Social Enterprise and Social Innovation: A Look Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility

Popoli, Paolo

doi:10.5772/62980

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“…However, this discussion is more significant for CSI than for CSR, as most of the literature in CSI makes efforts to highlight its differences, but not the other way around. For instance, the studies of Steiner and Risopoulos (2009), Pyszka (2013), Popoli (2016, 2017), Jali et al (2017), Maines da Silva (2017), Portales (2019) and Canöz and Çerçi (2019) exclusively focus on showing the differences between CSI and CSR.…”

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Insights from corporate social innovation: a research agenda

Tabares

2020

SEJ

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse the contributions, major discussions and trends in the literature driving the research agenda in corporate social innovation (CSI). This is done through a systematic review on CSI publications in an open time span. Salient themes and emerging research topics in this literature, as well as research questions and limitations, are identified, culminating in a discussion of what is next for CSI research. Design/methodology/approach A systematic review was undertaken from academic and grey literature. Results were analysed following a bibliometric and interpretative content analysis. Findings The study provides novel insights on CSI research by drawing attention to discussions around the consensus on a definition of CSI, its disciplinary origins and the denominations referring to this field. Although CSI struggles to gain independence as a research field, the evidence shows that CSI is a cross-disciplinary concept nourished by multiple disciplines. Research limitations/implications Analysis in this paper has implications for research by highlighting the state of scholarship on CSI. Given the use of multiple denominations of CSI, several studies using low diffused denominations could be discarded. Originality/value This research contributes to the body of knowledge in the field of CSI by bringing clarity to former discussions and by suggesting how the field can move forward to a more advanced and mature state in research.

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Insights from corporate social innovation: a research agenda

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2020

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“…State often secures public services but does not provide them, relying on for-profit and not-for-profit providers instead (Popoli, 2016). As stated by Hatcher (2015, p. 390) delivering public services by social enterprises frees them from the constraints of state bureaucracy and stimulates innovation through a combination of market incentives and social entrepreneurship.…”

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Mixing Up Apples and Pears Can Work – Case Study of an Innovative Model of Social Enterprise From Slovakia

Chreneková

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Jarábková

2022

European Countryside

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Social enterprises have the potential to address diverse issues, even when they fall off the radar of formal institutions e.g., by establishing partnerships that are new locally and nationally. The analysis offers a conceptual description of a model of social enterprise established by a regional self-government authority, that blends dual education and social economy and serves as an innovative agent of change. Case research was the approach used. The research revealed that the motivation behind the enterprise was social integration, increasing attractiveness of agriculture for young people and regional self-sufficiency. The partnership was recognized as the key element of the model design. The model brings social, economic and environmental change to employees and students but also to the whole environment. Such a model could be replicated and such collaboration could be put on the map of social enterprises.

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“…Number of social enterprises per 1000 inhabitants: As in the case of the social enterprises the main objective is not only the profit maximization, but similarly to make social innovation efforts, to address and solve social problems (e.g. labour market, equal opportunities, health, culture) (Popoli, 2016;Market & Profit, 2017). In the areas with a significant number of social enterprises, social sensitivity and responsibility are stronger, and in the long run more ideas and creative solutions can be created to address the challenges.…”

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The Social Innovation Potential of the Northern Hungarian Region

Szendi

2021

European Journal of Social Sciences

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In the last two decades, a new direction has appeared in the study of innovation processes in the literature. Researchers are paying more and more attention to social innovation beside the classical Schumpeterian approach. Social innovation is new solutions (product, technology, organizational solution) that can effectively meet market needs that are not or hardly met on a market basis, innovation can lead to new or more advanced skills / relationships, and contribute to a more efficient use of resources. However, there is no uniform definition of the concept. The issue of social innovation is particularly important in the case of the Northern Hungary region, because it can bring hope for some peripheral areas and a new approach to solving problems. High technological innovation potential and performance do not necessarily go hand in hand with high social innovation activity, so in the case of peripheral regions there is a hope for social innovations even in the absence of technological innovations.

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Social Enterprise and Social Innovation: A Look Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility

Cited by 11 publications

References 45 publications

Insights from corporate social innovation: a research agenda

Insights from corporate social innovation: a research agenda

Mixing Up Apples and Pears Can Work – Case Study of an Innovative Model of Social Enterprise From Slovakia

The Social Innovation Potential of the Northern Hungarian Region

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