Embedding social innovation process into the institutional context: Voids or supports

Türker, Duygu; Vural, Ceren Altuntaş

doi:10.1016/j.techfore.2017.03.019

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“…One strand of literature assumes that new socially responsible initiatives need strong and functioning institutional arrangements, where the government, markets and civil society create and maintain an enabling environment for innovations [36][37][38]. However, another strand of literature empirically shows that social innovation initiatives usually emerge in environments that are institutionally deficient [7,[39][40][41][42].…”

Section: The Role Of Social Innovations In Rural Areasmentioning

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“…The research field of this contribution is still in an embryonic phase. Only a few articles have currently been published that investigate how institutional factors affect and shape social innovation processes in the fragile contexts of emerging market economies [7,[40][41][42]. In fact, there are no empirical studies involving social innovation in rural sectors in Serbia.…”

Section: The Role Of Social Innovations In Rural Areasmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Examining social innovations, most of the literature focuses on social innovations in developed countries in Western contexts [47]. Such cases represent situations markedly different from those in developing or transition economies, where poverty, unemployment and diverse social problems are much more pronounced [7,[40][41][42] and are characterised by institutional voids [3,4].…”

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Responding to a number of longstanding challenges such as poverty, wide-ranging inequalities, environmental problems, and migration, requires new and creative responses that are often not provided by traditional governments. Social innovations can offer socio-ecological and economic solutions by introducing new practices that reduce social inequalities, disproportionate resource use and foster sustainable development. Understanding the role of social innovations is especially complicated in unstable institutional environments, e.g. in developing countries and countries in transition. This paper analyses nine social innovations in rural areas in Serbia, based on in-depth interviews and document analysis. This analysis reveals factors that facilitate or constrain social innovations whilst simultaneously identifying related formal and informal institutional voids, for example, poor law enforcement, a lack of adequate infrastructure, lack of trust, as well as norms and values that bolster patriarchal systems. The results that emerged from this research show that social innovations are operating in spite of these challenges and are facilitating improvements in a number of the aforementioned challenging areas. Some innovators engage in social entrepreneurship activities because of subsistence-oriented goals, while others follow idealistic or life-style oriented goals, thus creating new social values. Moving beyond these observations, this paper also identifies means to overcome institutional voids, such as creation of context-specific organisational structures, improved legal frameworks, and innovative financial mechanisms.

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Section: The Role Of Social Innovations In Rural Areasmentioning

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“…Third is “CSI as a response of new business models”; most firms invest greater resources in CSI in order to adapt their business model to market demands (Geissdoerfer, Vladimirova, & Steve Evans, ; Schaltegger et al, ). All internal and external stakeholders demand new business models that address their problems in a different way (Lozano, ; Turker & Altuntas, ). Business models in the energy sector are especially sensitive to CSI investments (see Hiteva & Sovacool, , for a review).…”

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“…Its impact on society and the concept itself are becoming important and fruitful subjects of research (Avelino et al, ; Cajaiba‐Santana, ; Igarashi & Okada, ; Neumeier, ; Segarra‐Oña, Peiró‐Signes, Albors‐Garrigós, & Miguel‐Molina, ). However, social innovation (SI) is a complex construct that lacks a unifying paradigm in the social sciences (Turker & Altuntas, ). We consider social innovation to include innovations by governments, firms, or individuals who contribute in new technological, environmental, and social ways to improving the quality of life for society while also generating sustainable economic benefits.…”

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The study draws from the literature on corporate social innovation (CSI) and financial performance and extends previous studies about this relationship. In addition, given the scant literature on corporate social innovation, the paper tries to generate a common framework for this topic. It proposes a definition and a measure of CSI. The measure aims to reflect the contribution that firms make to society in terms of innovation.The sample includes firm observations that cover 6-year longitudinal panel data, including 1,122 firms in 29 countries. Our findings confirm that firms invest their financial resources (mainly firm performance) in CSI but, instead of investing immediately, take at least 1 year to do so. Stakeholder engagement, the relevance of sustainable innovation business models, and social and environmental policies contribute to integrating CSI. Our study contributes to filling the gap in the literature on CSI and provides several implications for NGOs, managers, and policymakers.

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Embedding social innovation process into the institutional context: Voids or supports

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References 58 publications

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Sustainability performance measurement in risk and uncertainty management: An analysis of base of the pyramid supply chain literature

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