Social Innovation

Abstract

The chapter is written purposively in order to highlight the development of social innovation as the idea of discipline and work process. The chapter highlights not only the academic evolution of social innovation but also highlights the role of universities in the development of social innovation in developing sides of the world. Therefore, the chapter is much different from the other chapters that are written to highlight the birth, introduction, and growth of social innovation and the social innovation process. In fact, the purpose of this chapter is not only to emphasize the introduction of social innovation as the term and idea, but the chapter also defined factors that assist in the growth of social innovation in the developing world.