Exploring the meaning of social innovation: A categorisation scheme based on the level of policy intervention, profit orientation and geographical scale

N Baptista, J Pereira, AC Moreira, ND Matos - Innovation, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
There has been a growing interest in academia regarding the term 'social innovation',
including in disciplines such as sociology, administration, history, management, psychology …

Guest editorial: The role of governments and public policies in social innovation processes

A Steiner, J Barraket, F Calo… - Social Enterprise …, 2021 - researchonline.gcu.ac.uk
In recent years social innovation has been increasingly promoted in public policy debates as
a vehicle for developing innovative and efficient solutions addressing societal needs. In the …

Social innovation: Buzz word or enduring term?

E Pol, S Ville - The Journal of socio-economics, 2009 - Elsevier
The term 'social innovation'has come into common parlance in recent years. Some analysts
consider social innovation no more than a buzz word or passing fad that is too vague to be …

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 …

Social innovation: Moving the field forward. A conceptual framework

G Cajaiba-Santana - Technological forecasting and social change, 2014 - Elsevier
Research on social innovation has gained momentum over the last decade, spurred notably
by the growing interest in social issues related to management, entrepreneurship, and …

Social engagement: Towards a typology of social innovation

E Amanatidou, D Cox, D Gagliardi - 2018 - research.manchester.ac.uk
Social innovation has seen several different interpretations and definitions in recent years.
Either considered as innovation with a 'social twist', or a facet of social entrepreneurship, or …

Social innovation: a retrospective perspective

L Satalkina, G Steiner - Minerva, 2022 - Springer
During the last several decades, the concept of social innovation has been a subject of
scientific and practical discourse. As an important paradigm for innovation policies, social …

What is not social innovation

JA Solis-Navarrete, S Bucio-Mendoza… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2021 - Elsevier
The theory of innovation, which is mainly associated with business, competitiveness, and
generation of economic value, has been enriched by the emergence of new, broader, and …

How do we know when social innovation works? A review and contingencymodel of social impact assessment

G Molecke, AC Pache - Handbook of inclusive innovation, 2019 - elgaronline.com
In the face of contemporary societal challenges as widespread and taxing as poverty,
illiteracy, health epidemics, and climate change (George et al., 2016), policy makers, civil …

Social innovation futures: beyond policy panacea and conceptual ambiguity

P Benneworth, E Amanatidou, ME Edwards Schachter… - 2015 - digital.csic.es
Social innovation is once more an increasingly popular notion circulating as an apparent
means to solve the Grand Challenges of the 21st Century. But this common-sense idea of …