On The Economics Of Social Innovation A Conceptual Framework And Its Policy Implications
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On the Economics of Social Innovation - a Conceptual Framework and Its Policy Implications
Social innovations addressing social, economic and environmental challenges are increasingly recognized as crucial drivers of social changes and today represent an important target for innovation and related policies on national and international levels, including the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). However, the concept of social innovation remains vague. This paper builds a conceptual framework from an economic perspective: The main criterion for identifying a social innovation concerns the way the benefits generated by an innovation are distributed between the (private or public) innovator and society. We close the paper by an extensive discussion of the conceptual boundaries, the research agenda and the policy implications we can derive based on the framework.
The Economics of Social Innovation
This book addresses ‘the economics of social innovation’, a widely neglected topic in regional development. The chapters in this edited volume cover distinct but complementary and related aspects concerning the existing gap between the hitherto unexploited potential of social innovation in relation to socio-economic challenges that regions across Europe and globally face. Research on social innovation has gained momentum over the last decade, spurred notably by the growing interest in social issues related to policy making, public management and entrepreneurship in response to the grand challenges societies in Europe and worldwide face. Accelerated by the normative turn in research and innovation policies towards ‘missions’, social innovation is nowadays a central element on policy agendas, from the urban and regional level to the national and subnational level of the European Commission and the OECD. However, for social innovations to unfold their full potential a better understanding of underlying mechanisms, processes and impacts is necessary. The first three chapters focus on framework conditions and characteristics of social innovation. The following two chapters emphasise the determinants of social innovation and translocal empowerment. In the last part, attention is devoted to social innovation in specific fields such as health care and greening society, and social innovations’ transformative potential. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal, European Planning Studies.
Innovation and Evolution in Higher Education
Higher education fulfills vital functions in talent cultivation, scientific research, social service, and innovation. Its innovation and transformation play a critical role in societal development. In recent years, countries around the world have been actively exploring effective pathways for the innovation and transformation of higher education. This book capitalizes on this momentum, summarizing the theoretical and practical advancements concerning higher education reform and innovation in various countries and regions. It emphasizes the significance of higher education in regional development, how the learning sciences lead to talent cultivation in higher education, and the theories and practices of student development in higher education, providing valuable insights into higher education reform and innovation.