This document discusses social innovation and social entrepreneurship. It defines social innovation as novel solutions that meet social needs or solve common problems in an inclusive way that creates new social relationships. Social innovation and social entrepreneurship overlap but have different focuses and implications for support structures. Examples of global support include social innovation offices in the US and EU programs. The example of Yalla Trappan, a social enterprise in Sweden, is provided that employs immigrant women through catering, design, and cleaning services, growing from 5 to 30 employees from 2010 to 2015. Social innovation is also discussed in relation to sustainability.

1. Social Innovation &
social entrepreneurship
Fredrik Björk
Malmö University

2. Civil society
market government
Social innovation & social entrepreneurship:
Cross-sector relationships/collaborations
Separation and disconnect seen as
fundamental problem

3. Social Innovation def. - Core elements
• Novelty
• Impact
• Social (societal) need
• Improvement
• Inclusive/participative (role of civil society)
• From grass-roots initiatives to systemic change
(institutional arrangements as well as norms
and values)
• new approaches and solutions to social needs
or common problems that are implemented
in and impact society. Social innovations are
inclusive and create new social relationships
or collaborations
• (Agenda for a Swedish Ecosystem for social
innovation, 2014)

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Invention Innovation

5. Social innovation or social entreprenurship?
• Partly overlapping
concepts
• Different focus?
• Different implications
for different parts of the
support
structure/regulative
framework
• Research - Policy

6. Global concept
• US: Office for social innovation and public
participation
• EU: Policy instruments and programs
• Wide movement of grass-roots initiatives, largely
globally connected
• Increasingly also within business & government
(Public innovation)
Source:
Google
nGram

7. Example: Yalla Trappan
• Work integrated social enterprise
• Immigrant women – unemployed,
long-term sick leave; many low
proficiency Swedish language
• Building on the skills and knowledge
of the women
• First as projects (2004-2010);
2010: 5 employees
2015: 30 employes – earned income
500 000 EURO/year
• Catering/design/cleaning services
• Business partnerships – IKEA,
smaller businesses with design
focus, public authorities, civ society
Social innovation –
social entreprenurship
[spiral]

8. Social innovation and sustainability
• Social innovations - > innovations that aim for
increased sustainability
• Not only ”vulnerable groups”!