Social innovation: Moving the field forward. A conceptual framework

Research on social innovation has gained momentum over the last decade, spurred notably by the growing interest in social issues related to management, entrepreneurship, and public management. Nevertheless, the boundaries of social innovation processes have not yet been completely defined, leaving c...

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Published in:Technological forecasting & social change Vol. 82; pp. 42 - 51
Main Author: Cajaiba-Santana, Giovany
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: New York Elsevier Inc 01.02.2014
Elsevier Science Ltd
Subjects:
Entrepreneurship
Frame analysis
Humanities and Social Sciences
Innovations
Institution
Institution building
Institutional theory
Public administration
Research design
Social change
Social conditions & trends
Social innovation
Social issues
Structuration
Structuration theory
Studies
Structuration theory
Institution
Institutional theory
Social innovation
Social change
ISSN:0040-1625, 1873-5509
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Summary:Research on social innovation has gained momentum over the last decade, spurred notably by the growing interest in social issues related to management, entrepreneurship, and public management. Nevertheless, the boundaries of social innovation processes have not yet been completely defined, leaving considerable space for contributions to both theory and practice. To date, research on social innovation has been polarized between agentic and structuralist approaches. Building on institutional and structuration theories, this article proposes bringing these two approaches together and presents a new conceptual framework to investigate social innovation as a driver of social change. •Social innovation as a driver of social change•Social innovation constructed through legitimated social actions•The role of institutions enabling and constraining social action•A model to guide future research based on institutional and structuration theories
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ISSN:0040-1625
1873-5509
DOI:10.1016/j.techfore.2013.05.008