Theories of Social Innovation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Theories of Social Innovation write by Danielle Logue. This book was released on 2019. Theories of Social Innovation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. As we grapple with how to respond to some of the world’s most pressing problems, such as inequality, poverty and climate change, there is growing global interest in ‘social innovation’ as a potential solution. But what exactly is ‘social innovation’? This book describes three ways to theorise social innovation when seeking to manage and organize for both social and economic progress.
Challenge Social Innovation
Challenge Social Innovation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Challenge Social Innovation write by Hans-Werner Franz. This book was released on 2012-12-13. Challenge Social Innovation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In recent years, social innovation has experienced a steep career. Numerous national governments and large organisations like the OECD, the European Commission and UNESCO have adopted the term. Social innovation basically means that people adopt new social practices in order to meet social needs in a different or more effective way. Prominent examples of the past are the Red Cross and the social welfare state or, at present, the internet 2.0 transforming our communication and cooperation schemes, requiring new management concepts, even empowering social revolutions. The traditional concept of innovation as successful new technological products needs fundamental rethinking in a society marked by knowledge and services, leading to a new and enriched paradigm of innovation. There is multiple evidence that social innovation will become of growing importance not only concerning social integration, equal opportunities and dealing with the greenhouse effects but also with regard to preserving and expanding the innovative capacity of companies and societies. While political authorities stress the social facets of social innovation, this book also encompasses its societal and systemic dimensions, collecting the scientific expertise of renowned experts and scholars from all over the world. Based on the contributions of the first world-wide science convention on social innovation from September 2011 in Vienna, the book provides an overview of scientific approaches to this still relatively new field. Forewords by Agnès HUBERT (Member of the Bureau of European Policy Advisers (BEPA) of the European Commission) and Antonella Noya (Senior Policy Analyst at OECD, manager of the OECD LEED Forum on Social Innovations)
Perspectives and Theories of Social Innovation for Ageing Population
Perspectives and Theories of Social Innovation for Ageing Population - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Perspectives and Theories of Social Innovation for Ageing Population write by Andrzej Klimczuk. This book was released on 2020-03-25. Perspectives and Theories of Social Innovation for Ageing Population available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Cooperatives and Social Innovation
Cooperatives and Social Innovation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Cooperatives and Social Innovation write by D. Rajasekhar. This book was released on 2020-10-27. Cooperatives and Social Innovation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book discusses social innovations by cooperatives from the Asia and Pacific region. Social innovations emerge when the state and market in developing countries find it difficult to solve problems such as poverty, hunger, ill health, poor education systems, inadequate drinking water and poor sanitation. These countries also face barriers to economic growth such as climate change, poor governance, unequal opportunities and social exclusion. This volume therefore addresses the following questions. What are the distinctive features of social innovations by cooperatives? How social innovations bring in changes in the process and outcome of development? After presenting theories of social innovation and a critical review of cooperatives and social innovation, the book presents 15 chapters on social innovations by cooperatives in the Asia Pacific region. These social innovations are related to health insurance, community based tourism, disaster response, climate smart agriculture, use of social media for youth empowerment, training for the emergence of second-line leaders in cooperatives, social inclusion through innovative finance, profitable marketing of organic produce to strengthen economic status of small farmers, digital auction and value addition for income security of farmer members, collaboration between cooperative members and workers for the mutual benefit, worker cooperatives, women leadership and participation, building union-cooperative partnership in finance and rating of cooperatives to promote transparency and accountability. A chapter on innovative services of cooperatives during the time of Covid19 is also included. This volume will be quite significant for co-operators, researchers, teachers, practitioners and policy-makers at the global level. The theme is relevant for international development community and national cooperatives with concern for their communities, which is the seventh cooperative principle of International Cooperative Alliance and the Sustainable Development Goal of the UN.
Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Social Entrepreneurship write by Ryszard Praszkier. This book was released on 2011-10-10. Social Entrepreneurship available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Social Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice is about the creative ways in which social entrepreneurs solve pressing and insurmountable social problems. Theories of social change are presented to help demystify the 'magic' of making an immense, yet durable and irreversible, social impact. Utilizing case studies drawn from various fields and all over the world, the authors document how social entrepreneurs foster bottom-up change that empowers people and societies. They also review the specific personality traits of social entrepreneurs and introduce the new kind of leadership they represent. This book will be valuable to undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, while remaining accessible to non-academic readers thanks to its clear language, illustrative case studies and guidelines on how to become a successful social entrepreneur.
