Social innovation : blurring boundaries to reconfigure markets

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Social innovation : blurring boundaries to reconfigure markets

edited by Alex Nicholls and Alex Murdock

Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Focusing on social innovation broadly conceived in the context of social entrepreneurship and social enterprise in their global context this book is organised to address three of the most important themes in social innovation: strategies and logics, performance measurement and governance, and finally, sustainability and the environment.

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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

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