scholarly journals Rethinking Border Studies: Participation and Social Innovation in Border Zone Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (99) ◽  
pp. 860-887
Author(s):  
Anderson Luís do Espírito Santo ◽  
Douglas Voks
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Border Zone ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Living Space ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Zone Development ◽  
Frontier Studies ◽  
Environmental Inequalities

Abstract The study of emerging forms of public engagement and collective action is crucial for understanding the ongoing democratic dynamics, citizenship, and the constitution of the city's public problems. To recognize how the field of frontier studies is inseparable from the processes of experience of actors, this study focuses on the importance of the social innovation ecosystem (SIE) for the development of frontier zones. Specifically, this study revisits the main instruments of public management and border development policies to emphasize figures of civil society and their collective mobilizations on the Brazil-Bolivia border, recognizing social innovation initiatives and the main challenges they seek to solve. This path of public investigation allowed us to understand the territorial dimension of borders and expand their meaning as a living space by giving light to the actors' practices, identifying how they mobilize to repair socio-environmental inequalities.

scholarly journals Repensando os Estudos Fronteiriços: Participação e Inovação Social no Desenvolvimento das Zonas de Fronteiras

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (99) ◽  
pp. 860-887
Author(s):  
Anderson Luís do Espírito Santo ◽  
Douglas Voks
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Living Space ◽  
The Social ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Frontier Studies ◽  
Environmental Inequalities

Abstract The study of emerging forms of public engagement and collective action is crucial for understanding the ongoing democratic dynamics, citizenship, and the constitution of the city's public problems. To recognize how the field of frontier studies is inseparable from the processes of experience of actors, this study focuses on the importance of the social innovation ecosystem (SIE) for the development of frontier zones. Specifically, this study revisits the main instruments of public management and border development policies to emphasize figures of civil society and their collective mobilizations on the Brazil-Bolivia border, recognizing social innovation initiatives and the main challenges they seek to solve. This path of public investigation allowed us to understand the territorial dimension of borders and expand their meaning as a living space by giving light to the actors' practices, identifying how they mobilize to repair socio-environmental inequalities.

An Innovation Ecosystem beyond the Triple Helix Model

2016 ◽  
pp. 631-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Ferraris ◽  
Stefano Leucci ◽  
Stefano Bresciani ◽  
Fausto Giunchiglia
Keyword(s):  
Triple Helix ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Close Link ◽  
North East ◽  
Triple Helix Model ◽  
The Social

In the current global scenario, the relevance and the importance of social innovation becomes critical in order to face this situation of crisis. For its close link with the local area in which it takes place, social innovation is deeply rooted in the overall system, and thus involves the action of many different actors. The aim of this chapter is to highlight the presence of a new managerial model that is more suitable to promote social innovation within an ecosystem. This analysis has been developed focusing on a new and innovative framework, the Social Innovation Pyramid, and on the Trentino's ecosystem based in North-East of Italy.

scholarly journals The emergence of a Social Innovation Ecosystem in Portugal: An exploratory approach based on the perspective of strategic stakeholders

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-34
Author(s):  
Hugo Pinto ◽  
◽  
Sílvia Ferreira ◽  
Jorge André Guerreiro ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Hybrid Structure ◽  
Interesting Case ◽  
Social Enterprises ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Exploratory Approach ◽  
Innovation Dynamics ◽  
The Social

The concept of ecosystem has been used to describe a dynamic set of relationships, services and interdependencies that potentiate the creation, renewal and growth of organizations. Social innovation is largely influenced by ecosystem conditions. The Portuguese social innovation ecosystem is a particularly interesting case study, as it assumes a hybrid structure that expresses a variety of policy schemes, networks and support structures. This article debates the concept of social innovation ecosystem and presents an exploratory approach to its mapping. Based on interviews with strategic stakeholders in the social and solidarity economy and social enterprises, the study elaborates on the specificities of the social innovation ecosystem. The Portuguese ecosystem is comprised of three sub-ecosystems that show different weights, limited connections and overlapping: social economy, social business, and the social solidarity ecosystem. The article concludes with an overview of the current state of social innovation, emphasizing the perspectives of stakeholders on recent experiences that the Portuguese state has developed in establishing dialogue within organizations integrating social innovation dynamics.

A transaction-based approach to social innovation

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 231-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karim Ben Slimane ◽  
Wadid Lamine
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Organization Theory ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Integrative Framework ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
The Social

This article aims to provide a transaction-based approach to social innovation based on the three modes of transaction coordination and governance as identified by Powell. We produce a grid that explains how social innovation can be implemented in the market, in hierarchies or in networks. This work makes a number of theoretical contributions. First, it provides an integrative framework of social innovation that is firmly rooted in organization theory. Second, we introduce two new concepts: social entrepreneurship orientation and the social innovation ecosystem, believing that these concepts can contribute to a better understanding of the field of social innovation in the context of sustainable development.

An Innovation Ecosystem beyond the Triple Helix Model

Big Data ◽  
2016 ◽  
pp. 1814-1831 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Ferraris ◽  
Stefano Leucci ◽  
Stefano Bresciani ◽  
Fausto Giunchiglia
Keyword(s):  
Triple Helix ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Local Area ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Close Link ◽  
North East ◽  
Triple Helix Model ◽  
The Social

In the current global scenario, the relevance and the importance of social innovation becomes critical in order to face this situation of crisis. For its close link with the local area in which it takes place, social innovation is deeply rooted in the overall system, and thus involves the action of many different actors. The aim of this chapter is to highlight the presence of a new managerial model that is more suitable to promote social innovation within an ecosystem. This analysis has been developed focusing on a new and innovative framework, the Social Innovation Pyramid, and on the Trentino's ecosystem based in North-East of Italy.

scholarly journals Elements for a Creative City: An Analysis of Kortrijk, Belgium

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-128
Author(s):  
Lenice Eli Lunkes Scarpato ◽  
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Mary Sandra Guerra Ashton ◽  
Dusan Schreiber ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Private Initiative ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Creative Cities ◽  
Creative City ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

This article focuses on the case of the city of Kortrijk, Belgium, which in 2017 received the title of Creative City of Design from Unesco, especially the MyMachine, SPEK, and 5X5® Projects. The objective was to identify the main elements responsible for winning the title. To meet this objective, we opted for descriptive exploratory research, through bibliographic research. Among the results, it was possible to show that the city has come over the years, developing socially and economically based on its actions and strategies in the design and education, creative projects, and entrepreneurship, even long before being part of Unesco's World Network of Creative Cities. It was observed that Kortrjik has a driving role, mainly because it manages to create an innovation ecosystem with all the social actors involved in this process, highlighting the MyMachine, SPEK and 5X5® Projects, articulated with governmental, private initiative and civil society, giving the city a potential for relevant social innovation.

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