Two Birds with One Stone: The Quest for Addressing Both Business Goals and Social Needs with Innovation

Candi, Marina; Melia, Monia; Colurcio, Maria

doi:10.1007/s10551-018-3853-y

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“…The cultural and social context where social innovation occurs promotes or hinders social innovation, as novelty-centered cultural values promote capabilities that support innovation, while efficiency-focused cultural values do not have significant effects [52]. In addition, context influences strategic flexibility during social innovation for firms to balance conflicting demands of different stakeholders in steering sustainable outcomes that meet criteria for user acceptance [53,54]. Therefore, the effectiveness of openness in innovation is determined by surrounding conditions in regulations, markets and technology [55].…”

Section: Social Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Innovation for Sustainability: The Case of Oil Producing Communities in the Niger Delta region

Omobhude

Chen

2019

Sustainability

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This study demonstrates how social innovation may engender development as well as peace in deep-rooted poverty and conflict regions in the Niger Delta context. By means of a qualitative study involving oil producing communities in the Niger Delta, this study identifies the dynamics, relevant actors and factors that foster social innovation, creating particular socio-economic outcomes, and contributes to the role of institutions in this context. Our findings suggest that active stakeholders’ engagement, facilitation and contributions from key actors significantly influences the quality of economic and social outcomes, but not necessarily environmental outcomes. This allows us to advance the theory on social innovation by analyzing the mechanisms through which social intervention processes may alter the lives of ordinary community members in areas where social and economic interventions are seriously required.

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Section: Social Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Innovation for Sustainability: The Case of Oil Producing Communities in the Niger Delta region

Omobhude

Chen

2019

Sustainability

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“…Thus, firms that pursue social innovation to create social value (Herrera, ) can expect favourable relationships with stakeholders and trust within the firm (Park et al, ). Candi et al () find a positive relationship between social innovation and customer acceptance and Eccles and Serafeim () argue that social innovation has the potential to improve business sustainability, which can increase competitive advantage (Fiorina, ; Urbancova, ).…”

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“…Pol and Ville (2009) argue that social innovation is in conflict with economic perspectives while van der Have and Rubalcaba (2016) argue that social innovation affects corporate identity and strategies, and employee engagement and motivation, as well as private and public interests. Thus, firms that pursue social innovation to create social value (Herrera, 2015) can expect favourable relationships with stakeholders and trust within the firm (Park et al, 2014). Candi et al (2018 find a positive relationship between social innovation and customer acceptance and Eccles and Serafeim (2013) argue that social innovation has the potential to improve business sustainability, which can increase competitive advantage (Fiorina, 2004;Urbancova, 2013).…”

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“…More specifically, we make three important contributions to theory and practice. First, there is a paucity of quantitative research examining the relationships between social responsibility and performance and, with a few notable exceptions (e.g., Candi, Melia, & Colurcio, ), between social innovation and performance (Mulgan, Tucker, Ali, & Sanders, ; Salim Saji & Ellingstad, ). Thus, our work contributes a valuable confirmation of current thinking using quantitative methods.…”

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Saying and doing: Social responsibility declared and applied

Sigurdsson

Candi

2019

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The purpose of this work is to examine the relationships between and among firms' commitment to social responsibility, their declarations—or reporting—on their social responsibility, the application of social responsibility in the form of social innovation, and customer acceptance. A research model drawing on the attributes of stakeholder theory is tested using data collected from 355 firms. The findings indicate that firms with commitments to social responsibility are likely to report on their social responsibility and are also likely to be engaged in social innovation. However, a negative relationship was found between reporting on social responsibility and social innovation. This highlights the importance of differentiating between saying and doing. Finally, social innovation was found to contribute to customer acceptance, while reporting on social responsibility was not. When it comes to social responsibility, it might be fair to say that “talk is cheap”, while social innovation “speaks louder than words”.

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“…Rooted in but differing from the business domain, social innovation is defined as “innovative activities and services that are motivated by the goal of meeting a social need” ( Mulgan, 2006 ) and as a novel solution for the social problem that is sustainable ( Phills et al, 2008 ). According to Candi et al (2019) , the social dimension of innovation can be classified into three streams: not-for-profit, hybrid, and business ethics. In the proposed education framework, instructors are free to choose the position according to their enterprise development support, culture, and perspective on civil society.…”

Section: The Sustainability-oriented Creativity Innovation and Entrmentioning

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The Development of a Sustainability-Oriented Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Education Framework: A Perspective Study

Shu

Huang

2020

Front. Psychol.

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Innovation can include creativity, innovation mechanisms, and entrepreneurship. The ability to innovate is an important indicator of economic and social development, and creativity is an educational indicator of learning effectiveness. This article explores creativity and innovation from an educational perspective and proposes a sustainabilityoriented creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education framework that uses creative problem solving. This framework contains four layers and three dimensions. The first layer concerns the thinker and basic structure, and the second layer contains the catalyst of sustainable development goals (SDGs). The third layer is the advanced structure of cultivating SDG thinkers. The final layer is the generation of students who will attempt to start up social enterprises. The three aspects apply the creative nature of diffuse thinking to social innovation; apply demand expansion to extend individual needs to societal needs; and apply educational goal development to encourage sustainability. We expect this framework, which can turn thinkers into doers through creativity and social innovation, to apply to different disciplines. This article provides suggestions for (1) designing curriculum in creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship education (CIE) for different education level and (2) transitioning technical and vocational education in developing economies on the road to sustainable development.

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Two Birds with One Stone: The Quest for Addressing Both Business Goals and Social Needs with Innovation

Cited by 43 publications

References 107 publications

Social Innovation for Sustainability: The Case of Oil Producing Communities in the Niger Delta region

Social Innovation for Sustainability: The Case of Oil Producing Communities in the Niger Delta region

Saying and doing: Social responsibility declared and applied

The Development of a Sustainability-Oriented Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Education Framework: A Perspective Study

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