Innovation sociale, les enjeux de la diffusion

Bucolo, Elisabetta; Fraisse, Laurent; Moisset, Pierre

doi:10.3917/sopr.031.0001

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“…The analysis presented here makes it possible to explore some of the mechanisms for scaling social innovation, which are little covered by existing theories of transition, and even less so at the theoretical level in the literature on social innovation (Bucolo et al, 2015). Indeed, the approach through networks of these two initiatives calls for further study of the relationship chains since these chains convey values and ways of acting that can influence other territories as well as encompassing institutions.…”

Section: A First Approach To Scaling Mechanismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation and development in agricultural and food systems

Faure¹,

Chiffoleau²,

Goulet³

et al. 2018

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Much more than a fashionable notion or buzzword, innovation has become a key issue for companies, policies and, more generally, society. In the Global North as in the Global South, innovating, i.e. introducing a novelty in an economic and social environment, appears more than ever as a factor of competitiveness for enterprises, leading to cost reductions, improved productivity or product quality, or the creation of new markets in a context of globalized competition (Porter and Heppelmann, 2014). In an extension of Schumpeter's (1934) work, innovation is more widely reaffirmed as a source of macroeconomic growth, at the heart now of a 'knowledge economy', deriving value from creativity, learning and communication (Foray, 2004; Stiglitz and Greenwald, 2014). It is also put forward as a solution to the problems generated by economic development itself, especially in the ecological, energy and food fields, leading to what Callon et al. (2015) call a regime of the economy of techno-scientific promises. Finally, across frontiers opened up by new technologies, in the digital and biotechnology fields for example, innovation is envisaged as the possible catalyst of a more radical social transformation, moving the world towards increased knowledge sharing (Rifkin, 2011), transhumanism (Ferry, 2016) and a break with the current forms of capitalism (Latouche, 2006). Of course, critical points of view question this craze for innovation (Godin and Vinck, 2017; Petit, 2015). Both creative and destructive, innovation can lead to social exclusion, destroy jobs and businesses, result in monopolies and misappropriations, and generate new technical and societal risks that need to be understood and addressed (Joly et al., 2015; Temple et al., 2018). But these critics often end up relying on the notion of innovation itself to suggest, or sometimes rehabilitate, alternative paths or avenues of resistance, for example through innovations qualified as 'social' or 'frugal'. Whether in the scientific, political, industrial arenas, or more broadly those of entrepreneurship and the media, innovation appears as a notion that is open to analysis, encouragement and criticism regarding societal changes. But it is also capable of underpinning the transformations of our contemporary societies. This primacy of innovation seems to have won over every corner of society, attracting attention, debate and engagement in all its economic sectors. It is in this context that this book presents contemporary perspectives on innovation in one of these sectors: agriculture and food. Several books and collection of studies have helped shed light on the issue of innovation in agriculture from different disciplinary and geographical perspectives (

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Section: A First Approach To Scaling Mechanismsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation and development in agricultural and food systems

Faure¹,

Chiffoleau²,

Goulet³

et al. 2018

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“…Une première approche des mécanismes du changement d'échelle L'analyse proposée ici permet d'explorer certains des mécanismes du changement d'échelle de l'innovation sociale, lesquels restent peu explicités dans les théories de la transition, et encore peu théorisés dans la littérature sur l'innovation sociale (Bucolo et al, 2015). En effet, l'approche des deux initiatives par les réseaux appelle à approfondir les chaînes relationnelles à travers lesquelles sont véhiculées des valeurs ou des façons de faire qui vont influencer d'autres territoires ainsi que les institutions englobantes.…”

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