Social Innovation: Blurring Boundaries to Reconfigure Markets

By Alex Nicholls

Book Overview

The Nature of Social Innovation PART I: CONTEXT AND FRAMEWORKS The Theoretical Foundations of Social Innovation Considering Context: Social Innovation and Social Enterprise in Comparative Perspective The Loop, the Lens, and the Lesson: Using Resilience Theory to Examine Public Policy and Social Innovation The Limits of Economic Value in Measuring the Performance of Social Innovation PART II: STRATEGIES AND LOGICS Social Innovation in the Delivery of Public Services: Social Enterprises: Cooperation and Competition Agency in Social Innovation: Putting the 'Model of the Model' in the Agent The 'Porcupine in the Room': Socio-Religious Entrepreneurs and Innovators Within the Framework of Social Innovation Social Entrepreneurs in a Social Innovation Ecosystem PART III: SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION Socio-Ecological Innovation and Transformation Green Technology Implementation in Developing Countries: Opportunity Identification and Business Model Design When David Meets Goliath: Sustainable Entrepreneurship and the Evolution of Markets

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349327352
• ISBN13: 9781349327355
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"