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Innovation for Society: Towards a Typology of Developing Innovations by Social Entrepreneurs

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Social entrepreneurs develop important innovative solutions for complex societal challenges. This exploratory article provides a typology of different approaches by which social entrepreneurs develop such innovations. This typology is based on their engagement in anticipation, reflexivity, stakeholder inclusion and deliberation, responsiveness and knowledge management, during the development of their innovation. Following from quantitative analyses of data from self-assessment questionnaires and subsequent contextualization, the findings reveal four distinctive ways to successfully develop innovative solutions for societal problems. This article therefore contributes to our understanding of the innovation process by which social entrepreneurs develop social innovations.

Source: Journal of Social Entrepreneurship

DOI: 10.1080/19420676.2017.1410212

Authors: Rob Lubberink, Vincent Blok, Johan van Ophem, Gerben van der Velde, Onno Omta

Institution: Wageningen University & Research

Language: English

Topic: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: EIT Climate-KIC

Award: G7249972666