Public policy interventions for grassroots innovations: are we getting it right?

• Main Authors: Ng, Boon Kwee, Mohamad, Zeeda Fatimah, Chandran, V.G.R., Mohamad Noor, Nur Hanis
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
• Subjects: HF Commerce; T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/23857/; https://doi.org/10.1080/19761597.2019.1678392
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

This paper examines the socio-technical elements of Grassroots Innovations (GRIs) cases in Malaysia and draws lessons for public policy intervention by accounting for the contextual nature of the GRIs. Our findings on the four successful Malaysian rural GRIs indicate the following. First, carefully...