 Involvement of multinational corporations in social innovation: Exploring an emerging phenomenonChristine Holmström Lind, Olivia Kang, Anna Ljung and Paul Rosenbaum Journal of Business Research, 2022, vol. 151, issue C, 207-221 Abstract: While studies on social innovation (SI) have expanded significantly, our understanding of multinational corporations (MNCs) in the “social” innovation arena remains in its infancy. Through a systematic literature review, we consolidate and examine literature linking the MNC with the ongoing discussion of SI based activities. Based on a qualitative content analysis of 60 articles, this review explores how the MNC is portrayed with regard to its involvement in SI. The analysis identifies a fragmented view of MNCs involvement in SI and reveals a variety of theoretical approaches and conceptualisations in prior research. Our review presents a framework of ‘MNC involvement in SI’ encompassing: differentiated conceptualisations, a dual value approach, five generic MNC roles, proactive and/or responsive motives, and specific barriers connected to the involvement in SI activities. From this, we suggest a number of implications for theory and practice as well as some directions for future research. Keywords: Social innovation; Corporate social innovation; MNC; Innovation; CSR; Cross-sector relationships (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:151:y:2022:i:c:p:207-221 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.07.003 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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