The document discusses social innovation and outlines five broad uses of the term: 1) social change and transformation, 2) social cohesion and empowerment, 3) social enterprise and social entrepreneurship, 4) business strategy and organizational management, and 5) new products, services and programmes. It also maps the field of social innovation and identifies different schools of thought and research traditions, including resilience studies, design studies, public administration, social entrepreneurship, socio-technical systems/transitions, social economy, third sector studies, and non-profit management.

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WHAT IS SOCIAL
INNOVATION?

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FIVE BROAD USES OF THE TERM
SOCIAL INNOVATION
Used to describe….
Social change and transformation • Macro processes of change and
transformation
• Role of civil society/social economy in social
change
• Longer term transitions
Social cohesion and empowerment • Process dimension of social innovation
• Governance and capacity building
• Social ties and inter-relationships between
actors
Social enterprise and social
entrepreneurship
• Role of individuals in creating social ventures
• Behaviours and attitudes related to social
enterprise
• Businesses focused on social objectives with
any surpluses re-invested
Business strategy and organisational
management
• Human, institutional and social capital
• Sustainability and effectiveness of non-profits
New products, services and
programmes
• Practice oriented
• New solutions to social needs

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MAPPING THE FIELD
Resilience
studies (e.g.
Waterloo
Institute)
Design studies
(e.g. DESIS)
Public
administration
(e.g. Kennedy
School of
Government)
Social
entrepreneurshi
p (e.g. INSEAD
and CASE at
Duke)
Socio-technical
systems/transitio
ns (e.g. SPRU)
Social economy
(e.g. EMES)
Third sector
studies (e.g.
TSRC)
Non-profit
management
(e.g. Stanford
Social Innovation
Review)
Schools of Thought/
Research Traditions
for
public and social
innovation

5. HOLD – DEFINITION SLIDE
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