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Evaluating Social Innovation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The philanthropic sector has been experimenting with innovative grantmaking in the hopes of triggering significant and sustainable change. FSG's latest research report, collaboratively written with the Center for Evaluation Innovation, challenges ...
Hallie Preskill, Tanya Beer
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Rethinking impact assessment in citizen science [PDF]

open access: yesARPHA Proceedings
Why are people still struggling with effectively demonstrating the wide and diverse impact of their citizen science activities? After many years of developing impact assessment frameworks, models, and guidelines it seems that capturing the manifold ...
Barbara Kieslinger   +3 more
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The Model of Creating Social Innovation in Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation with the Classical Grounded Theory Approach [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌های مدیریت عمومی, 2022
Social innovation as a new paradigm in the field of innovation creates social value, promotes greater welfare and develops capacities and capabilities and solves social challenges and social organizations are one of the most effective actors in creating ...
Ali Afrouznia   +3 more
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Social impact bonds: From social innovation to responsible finance innovation

open access: yesTrilogía Ciencia Tecnología Sociedad, 2015
social innovations are becoming an increasing drain on national public budgets and require new innovative policies. A financial instrument called Social Impact Bonds could be useful to overcome this barrier.
Pablo Matías Herrera
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A New Player for Tackling Inequalities? Framing the Social Value and Impact of the Maker Movement

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2020
The Maker Movement has raised great expectations towards its potential for tackling social inequalities by mediating technology-related skills to everybody. Are maker spaces new players for social inclusion in digital societies?
Elisabeth Unterfrauner   +3 more
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Environmental Management, Green Innovation, and Social–Open Innovation

open access: yesJournal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market and Complexity, 2021
The present study aims to determine the impact of green innovation (GI) on the overall performance of an organization while keeping the variable of environmental management (EM) as a moderator.
Pham Thu Huong   +5 more
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Social Innovation Capital [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Intellectual Capital, 2002
Current conceptions of how to measure and manage intellectual capital (IC) suffer from a failure to take “social capital” rigorously into account. This is a shortcoming of current thinking in the IC arena. Of particular concern is the absence of “social innovation capital” (SIC) from the scope of leading IC schemes.
openaire   +1 more source

Analysing the Social Innovation Process – The Methodology of Social Innovation Biographies

open access: yesEuropean Public & Social Innovation Review, 2017
The dynamics of social innovation processes are of a complex nature and an underdeveloped research field. Social Innovation Biographies (SIBs) are a valuable methodology to reflect the evolutionary character of the dynamics of the social initiatives ...
Maria Kleverbeck, , Judith Terstriep
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Social Innovation in Education and Social Service Organizations. Challenges, Actors, and Approaches to Foster Social Innovation

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2021
Social innovation became a widely discussed topic in politics, research funding programs, and business development. Recent European and US economic and science policies have set aside significant funds to generate and foster social innovation. In view of
Andreas Schröer
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Game on: exploring game-based tools for citizen engagement in climate research and policy [PDF]

open access: yesARPHA Proceedings
The climate crisis requires far-reaching changes which need to be supported by citizens and policymakers alike. New methods of public engagement are necessary to transform the public’s needs into actionable knowledge.
Katharina Koller, Barbara Kieslinger
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