Towards social innovation strategy: An analysis of UK social enterprises

João-Roland, Iraci de Souza; Granados, Maria L.

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122189

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“…Second, the selected companies were already known and in contact with the authors for their established strategies and actions to involve stakeholders with openness and collaborative attitude, and extensively making use of both informal and formal OI activities [35,36]. We considered the activities and the content of their innovation strategy aimed at driving R&D investments, applying full assets and expertise into deeper collaboration across internal and external sources of knowledge, and co-creating innovative solutions to social challenges [73,74].…”

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Nurturing Social Innovation Capabilities in Businesses Through Open Innovation

Battistella,

Pessot

2024

IEEE Trans. Eng. Manage.

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Companies are increasingly committed to pursuing social goals with the development of Social Innovation (SI), but they need to adopt adequate mechanisms to effectively manage, promote and sustain it in the long term. This paper aims to explore how businesses leverage Open Innovation (OI) practices to tackle social challenges in collaboration with SI stakeholders. We performed a multiple case study in three large manufacturing enterprises that are well-known for their excellence in innovation in terms of both SI impacts and OI depth. Results show that businesses develop and nurture a set of SI capabilities founded on purposeful knowledge exchanges across organizational boundaries, enhancing innovativeness, sustaining SI and enlarging SI social and economic outcomes. The study provides key insights into the interplay between OI and SI, still underinvestigated in the literature, identifying the capabilities that should be fostered in the innovation processes of companies tackling broad societal challenges with openness.

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Nurturing Social Innovation Capabilities in Businesses Through Open Innovation

Battistella,

Pessot

2024

IEEE Trans. Eng. Manage.

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“…However, research in these areas is rarely found. Currently available research focuses on entrepreneurship and leadership (Grilo & Moreira, 2022 ; Rana et al, 2022 ; Vaccaro & Ramus, 2022 ), transition, transformation, and impact within society (Avelino et al, 2019 ; Dall-Orsoletta et al, 2022 ; Kim et al, 2021 ; Ruthemeier et al, 2022 ), inter-organizational collaborations and value creation (Ozdemir & Gupta, 2021 ), business model, strategy, and governance (de Souza João-Roland & Granados, 2023 ; Dionisio & de Vargas, 2020 ; Gasparin et al, 2021 ; Ney, 2014 ; Peris-Ortiz et al, 2018 ), the role of technology (Boussafi et al, 2021 ; Conti & Orcioni, 2022 ; Enciso-Santocildes et al, 2021 ; C. Li & Bacete, 2022 ; Peterlin et al, 2021 ), and literature or conceptual framework regarding the concept (Ahmadi et al, 2022 ; Cajaiba-Santana, 2014 ; Daniel & Jenner, 2022 ; Fursov & Linton, 2022 ; Kim et al, 2021 ; Nicholls & Dees, 2015 ; Osburg & Schmidpeter, 2013 ; Rao-Nicholson et al, 2017 ; Solis-Navarrete et al, 2021 ; van der Have & Rubalcaba, 2016 ). In Indonesia, research on SI is still rarely found, and this term remains less popular than TI.…”

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Diffusion of Social Innovation: the Innovation Provider’s Perspective

Prihadyanti

Aziz²,

Sari³

2023

J Knowl Econ

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Social innovation (SI) is a potential solution to various problems and challenges in the agriculture sector. Agri-tech start-ups can be considered important agents for developing SI in the sector. In Indonesia, agri-tech start-ups are also expected to develop SI for sustainable agricultural development in the medium-term national development plan 2020–2024. Using multiple case studies, this paper attempts to complement the currently available literature and deepen the knowledge regarding the differences between SI and traditional innovation. This research also discusses the role of business organizations, represented by agri-tech start-ups, in developing SI, by observing the diffusion model and innovation-decision process. This research identifies characteristics of SI theoretically complemented with empirical description. Three models of diffusion leading to different types of innovation-decision processes and communication channels are identified. Several internal and external factors are influencing the diffusion process. In the process, the start-ups also hold bridging roles that vary according to company characteristics. Practical implications regarding successful SI development are provided.

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“…Nos últimos anos, o debate sobre mudança climática e transição para a sustentabilidade tem ganhado cada vez mais destaque. Nesse contexto, a bioeconomia e a inovação social se tornaram temas de grande relevância, tanto para pesquisas acadêmicas quanto nos programas políticos (JOÃO-ROLAND; GRANADOS, 2023;BRÖRING;LAIBACH;WUSTMANS, 2020). "A União Europeia (UE) define a bioeconomia como a produção de recursos biológicos renováveis e a conversão desses recursos e fluxos de resíduos em produtos de valor agregado, como alimentos, rações, produtos de base biológica e bioenergia" BRÖRING; LAIBACH; WUSTMANS, 2020, p.1).…”

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