People olympics for social innovation: Co-creating the silver sharing economy for the aging society

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Santoro ◽  
Cecilia Vera-Munoz ◽  
Alain Belli
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Aging Society

scholarly journals Socio-technological system of sharing economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-215
Author(s):  
Amarjeet Singh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Systematic Literature Review ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Social Motives ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

Sharing economy is a system which functions successfully provided that technological and social subsystems complement each other forming an indivisibly combined cohesive structure. The premise of balancing social and technological aspects is proposed in the socio-technological theory. Social issues call for social innovation to fulfil the needs and requirements of the society as well as individual citizens. The goal of this paper is to fill the gap in the extant literature by proposing a comprehensive framework of sharing economy based on the socio-technological theory. This study carried out a systematic literature review of works on sharing economy and socio-technological theory in order to develop a conceptual framework. There were identified different social motives associated with each of the subsystems; interplay between them was established. This study contributes to the increasing research by presenting a holistic view of sharing economy through the theoretical lens of socio-technology keeping society as well as consumer needs and requirements at its focal point.

Platform social enterprises as a new model for co-production

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-86
Author(s):  
Maurizio Busacca ◽  
Flaviano Zandonai
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Development Trajectory ◽  
Relational Systems ◽  
Governance Models ◽  
Use Of Knowledge

The paper analyses the mechanisms of organisational integration in two social enterprises characterised by a strong orientation towards the creation and management of networks with the aim of gaining useful learning in the framework of the emerging debate on production and governance models that characterise platform organisations, in particular in the digital context. In order to do this, it deepens the dimensions of leadership, organisational knowledge and production in two Italian cases: Le Case del Quartiere, a network of social infrastructures in Turin, and TreCuori, a company and territorial welfare agency in Veneto. The two cases are analysed according to the literature of organisational studies which, since the 1980s, has deepened the issue of the progressive narrowing of organisational boundaries and the increase in interdependence between units and organisations variously located with respect to those boundaries. The main evidence that emerged from the case studies are two. The first, in contrast with the rhetoric of disintermediation associated with the sharing economy, identifies the key role of intermediaries who position themselves as third parties with respect to the demand and supply of goods and services in order to facilitate their meeting and, at the same time, foster the mechanisms of entrepreneurial use of knowledge and relationships. The second, with significant theoretical implications, identifies the "platform social enterprise" as an organisational model that introduces strong traits of cooperation in the relational systems that characterise mainstream platform-enterprises. The findings of the investigation offer an original contribution to the convergence between social innovation, collaborative economics and new governance models studies, with a shift from "platform capitalism" to "platform cooperativism" by organizations that use place-based social innovation models and give importance not only to relational and political-cultural factors, but also to co-production, co-working, collaboration and networking. Observed from this perspective, the platform social enterprise becomes a model to be more considered in order to propose a more cooperative, sustainable and democratic development trajectory of platforms.

scholarly journals Commercial orientation in grassroots social innovation: Insights from the sharing economy

2015 ◽  
Vol 118 ◽  
pp. 240-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris J. Martin ◽  
Paul Upham ◽  
Leslie Budd
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Sharing Economy

scholarly journals Shared factory: A new production node for social manufacturing in the context of sharing economy

2019 ◽  
Vol 234 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 285-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pingyu Jiang ◽  
Pulin Li
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
New Production ◽  
Production Value ◽  
Manufacturing Resources ◽  
Production Orders

Manufacturing industry is heading towards socialization, interconnection and platformization. Motivated by the infiltration of sharing economy usage in manufacturing, this article addresses a new factory model – shared factory, and provides a theoretical architecture and some actual cases for manufacturing sharing. Concepts related to three kinds of shared factories which deal, respectively, with sharing production-orders, manufacturing-resources and manufacturing-capabilities are defined accordingly. These three kinds of shared factory modes can be used for building correspondent sharing manufacturing ecosystems. On the basis of sharing economic analysis, we identify feasible key-enabled technologies for configuring and running a shared factory. At the same time, opportunities and challenges of enabling the shared factory are also analysed in detail. In fact, shared factory, as a new production node, enhances the sharing nature of social manufacturing paradigm, fits the needs of light assets and gives us a new chance to use socialized manufacturing resources. It can be drawn that implementing a shared factory would reach a ‘win-win’ way through production value-added transformation and social innovation.

An Empirical-Based View on the Sharing Economy in Germany: More Mainstream Economy than Collaborative Commons?

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 2050031
Author(s):  
Anja Herrmann-Fankhaenel ◽  
Stefan Huesig
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Model Modification ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Definition Of

The concept of a sharing economy (SE) is a contemporary phenomenon, often seen as a panacea for social issues. Our research is based on an explorative procedure, which qualitatively and quantitatively analyzes more than 70 online platforms associated with the SE in Germany. The results are empirically deduced features, types (of business models) and a definition of the SE. Overall, our results show that the SE appears to be of more a business model modification based on online platforms and incumbent dominated than a social innovation for the market-based society in Germany.

Dynamics of Social Enterprises—Shift from Social Innovation to Open Innovation

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinhyo Joseph Yun ◽  
KyungBae Park ◽  
ChoongJae Im ◽  
ChangHwan Shin ◽  
Xiaofei Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Open Innovation ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Innovation Dynamics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Collaborative Innovation ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This article looks into dynamics of open social enterprises. We used several research methods—literature review, content analysis and case studies through intensive interviews via semi-structured questionnaire. First, we developed a research framework, expressed as the social open innovation dynamics model through literature reviews on social economy, sharing economy, collaborative innovation, open innovation and social enterprise. Second, we applied the model to ten Korean social enterprises and determined the success factors of social open innovation, as well as the concrete dynamics behind it. Main finding of this research are as follows. The success of social enterprises depends on the extent to which they strive to move towards open innovation. Adopting open innovation strategies seem to be a fruitful pathway for social enterprises to progress and grow in their operations.

scholarly journals The Importance of the Sharing Economy in Improving the Quality of Life and Social Integration of Local Communities on the Example of Virtual Groups

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 754
Author(s):  
Anna Irena Szymańska
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Urban Residents ◽  
Online Groups ◽  
A Site ◽  
The Impact

The main objective of the article was to demonstrate and prove the role of the sharing economy in integrating local communities as well as in improving the quality of life of urban residents. The sharing economy is an alternative model of consumption entered around an access to given goods without the need to possess it. The concept fits excellently into the ideas that are at the core of the social economy. Internet groups operating in the area of the sharing economy were analysed for the purpose of the article. Their members either live in or have other bonds with Krakow. They are usually focused around issues important for local communities. In the research, a triangulation method was used, involving a desk analysis as well as a passive observation and a covered participative observation. Such choice of methods allowed for the topic of the impact that the sharing economy has on the integration and the quality of life of urban residents to be analysed. The research confirmed that the sharing economy; as a form of social innovation; influences the improvement of the quality of life. Online groups integrate local communities and have a significant impact on the quality of life of city residents (T1; T2; T3; T4). The bilateral nature of dependency between the sharing economy and the quality of life was noticed. Firstly; the sharing economy affects the shape and quality of the product or service that is the subject of the transaction. It is also crucial to create a general “ambience of a site” in the internet group; which supports and stimulates satisfaction of the needs related to the sense of individuality; authenticity and community. On the other hand; the sharing economy affects the satisfaction of residents through economic; psychological; political and social impacts as well as individual ones; related to, e.g., the development of creativity and the acquisition of new skills

scholarly journals SHARING ECONOMY AND THE SOCIAL-ECONOMIC CONTEXT: MERCENARISM OR COMMON GOOD?

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
ALINE D. R. LAZZARI ◽  
MAIRA PETRINI ◽  
ANA CLARA SOUZA
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequality ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Economic Context ◽  
Transformative Potential ◽  
The Social

ABSTRACT Purpose: The aim of this research is to understand how the social-economic context influences the transformative potential of the sharing economy (SE). Originality/value: The literature on SE is still fraught with uncertainty. We have found that there is a paradox between generating social benefits to the community versus increasing social inequality. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected from documentary analysis, netnography, participant observation, and interviews. The data collected were analyzed in the light of the theoretical framework proposed by Wittmayer et al. (2019) for the analysis of narratives related to social innovation. Findings: The produced narratives differ in terms of the type of platform (profit and non-profit). We have found that, in non-profit platforms, the economic and social context does not influence the transformative potential guided by the SE; for-profit platforms, on the other hand, the narrative of ‘income opportunity’ is context-sensitive. The main contributions of the research are the use of a theoretical framework of social innovation to analyze the narratives of the SE and the observation of contextual differences about the phenomenon, which should lead platforms and governments (in their regulatory role) to have different views on SE. We conclude that the narratives of the SE are different. For-profit platforms either do not take part or contribute very little to the phe nomenon of social innovation as a transformative process and, in the contexts of greater social-economic vulnerability, it can be a mechanism of worsening social inequality.

Is an Offline Sharing Economy Innovation Transmissible Online?

2021 ◽  
pp. 134-162
Author(s):  
Djamchid Assadi ◽  
Arvind Ashta ◽  
Nathalie Duran
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Sharing Economy ◽  
Financial Inclusion ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Group Lending ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Lending ◽  
The World ◽  
Group Members ◽  
And Control

Group lending is a social innovation because the substitution of the guarantee on assets by the collective guarantee of the group of belonging leads to the financial inclusion of the excluded. In a lending group, members who know each other mutually control each other to guarantee repayment of the loan and its circulation among the members. Is the social collateral that supported the development of the offline microcredit to the world level transposable to social lending on the internet? To answer this question, this chapter aims at determining the factors of mutual supervision and control of the members within the affiliation group and examine the potential of their transposition on the internet. Understanding the conditions for transposing social security is not only a solution to the problem of the unbanked; it is also a source of inspiration for peer-to-peer activities which develop considerably on the internet.

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