Emerging needs of social innovators and social innovation ecosystems

DB Audretsch, GM Eichler, EJ Schwarz - … and Management Journal, 2022 - Springer
Social innovations (SIs) contribute to solving or at least mitigating many of the most pressing
grand challenges. Similar to profit-oriented innovations, which are mainly developed by …

Social enterprise performance: The role of market and social entrepreneurship orientations

P Pinheiro, A Daniel, A Moreira - VOLUNTAS: International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Market orientation has been presented as an important predictor of business performance,
and it is presumed to contribute to long-term success in both profit-oriented and non-profit …

The essence of social entrepreneurship through a Georgian lens: social entrepreneurs' perspectives

I Gigauri, M Panait, SA Apostu, L Raimi - Administrative Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The attention to the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship has been especially enhanced
during the current turbulent times, as social enterprises have a key role to play in solving …

Reducing food waste from social innovation perspective: a review of measures, research gaps and future directions

G Zhao, S Liu, Y Wang, C Lopez… - International Food …, 2023 - wageningenacademic.com
Food waste (FW) has been increasingly recognized as a severe environmental, social, and
economic problem. Therefore, it should be tackled innovatively by analyzing and …

Social innovation impacts and their assessment: An exploratory study of a social innovation initiative from a Portuguese rural region

M Novikova - Social Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over recent decades, various approaches to social innovation (SI) have been developed. At
the same time, the question on how SI can contribute to and can impact the development of …

On the economics of social innovation–a conceptual framework and its policy implications

A Cuntz, D Foray, E Mostovova - Innovation, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Social innovations addressing social, economic and environmental challenges are
increasingly recognized as crucial drivers of social changes and today represent an …

A social innovation model for sustainable development: A case study of a Malaysian entrepreneur cooperative (KOKULAC)

ES Kassim, NH Zamzuri, SA Jalil… - Administrative …, 2022 - mdpi.com
In Malaysia, social innovation programs are fully supported by the government. However,
reports and findings on the related matter have yet to be comprehensively collected due to …

[HTML][HTML] Social innovation and rural territories: Exploring invisible contexts and actors in Portugal and India

M de Fátima Ferreiro, C Sousa, FA Sheikh… - Journal of Rural …, 2023 - Elsevier
Social innovation has come to be identified as a key aspect of development. Objectives
related to personal and socioeconomic development often inspire this type of innovation …

Doing good by going digital: A taxonomy of digital social innovation in the context of incumbents

C Buck, A Krombacher, M Röglinger… - The journal of strategic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Digital social innovation (DSI) offers incumbents a strategic field of action to leverage the
opportunities of digital technologies to address pressing societal challenges. By proposing a …

NEET Rural–Urban ecosystems: The role of urban social innovation diffusion in supporting sustainable rural pathways to education, employment, and training

E Erdogan, P Flynn, B Nasya, H Paabort, V Lendzhova - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Common themes of EU social policy include: the promotion of employment; improved living
and working conditions; the equal treatment of employees; adequate social protection; and …