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Conceptual Design in Informal Metalworking Microenterprises of Tanzania

Abstract Product design is a key aspect of human intelligence and creativity, attracting not onlyexperts but also people without any formal design training. Although numerous people in developingcountries design and manufacture products in metalworking microenterprises in the informal sector,there is still little knowledge about their design process. This paper aims to fill this gap in […]

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Frugal Innovation for global sustainable development

‘Frugal’ means making things simpler, in such a way that they are adapted to the local circumstances, or adapted to a resource constrained environment. Frugal innovations can be placed on the junction of affordability and good enough quality, while still having basic functionality. Sharing       

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Special Issue: Science in support of systematic leadership towards sustainability

BTH Professors Göran Broman, Karl-Henrik Robèrt and Tobias Larsson, has together with Terrence J. Collins (Carnegie Mellon University), George Basile (Arizona State University), Rupert J. Baumgartner (University of Graz), Tobias Larsson, Donald Huisingh (University of Tennessee) been editors for a Special Issue of Journal of Cleaner Production. Now the issue is out. Find the Special […]

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