Towards Advancing Understanding of Social Innovation

Anne Bruin ()
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Anne Bruin: Massey University School of Economics and Finance

A chapter in Challenge Social Innovation, 2012, pp 367-377 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This paper advances understanding of social innovation on two fronts. First it reflects on the role and responsibility of researchers in advancing social innovation and traces the purpose and activities of the New Zealand Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Centre to illustrate how academic institutes might catalyze social innovation. Second, it highlights parallel discourses following either more micro- or macro-level leanings. At the micro level, accompanying a growing literature on social entrepreneurship is an embedded discussion on social innovation linked to innovations by social entrepreneurs. More overarching research centres on broad processes of innovation, implications of a new innovation paradigm and social innovations concerning societal issues. Bringing these two research streams closer and bridging dichotomous micro-macro perspectives, is necessary for a holistic view of innovation that recognizes social innovation as a crucial facet of innovation systems.

Keywords: Problem Gambling; Restorative Justice; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneur; Social Innovation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32879-4_22

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