Regional studies and frugal innovation: a missing link?
指出区域研究领域对节俭创新的关注不足，通过克什米尔地区在新冠疫情期间的案例，说明节俭创新作为快速的地方危机应对方式的重要性，尤其对发展中国家有启示。
Innovation has been a key topic of interest for the regional studies community. In particular, the regional characteristics and impacts of innovation have been a popular theme of enquiry and theorisation, and the community has been at the forefront of discussions around regional innovation systems, in particular. However, we see a large gap in the current state of the art around frugal innovation. The focus of this paper is to place this topic at the heart of our discussions of regional innovation. This is done by providing a case study of frugal innovations in Kashmir over the period of the COVID-19 pandemic, illustrating the urgency and relevance of exploring frugal innovation at the regional level, especially as a rapid place-based crisis response, specifically in a developing nation.