Biography
Peter Knorringa is a Professor of Private Sector & Development at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) at Erasmus University Rotterdam. His Chair focuses on the diverse roles and impacts of business on development. He does not perceive private firms as either the ‘enemy’ or the ‘heroic deliverer’ of development. Instead, he aims to advance a more empirical and nuanced debate on where and when entrepreneurs and firms are more likely to contribute to achieving more inclusive and sustainable development.
Since 2013, Professor Knorringa is the academic director of the Centre for Frugal Innovation in Africa (CFIA), a multi-disciplinary research centre that is part of the strategic alliance between Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
His present research explores the developmental impacts of frugal innovations, and builds on his previous research on clustered small and medium scale enterprises, the role of trust, networks and social capital in value chain analysis, and the role of sustainability standards.
Most of his research experience is in India and Vietnam, and he has also worked in Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Nepal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Russia.
International Institute of Social Studies
- knorringa@iss.nl
- Room
- I3-04
- Location
- Kortenaerkade 12, 's - Gravenhage
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Work
- Erwin V.A.N. Tuijl, Juan Carlo Intriago Zambrano & Peter Knorringa (2024) - INCREASING OR DECREASING FRUGALITY: THE CONNECTION BETWEEN DIGITALISATION AND FRUGAL INNOVATION - International Journal of Innovation Management - doi: 10.1142/S1363919624500130 - [link]
- Maria Alejandra Pineda-Escobar, Valentina De Marchi & Peter Knorringa (2023) - Advancing the measurement of frugal innovation - doi: 10.4337/9781800883024.00031 - [link]
- André Leliveld, Saradindu Bhaduri, Peter Knorringa & Cees van Beers (2023) - Capturing frugal innovation: Introduction to the Handbook on Frugal Innovation - [link]
- Erwin van Tuijl & Peter Knorringa (2023) - Frugal innovation and digital platforms - [link]
- Greetje Schouten & Peter Knorringa (2023) - Frugal innovation and legitimacy - doi: 10.4337/9781788118873.00018 - [link]
- André Leliveld, Saradindu Bhaduri, Peter Knorringa & Cees van Beers (2023) - Handbook on frugal innovation - doi: 10.4337/9781788118873 - [link]
- Elsie K. Onsongo, Peter Knorringa & Cees van Beers (2023) - Frugal business model innovation in the Base of the Pyramid: The case of Philips Community Life Centres in Africa - Technovation, 121 - doi: 10.1016/j.technovation.2022.102675 - [link]
- Sietze Vellema, Greetje Schouten & Peter Knorringa (2023) - Connecting the Concepts of Frugality and Inclusion to Appraise Business Practices in Systems of Food Provisioning: A Kenyan Case Study - Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 36 (3) - doi: 10.1007/s10806-023-09913-x - [link]
- Valentina De Marchi, Maria A. Pineda-Escobar, Rachel Howell, Michelle Verheij & Peter Knorringa (2022) - Frugal innovation and sustainability outcomes: findings from a systematic literature review - European Journal of Innovation Management, 25 (6), 984-1007 - doi: 10.1108/EJIM-02-2022-0083 - [link]
- Erwin van Tuijl, Mariam Basajja, Juan Carlo Intriago Zambrano & Peter Knorringa (2022) - Drivers and barriers of a platform-based business model in agriculture: The case of Apollo Agriculture - DevISSues, 24 (1), 8-10 - [link]
Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland
- Start date approval
- May 2024
- End date approval
- May 2025
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- Lid klankbordgroep Horizon Europe
General Information
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISSGENERAL-23-24
4152 Development Policies and Practice
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-4152-23-24
Major GDP
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-GDP-23-24
Global Poverty, Local Solutions
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-MI-8102
5401 Research Paper
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-5401-23-24
3105 Research Paper Preparation
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-3105-23-24
Board of Examiners
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-BOE-23-24
Major GDP
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-GDP-22-23
Frugal Innovation in Practice
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- MINLDE-073
Frugal Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- MINLDE-032