Role Of Social Innovation Research Articles

Recaudo: a sustainable restaurant with roots in passion and entrepreneurship

Learning outcomes Upon completion of this case study, students will be able to understand Recaudo's contribution to sustainability; analyze circular economy principles in Recaudo's operations; understand Recaudo's contributions to Sustainable Development Goals; exploring Recaudo's role in social innovation. Case overview/synopsis The purpose of this case study is to understand sustainability practices in a Mexican microenterprise that employs fair trade, circular economy and local cuisine. Despite implementing these practices, the founder aims to expand impact and further professionalize them. The study poses questions to enhance her proposals in social innovation and aims to reach business schools and entrepreneurs initiating enterprises. Complexity academic level This case study can be useful for undergraduate students majoring in fields such as business administration, entrepreneurship, sustainability studies and hospitality management; for postgraduate students pursuing advanced degrees in areas like sustainable business management, social entrepreneurship and development studies; and for professionals and practitioners in the restaurant industry, sustainability consulting firms and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) focusing on sustainable development. Supplementary material Teaching notes are available for educators only. Subject code CSS 3: Entrepreneurship.

Social innovations in the company’s strategic goals: peculiarities, classification, efficiency evaluation

The article is devoted to the features, classification and evaluation of the effectiveness of social innovations in the implementation of the company's strategic goals. The object of the study is the process of formation and implementation of social innovations in the company's activities. At the same time, the development of the concept of social innovations from the 19th century to the present is considered in detail. Special attention is paid to the interpretation of social innovations and strategic goals of the company in Ukrainian and foreign economic science. The research problem is the complexity of forming modern classifications and evaluating the effectiveness of social innovations in the company's strategic goals. The essence of the obtained results is the disclosure of the theoretical provisions of social innovations and strategic goals, the determination of approaches and methods for evaluating the effectiveness of social innovations, as well as the role of social innovations as a tool for achieving the strategic goals of the enterprise. In the reasoned conclusions of the study, it is explained that the gradation of the results of the implementation of social innovations at the enterprise depending on the type (personal, economic, image and social) indicates that each of them has both positive and negative features; methods of evaluating the impact of innovations on the company's performance are shown. In particular, the assessment of the effectiveness of social innovations is also important because their implementation requires a lot additional efforts, which shifts the focus and can distract from solving important issues that are often urgent. The state of war, the destruction of the usual approaches to doing business, the loss of qualified management personnel, specialists in various processes does not allow to effectively find and implement innovations in the social, environmental and managerial components. All these aspects are considered in the context of the effective implementation of the company's strategic goals in the conditions of a dynamic transformational society, in which the research results can be used in practice.

The Role of Social Innovation in Promoting Sustainable Development at Al-Balqa Applied University

This research aimed to identify the impact of social innovation in its dimensions (increasing social capabilities, community need, changes in social relations) on sustainable development in its dimensions (environmental, economic, social, and technological). It also aimed to identify the level of social innovation at Al-Balqa Applied University and the level of sustainable development at the university. The study uses the descriptive analytical approach, with the questionnaire as the study tool.The study sample, which was drawn from the study population in a simple random way, reached (150) faculty members at Al-Balqa Applied University.The results showed that the levels of social innovation and sustainable development at Al-Balqa Applied University were average. The results also showed a statistically significant effect at a significant level (α ≤ 0.05) for social innovation in terms of its dimensions (increasing social capabilities, societal need, changes in social relations) on sustainable development in terms of its dimensions (environmental, economic, social, and technological) at Al-Balqa Applied University. The research recommended preparing and conducting courses, seminars, and workshops on an ongoing and periodic basis for employees, especially with regard to developments in social innovation.

Linking Social Innovation with Inclusive Transformation of Agri-food System in Nepal: A Review

The potential of social interface in agricultural innovation remains masked by extension service agencies. This review collected and studied scattered knowledge generated literature on the role of social innovation in inclusive transformation of agri- food system highlighting on preproduction, production, supply chain and consumption. Search engines; namely google scholar; Science Direct, JSTOR, Directory of Open Access Journals and Scopus were utilized to identify the articles and relevant literatures. The review provides a state of the art on knowledge related to social innovations and inclusive transformation of agri-food system. The findings show that social innovation is becoming a prevalent tool to expedite inclusive transformation of food systems in Nepal. However, there are no clear considerations on social innovations in inclusive transformation of food and agriculture system. To provision these considerations, significance of social innovations for inclusive transformation was well explored for further analysis and conclusion. This review enhances the gaining of insights into the theories and findings of past works related to social innovation, inclusiveness, food system transformation and policies which contributed to develop a strong framework of inclusive transformation of food system from social innovation perspective.

Social Innovations and the Mountain Economy: The Case of 100% Valposchiavo and Its Influence on Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises

This article examines how social innovations influence the economic growth orientation of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in mountain regions. Social innovations can help mountain regions solve local challenges by creating novel ideas to improve the situation. This, in turn, can have various effects on the mountain economy. However, there is still no consensus on the ways in which social innovations create economic impulses such as economic growth or even economic growth independence. This article aims to improve our understanding of social innovations and their impact on the local mountain economy. We examine the 100% Valposchiavo initiative, which aims to close regional value chains by bringing together economic actors in agriculture, production, and hospitality in a Swiss mountain region. In particular, the article examines the evolution of the initiative and its impact on local SMEs. We employed the novel method of innovation biographies and conducted narrative and guided interviews to examine the ways in which the initiative evolved and what its effects are on participating SMEs. The results show that 100% Valposchiavo induced potential growth effects through its focus on increased collaboration, whereas (re)localization created growth-independent effects. Some companies are growth dependent because of higher demand, junior management, modernization efforts, or a fast-growing market. The growth-independent companies pursue this strategy through personal contacts, their corporate philosophy, their management age, or their business form. Our study adds a postgrowth perspective to the discussion around the role of social innovations in mountain economies.

The role of social innovation in tackling global poverty and vulnerability.

Tackling the rapid rise in global poverty is one of the most pressing challenges the world faces today, especially in this new age of turbulence. On top of the ongoing environmental crisis, the last fifteen years has been rocked by the financial crisis of 2007-8, compounded by the 2020 Covid-pandemic and then by the 2022 war in Ukraine, each of which has negatively impacted all aspects of sustainable development. Although in practice many development organizations have been using the methods and processes of social innovation to tackle poverty and vulnerability for many years, it is only recently that they have specifically begun to analyse and codify its contribution to these and other SDGs. Social innovation provides beneficial social outcomes for citizens and other actors, often at local level with the strong bottom-up involvement of civil society and through its cross-actor, cross-sector, cross-disciplinary and cross-cutting strengths. Importantly, it aims to empower those with a social need, particularly when they have little to begin with. It focuses on increasing the beneficiaries' own agency and capability rather than passively only relying on others to act on their behalf. This is done by transforming social relationships and developing new collaborative processes. Amongst a wide range of recent and contemporary sources, this paper analyses a large scale quantitative and qualitative global survey of social innovations that tackle poverty and vulnerability in different global regions. It examines various definitions of poverty, including extreme, absolute and relative measures as well as arguably more useful approaches like the Multidimensional Poverty Index. It proposes how social innovation should be recalibrated to meet the increasing threats of the new age of turbulence, including by deploying the sociological lens of the agency-structure dichotomy to show why the public sector needs to become involved more proactively in social innovation. It also looks at certain myths around poverty and vulnerability, examines why we need to revise our understanding of sustainable development and resilience, and why a new nexus approach is needed that combines SDG1 with other strongly related SDGs.

Sustainable Global Citizenship: A Critical Realist Approach

The current crisis of unsustainability has renewed academic interest in sustainable global citizenship. Classical approaches to this type of citizenship have turned out to be quite abstract, utopian, and naive. This article is a theoretical reflection on sustainable global citizenship from a critical realist perspective, with the aim of bringing realism and pragmatism to the personal and social transformations necessary to achieve sustainability. The contribution of this work consists of the proposal of a conceptual framework that is structured by the following five key dimensions of citizenship: governance, status, social-ecological systems, social conscience, and engagement. These dimensions have been interpreted and described from two core ideas of critical realism: the position-practice system and the seven-scalar laminated system. The main conclusions are that agency-structure dualism requires more comprehensive approaches that integrate self-awareness of all the components that intervene in the autonomous decision to act, and that include personal capabilities, the desire and motivation to get engaged, and the real possibility of participating determined by the social context and the personal situation. It is also necessary to increase the number of types of agencies, especially with the recognition of the group as a key entity. The resolution of the dichotomy on state-global scale relationships can be articulated by differentiating between government and governance, and the role of social innovation in the latter.

The role of social innovation in the development of the energy sector

The role of social innovation in the development of the energy sector

The role of social innovation in public organisations

The role of social innovation in public organisations

Social innovations as a new model of interaction between self-government and self-organization of the populationм

Relevance of the research topic. Social innovations are an effective tool for the introduction of social values that provide a new format of social interaction of social actors of sustainable development. Innovations are studied in various spheres of social practice and are understood as socio-cultural phenomena that come from the economic and technological plane. Problem statement. Despite some developments in the study of social innovation, there is a need to move to a new theoretical understanding of the phenomenon of "social innovation", which arises in response to understanding the role of innovation in the model of interaction of self-government and self-organization, as a tool for prompt resolution and smoothing of the consequences of modern socio-economic problems. Analysis of recent research and publications. The relationship of the phenomenon of innovation with the economic development of society, identified by N. D. Kondratiev and J. A. Schumpeter, encouraged the study of innovation as a complex process structured from the stage of basic research to practical application. Further understanding of the concept of "innovation" was proposed by S. Kuznets, who showed that innovation in addition to the technological aspect, have a social - new technologies cause social change (institutional, ideological, etc.). Modern forms of social innovation in the context of sustainable development strategy was studied by D. Antonyuk, who cites the results of their application in the leading countries of the world in order to ensure qualitative change in society. V. Geets, exploring the role of socialization and social innovation in the interaction of business and the state, focused on ensuring social interaction at the macro level by ensuring cooperation in uniting people in a variety of groups, communities to perform actions conditioned by life. T. Kuz emphasizes the establishment of partnerships through social innovations, constructive dialogue between government, business, self-government and self-organization of the population in order to increase the effectiveness of their cooperation. Selection of unexplored parts of the general problem. To date, there is no single approach in the scientific community to the definition of the term "social innovation", which covers a significant part of society. The role of social innovations in the model of effective interaction of self-government bodies and self-organization of the population, as well as the forms of their manifestation are insufficiently covered. Problem statement, research goals. The above circumstances determine the feasibility of determining the role and effective forms of social innovation in the interaction and cooperation of stakeholders for the development of communities and territories. Method and methodology of research. The set of methods of empirical and theoretical research (analysis and synthesis, abstract-logical, generalization and system analysis) in the process of research was used. Presentation of the main material (results of work). A retrospective analysis of the formation of the phenomenon of social innovation, the author's definition of the term "social innovation", the main tools for the development of social innovation and current areas of their use. It is noted that social innovations as new ways of human interaction in the form of supporting positive initiatives, personal projects, training and skills development of volunteers intensify the development of local communities by establishing a wide network of horizontal and vertical relationships between social attractors. Field of application of results. The obtained results can be used in the self-government bodies of territorial communities in order to increase the effectiveness of stakeholder interaction in the process of achieving sustainable development goals. Conclusions. Today in Ukraine the introduction of social innovations in management processes is in its infancy, there is virtually no experience of self-organized structures and their interaction with self-government bodies, which requires improvement of volunteer management, dissemination and development of fundraising and crowdfunding, creation of social clusters for human innovation, which is focused on sustainable development.

Analysing the impact of organisation’s dual mission on the development of social projects and innovation

PurposeHow does organisational mission affect the development of social entrepreneurship and social innovation? Based on the theoretical perspective of social innovation, the aim of this paper is to empirically analyse the impact of the organisation’s dual mission (social and economic) on social entrepreneurship and social innovation, as well as to discover the effect of the latter on the performance of organisations.Design/methodology/approachUsing data from 213 social economy firms, the authors conduct an empirical test of hypotheses using structural equation modelling.FindingsThe empirical study shows that an organisation’s dual mission (social and economic) has a positive effect on social entrepreneurship. However, the results suggest that the creation of social innovations is based more on social dimensions than on the economic interest of companies. The results also confirm that companies willing to embark on social projects can develop new products or services that address social needs.Originality/valueThe findings not only supply empirical evidence that helps clarify the effects of economic and social missions on organisational performance but they also offer guidance to companies on the role of social innovation in strengthening organisations.

UNTAPPED ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGES: THE MISSING LINKAGES IN SUPPORTING THE GROWTH OF GRASSROOTS ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Investing at the grassroots level is an essential intervention to achieve the goals that the international and national communities have set in terms of sustainable development. However, substantial performance remains the concern of the many developing countries in establishing a strong strategy on education in supporting grassroots economies. The general objective of this paper is to engage in discussion on how the country's strategy is designed to meet the intended results in supporting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through entrepreneurship at the grassroots level. The specific objectives first will focus on critical analysis on the level of matching of the designed strategy and the implementation and secondly on the role of social innovations and the motivations of social entrepreneurs in supporting socioeconomic progress and employment creation. The paper outlined key issues from Malaysia and Zanzibar experiences using a qualitative approach. The findings indicate that in Zanzibar the grassroots entrepreneurs were dominated by weak education, mindset, and traditional experiences in transforming their practices using emerged innovation initiatives, there is also a weak government initiative on innovative measures and a lacks policy initiatives. While in Malaysia the grassroots entrepreneurs failed to use the existing opportunities of the STI initiative to transform themselves into global and regional opportunities. It is suggested that to realize the effective role of entrepreneurship in supporting SGD's goals in employment, quality life, and poverty reduction, there is a need for a paradigm shift to support entrepreneurship education which will support socio-economic development at all levels.

Mediating the Role of Social Innovation in the Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Corporate Reputation "An Empirical Study on Customers of Private Universities in the Arab Republic of Egypt"

Mediating the Role of Social Innovation in the Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Corporate Reputation "An Empirical Study on Customers of Private Universities in the Arab Republic of Egypt"

Making the Prevention of Homelessness a Priority: The Role of Social Innovation

AbstractMass homelessness emerged in Canada in the wake of neoliberal policies that reduced government production of housing and other supportive measures. Efforts to reduce homelessness have occurred in three stages: 1) an emergency response in the 1990s that consisted mostly of investment in shelters, soup kitchens, and day programs, 2) the implementation of community plans to end homelessness, combined with the adoption of Housing First as a strategy that seeks to provide reliable shelter as a first step to anyone without it, followed by other remedial services, and 3) the recent development in Canada of early intervention strategies to prevent homelessness from its inception. The second stage was highly successful in dealing with the situation of chronically homeless adults, and many communities have begun to see reductions in homelessness. However effective, this approach does not break the cycle by intercepting potentially homeless individuals in their youth, which is when it begins for many people. Canada is at the beginning stages of the move towards a stronger focus on prevention, aided by a social innovation agenda to identify, design, test, and evaluate preventive interventions to determine which ones will be most strategically effective, setting the stage for implementation and going to scale.

СОЦІАЛЬНІ ІННОВАЦІЇ ЯК СКЛАДОВА ДЕРЖАВНОЇ СОЦІАЛЬНОЇ ПОЛІТИКИ

The article considers the theoretical foundations of social innovations. The views of Ukrainianand foreign scientists on the nature of social innovations are given. Social innovation is: 1) theformation of new ideas, strategies, concepts, organizations, forms of organizations; 2) the processPressing problems of public administration 2(58)/2020 221Social and humanitarian policyof change (new decisions), long-term social change of non-standard solutions to social problems,the development of structures, principles, practices; 3) changes in behavior, preferences of people,in the processes of influencing change, in regulation, policy, organizational structures and practices.It is proved that social innovations can have four definitions: a new solution to a social problem;innovative product, the use of which can affect the solution of a social problem; the way of spreadingsocial innovation; uniqueness of social innovation. Examples of social innovations in the educationalsphere are presented. The role of social innovations in the state social policy is determined.For the effective existence of social innovations, it is necessary to manage them. In this regard,it should be noted that when defining the concept of “management of social innovation” it is necessaryto take into account many approaches to management (situational, factorial, etc. approaches). At thesame time, social innovation should be considered as a component of social policy.1. Social innovation or innovative direction of social development is the process ofimplementation of social innovation in the state. This is a new social offer for a certain society, a newrelationship between members of society. The basis of social innovation is not technical innovations,new methods of interaction between members of society, new criteria for their behavior, actions,state of the social environment.2. The introduction of social innovation involves a certain course of action based on the studyof the features of social innovation as a component of social development. If we analyze the principleof action of the innovator in terms of social and technological innovation, it becomes clear that hisactions will be determined by the specifics of social innovation as a component of social development.3. The specificity of social innovation as a component of social development is determined mainlyby the fact that social innovation is not related to technology and technology. The main differencebetween social and technological innovations is in the new actions of the innovator, which are based onfundamentally new principles. The effect of technological innovation is primarily to increase productivity,the effect of social innovation is to achieve a social effect that is difficult to measure mathematically.This is primarily an increase in the level of satisfaction with the social benefits of society.4. Social innovations are accompanied by a number of actions of the subjects of innovation,namely:‑ the presence of positive social effects from social innovations that need to be shown tosociety;‑ elimination of negative effects from the implementation of social innovations;‑ analysis of the legal status of innovation through the definition of regulatory and legal supportfor the implementation of social innovation;‑ analysis of the emergence of disputes in society caused by the emergence of socialinnovations.

The role of social innovation for a knowledge-based local development: insights from the literature review

This paper presents a comprehensive structured literature review of papers published with a focus on 'social innovation for knowledge-based local development'. The papers published in journals in the range 1997-2019 are analysed to derive insights and implications about the role of social innovation for local development according to a knowledge-based perspective. The analysis of the literature highlights the lack of a homogenous investigation of the relationships between social innovation and knowledge-based local development. However, findings show the growing importance of the theme and underline some relevant research streams: 1) Dynamics of social innovation for territorial development; 2) Promoting participatory development processes for interactive learning, networking and knowledge exchange; and 3) The role of institutions to promote, sustain and develop knowledge-based territorial development systems. The paper concludes with a discussion of the open questions for future research.

The role of social innovation in negotiations about recreational infrastructure in forests – A mountain-bike case study in Switzerland

In the last two decades public pressure for infrastructure provision, such as mountain-bike trails, has increased and led to illegal trail constructions in some Swiss forests. This article investigates the role Social Innovation (SI) plays in successful negotiations (e.g. to legalize existing illegal mountain-bike trails) between the many interest groups and the challenges involved in these negotiations. Such challenges include how negotiating stakeholders deal with issues of liability, financing, forest and infrastructure maintenance, and environmental and landscape protection. We understand SI as a reconfiguration of social practices in response to societal challenges leading to enhanced outcomes for societal well-being and the necessary engagement of civil society. Based on two in-depth case studies of mountain-bike trails in rural areas of Switzerland, the article analyses the role SI plays in increasing the benefits of forest-based recreation for providers and users. Our findings suggest that in the forestry sector, SI plays a vital role in meeting social needs (e.g. enhancing forest-based recreation). Additionally, the findings indicate that without SI, the trails would not exist, increasing financial pressure on the region (e.g. high costs for managing recreational forests and for the provisioning of forest-based recreational infrastructure).

Цільові орієнтири сталого розвитку людського капіталу в умовах побудови інноваційної економіки

The article identifies the need for Ukraine’s transition to a model of sustainable development, which is caused by the transformational changes that took place in the domestic economy during the years of independence. The role of social innovations in using human capital and increasing its competitiveness in the context of sustainable development has been determined. It is proved that the innovation economy plays an important role in the modernization of the national economy of Ukraine and confronting the global crisis. Creative industries produce goods and services, including ideas, which then become resources for the innovation process and other economic activities of the Ukrainian economy, both in a scientific and technological sense. It is proved that creative human capital is the driving force of modern innovative economy of Ukraine.

Connecting corporations and communities: Towards a theory of social inclusive open innovation

Despite pervasiveness of the market forces and supplementary role of the state and in some cases, even civil society organisations, there are unmet social needs which remain unaddressed by the existing institutions. With industrial growth becoming jobless, the need for new models of social innovation is being felt all around the world to provide jobs to the youth, skills for the new economy and entrepreneurial opportunities for transforming resources and skills. The persistence of some of these unmet needs (also referred as wicked problems sometimes) or unaddressed problems for a long time shows that the existing institutional arrangements are inadequate for the purpose. Innovations are imperative. A socio-ecological system that recognizes and rewards innovation can withstand many external shocks, provided it is agile and innovates quickly to remain responsive to emergent challenges (Anderies, Janssen, & Ostrom. Ecology and society, 9(1)2004).Whether corporations will follow an open innovation approach to blend grassroots ideas and innovations with their expertise in a reciprocal, responsible and respectful manner (Gupta et al., Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 2: 16, 2016) is still an open question. The design of appropriatemanufacturing and frugal supply chain will then become closely linked with other features of open innovation ecosystem. The debate on the role of social innovation in multi-stakeholder context in European focused on how these innovations fostered trust among different actors and influenced policy (Defourny and Nyssens. Social Enterprise Journal 4: 202–228, 2008).In this paper, we describe the market and social forces which influence the emergence of social innovations through various processes. We then look into the evolutionary pathways for social innovations (Mulgan, Innovations 1: 145–162, 2006), to avoid inertia and spur initiatives to bridge the social gap in an inclusive manner through mobilization of youth in particular. The ecosystem for social open innovations provides scope for connecting corporations and communities (Herrera, 2015; Gibson-Graham and Roelvink, Social innovation for community economies: how, 2013). Following the theory of reciprocal and responsible open innovation systems (Gupta et al., Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 2: 16, 2016), we explore the way barriers are overcome on the way to reach the base of economic pyramid [BOEP] customer. Technological adaptability and institutional or market adaptability are explored to understand how communities get empowered to deal with corporations through an open innovation platform. The corporations need to be empowered to understand the decision heuristics followed by grassroots and community frugal innovators (Gupta, Innovations 1: 49–66, 2006). Just as communities need to be empowered to negotiate fair and just exchange relationship with corporations (Honey Bee Network, 1990–2017).Finally, we conclude with the recommendations based on the experiences of grassroots innovators that can enrich both social innovations and social enterprises following commercial as well as social business models for meeting the unmet needs of the disadvantage section of the society.

Rural Marginalisation and the Role of Social Innovation; A Turn Towards Nexogenous Development and Rural Reconnection

AbstractRural development in Europe is a long‐standing issue that has been supported through EU policies in various ways. The effects of rural development have been uneven, and differences between well‐to‐do and marginal rural areas have been increasing both across and within countries. This process is reinforced by the current financial crisis. Recently, social innovation has been introduced as the new panacea for realising development and growth while, at the same time, warranting social inclusion and counteracting social inequality. A central question of this article is whether social innovation may help to effectively fight rural marginalisation, why that could be the case and what conditions then must be met. Three examples of rural social innovation are used to distil specific features of social innovation and compare them with other concepts and approaches to rural development. Rural social innovation is distinctive in its dependence on civic self‐reliance and self‐organisation due to austerity measures and state withdrawal, and its cross‐sectoral and translocal collaborations. This article concludes that it is time to go beyond earlier ideas of exogenous versus (neo‐)endogenous development and introduces the idea of nexogenous development with socio‐political reconnection as an engine of revitalisation.