Codesign in Action: Design Principles to Successfully Manage Transformative Social Innovation

Abstract

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Nurturing Social Innovation Capabilities in Businesses Through Open Innovation

“…Indeed, SI is further improved if OI intermediaries such as brokers and non-profit organizations bring attention to the role of social structures and the provision of informal resources in the process [1,21]. User innovation can further support gathering information on market trends and searching for individuals who have already developed solutions for specific social needs [25], or being directly involved in the co-production process [66]. The participator forms of user involvement include contests in the form of challenges or prizes, adopted by different organizations to scout for scalable and impactful SI solutions [69].…”

“…Third, results show that the interplay between an OI strategy and a social challenge (eco-sustainability, high quality and ethics and well-being, in the three cases) results in a company growth and innovation strategy becoming strongly intertwined with the social change pursued. The capability of co-producing social impacts for profitability and growth demonstrates the ability of businesses to align social business and social outcomes [19] with economic outcomes, and thus the opportunities for scaling SI towards systemic transformations [66]. Thus, both social and economic outcomes can be enlarged by leveraging routines as social venturing and innovation contexts, aimed at transforming the business and the society.…”

Guest Editorial: Technology for Social Good

“…Social good goal means that 1) new technology development should inject more social perspectives into their products and services-for example, it is well known that there are significant biases in technology management including fore sighting [6] and developer characteristics [33]; 2) we should be aware of effects of technological development and progress with environmental social inequities and find solutions [2]; and 3) everyone should have a voice and participation in the evolution of new technologies, including government, business, academia, media, and the public-a transdisciplinary perspective [3], [28]. Exclusion can lead to unintended and harmful consequences and codesign with multiple stakeholders will be necessary to address grand challenges [18].…”