and the maker movement. It offers a blueprint for leaders and managers in companies of all sizes and across all sectors on how to profit from doing business frugally.Based on the author's six key principles of frugal innovation, and packed with targeted advice and specific recommendations for business functions such as R&D, operations, HR and sales and marketing, Frugal Innovation is a masterclass in the art of doing more with less.

Jugaad is a word often heard in general conversation in India. Whether to find ingenious solutions to problems or turn adversity into opportunity—Indians swear by it. In this seminal book, Navi Radjou, Jaideep Prabhu, and Simone Ahuja challenge the very way a traditional organization thinks and acts. Leading companies such as Facebook, Future Group, GE, Google, PepsiCo, Philips, Renault-Nissan, Siemens, Suzlon, Tata Group, and YES BANK, among others, are already practising jugaad to generate original ideas and pioneer growth. In the midst of rising global competition and swelling R&D budgets, Jugaad Innovation presents ways to innovate, be flexible, and do more with less. Peppered with examples of innovative entrepreneurs in emerging markets such as Africa, India, China, and Brazil, Jugaad Innovation illuminates paths to engender breakthrough growth in a complex and resource-scarce world.

When the art of government itself is changing, the old political divisions no longer make sense.

Jugaad est un mot hindi populaire qui peut être traduit à peu près par " l’art de concevoir des solutions ingénieuses, largement pratiqué dans les pays émergents" : c’est littéralement l’art de « faire plus avec moins » dans des conditions difficiles. Dans un monde où les ressources financières et énergétiques se restreignent, les entreprises occidentales s’inspirent de plus en plus de l’art de concevoir des solutions ingénieuses développées dans les pays émergents. Les entrepreneurs jugaad perçoivent les fortes contraintes comme autant d’incitations à innover. Ce livre fait la lumière sur la façon dont ces innovateurs jugaad pensent et agissent, et identifie les précieuses leçons dont l’Occident tire déjà profit. Pour l'adaptation de ce livre, 8 dirigeants français d'entreprises particulièrement innovantes ont été interviewés. Edition française : Préface de Carlos Ghosn Traduction-adaptation : Jean-Joseph Boillot