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Convergent innovation for sustainable economic growth and affordable universal healthcare : Innovating the way we innovate

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  • Laurette Dubé

    (McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada])

  • Srivardhini Jha

    (McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada], IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute [Washington] - CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR])

  • Aida Faber

    (McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada])

  • Jeroen Struben

    (McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada])

  • Ted London

    (University of Michigan [Ann Arbor] - University of Michigan System)

  • Archisman Mohapatra
  • Nick Drager

    (McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada], LSHTM - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

  • Chris Lannon

    (McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada])

  • P. K. Joshi

    (IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute [India] - IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute [Washington] - CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR])

  • John Mcdermott

    (IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute [India] - IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute [Washington] - CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR], CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR])

Abstract

This paper introduces convergent innovation (CI) as a form of meta‐innovation—an innovation in the way we innovate. CI integrates human and economic development outcomes, through behavioral and ecosystem transformation at scale, for sustainable prosperity and affordable universal health care within a whole‐of‐society paradigm. To this end, CI combines technological and social innovation (including organizational, social process, financial, and institutional), with a special focus on the most underserved populations. CI takes a modular approach that convenes around roadmaps for real world change—a portfolio of loosely coupled complementary partners from the business community, civil society, and the public sector. Roadmaps serve as collaborative platforms for focused, achievable, and time‐bound projects to provide scalable, sustainable, and resilient solutions to complex challenges, with benefits both to participating partners and to society. In this paper, we first briefly review the literature on technological innovation that sets the foundations of CI and motivates its feasibility. We then describe CI, its building blocks, and enabling conditions for deployment and scaling up, illustrating its operational forms through examples of existing CI‐sensitive innovation.

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  • Laurette Dubé & Srivardhini Jha & Aida Faber & Jeroen Struben & Ted London & Archisman Mohapatra & Nick Drager & Chris Lannon & P. K. Joshi & John Mcdermott, 2014. "Convergent innovation for sustainable economic growth and affordable universal healthcare : Innovating the way we innovate," Post-Print hal-02312276, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-02312276
    DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12548
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    Cited by:

    1. Srivardhini K. Jha & E. Richard Gold & Laurette Dubé, 2021. "Modular Interorganizational Network Governance: A Conceptual Framework for Addressing Complex Social Problems," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-21, September.
    2. Harmon Chaniago, 2022. "The effect innovation cloning to small business success: entrepreneurial perspective," Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Springer, vol. 11(1), pages 1-18, December.
    3. Joana Dias & Maria Partidário, 2019. "Mind the Gap: The Potential Transformative Capacity of Social Innovation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-17, August.
    4. Christopher Coghlan & JoAnne Labrecque & Yu Ma & Laurette Dubé, 2020. "A Biological Adaptability Approach to Innovation for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): Strategic Insights from and for Health-Promoting Agri-Food Innovation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(10), pages 1-21, May.

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