Another Look at Social Innovation: From Community - For Community

Peter Jenner; Lisa Daniel

doi:10.1016/j.ijis.2022.04.001

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Another Look at Social Innovation: From Community - For Community

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Another Look at Social Innovation: From Community - For Community

Peter Jenner and Lisa Daniel

International Journal of Innovation Studies, Vol.6(2), pp.92-101

2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijis.2022.04.001

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Abstract

Social change

Social innovation

Community markets

Community development

social change

Social innovation (SI) continues to raise scholars' and policymakers' interest as a potential panacea for social disenfranchisement and civic dysfunction. What is troubling is diverse perspectives of SI abound, creating inconsistencies in methodological approaches which confound theory development. This paper clarifies that discussion by considering the locus of initiation and locus of benefit as informing characteristics that differentiate grounded social innovation from other types of well-recognized socially beneficent endeavors. The notion of ‘from community – for community’ is presented to aid understanding of the unique nature of authentically grounded social innovation. This paper is significant as it presents a practical approach to help researchers and practitioners consider where opportunities for targeted policy support, institutional involvement, and agency action can aid community development and wellbeing.

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Title: Another Look at Social Innovation: From Community - For Community
Authors: Peter Jenner (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative Industries
Lisa Daniel (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative Industries
Publication details: International Journal of Innovation Studies, Vol.6(2), pp.92-101
Publisher: Ke Ai Publishing Communications Ltd.
Date published: 2022
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijis.2022.04.001
ISSN: 2096-2487
Copyright note: © 2022 China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. Publishing services by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Organisation Unit: School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Indigenous Services - Legacy; USC Business School - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99629338402621
Output Type: Journal article

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