The social innovation continuum: Towards addressing definitional ambiguity

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dc.contributor.authorde Bruin AM
dc.contributor.authorStangl LM
dc.coverage.spatialBelgium, Europe
dc.date.available1/07/2013
dc.date.finish-date4/07/2013
dc.date.issued1/07/2013
dc.date.start-date2/07/2013
dc.description.abstractFrom a social problem-solution springboard, this paper develops a framework to capture the breadth and fluidity of social innovation within the contemporary landscape of innovation. The social innovation continuum advanced in the paper reconciles incremental, institutional and disruptive social innovations that vary in their scalability and impact. A novel notion of hybrid innovation extends the mainstream perspective of social innovation, to encompass science and technology innovations that are predominantly profit driven but can have an enormous impact on solving specific social problems of global significance. Consideration is also given to how associated social entrepreneur and entrepreneurship and social enterprise frames fit in relation to the social innovation continuum. The flexible yet robust continuum framework is recommended as a route to overcome current definitional ambiguity as well as for extending the concept of social innovation.
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dc.description.publication-statusPublished online
dc.format.extentJan-17
dc.identifier.citation2013 EMES Proceedings, 2013, pp. 1 - 17
dc.identifier.elements-id238803
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/11154
dc.publisherEMES-SOCENT
dc.relation.isPartOf2013 EMES Proceedings
dc.rightsThe Authors
dc.source4th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise
dc.subjectsocial innovation continuum
dc.subjecthybrid innovation
dc.subjectproblem-solution
dc.subjectsocial value creation
dc.subjectsocial enterprise
dc.titleThe social innovation continuum: Towards addressing definitional ambiguity
dc.typeconference
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/Massey Business School
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/Massey Business School/School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/Massey Business School/School of Economics and Finance
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