scholarly journals Digital Platforms for the Common Good: Social Innovation for Active Citizenship and ESG

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 639
Author(s):  
Evangelos Katsamakas ◽  
Kostapanos Miliaresis ◽  
Oleg V. Pavlov
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Network Effects ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Feedback Loops ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common

The platform business model has attracted significant attention in business research and practice. However, much of the existing literature studies commercial platforms that seek to maximize profit. In contrast, we focus on a platform for volunteers that aims to maximize social impact. This business model is called a platform for the common good. The article proposes a Causal Loop Diagram (CLD) model that explains how a platform for the common good creates value. Our model maps the key strategic feedback loops that constitute the core structure of the platform and explains its growth and performance through time. We show that multiple types of network effects create interlocking, reinforcing feedback loops. Overall, the article contributes towards a dynamic theory of the platforms for the common good. Moreover, the article provides insights for social entrepreneurs who seek to build, understand, and optimize platforms that maximize social value and managers of companies that seek to participate in such platforms. Social entrepreneurs should seek to leverage the critical feedback loops of their platform.

Managing Social Innovation Through CSR 2.0 and the Quadruple Helix

2019 ◽  
pp. 228-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Manuel Saiz-Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Quadruple Helix ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Novel Model

The quadruple helix models are widely used when you want to have an integrating vision of the strategies used to combat poverty in emerging countries, including Mexico. The objective of this chapter is to propose a novel model of quadruple helix based on ethics and CSR 2.0 that can lay the foundations to develop the Industry 4.0 in emerging countries. To achieve this objective, the author distinguishes between CSR 1.0 and 2.0. Second, these concepts are united with the economy of the common good and the economy of solidarity. These conceptual bases will allow us to develop the relationship between business ethics and the Industry 4.0 to reach some conclusions.

Managing Social Innovation Through CSR 2.0 and the Quadruple Helix

2021 ◽  
pp. 380-397
Author(s):  
José Manuel Saiz-Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Emerging Countries ◽  
Quadruple Helix ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Novel Model

The quadruple helix models are widely used when you want to have an integrating vision of the strategies used to combat poverty in emerging countries, including Mexico. The objective of this chapter is to propose a novel model of quadruple helix based on ethics and CSR 2.0 that can lay the foundations to develop the Industry 4.0 in emerging countries. To achieve this objective, the author distinguishes between CSR 1.0 and 2.0. Second, these concepts are united with the economy of the common good and the economy of solidarity. These conceptual bases will allow us to develop the relationship between business ethics and the Industry 4.0 to reach some conclusions.

Social impact reporting in the public interest: the case of accounting standardisation

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Adams ◽  
Dale Tweedie ◽  
Kristy Muir
Keyword(s):  
Public Interest ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Social Impact ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Stakeholder Views ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Key Stakeholders ◽  
The Common

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the extent to which accounting standards for social impact reporting are in the public interest. This study aims to explore what the public interest means for social impact reporting by charities; and assess the extent to which the accounting standardisation of social impact reporting supports the public interest so defined. Design/methodology/approach This study conducts a case study of how stakeholders in Australian charities conceptualise the public interest when discussing accounting standardisation. This paper distinguishes three concepts of the public interest from prior research, namely, aggregative, processual and common good. For each, this paper analyses the implications for accounting and how accountants serve the public interest, and how they align with stakeholder views. Findings Stakeholder views align with the aggregative and processual concepts of public interest, however this was contested and partial. Accounting standards for social impact reporting will only serve the public interest if they also capture and implement the common good approach. Practical implications Clarifying how key stakeholders interpret the public interest can help standard-setters and governments design (or withhold) accounting standards on social impact reporting. This paper also distinguishes different practical roles for accountants in this domain – information merchants, umpires or advocates, which each public interest concept implies. Originality/value This paper extends prior research on accounting for the public interest to social impact reporting. The paper empirically demonstrates the salience of the common good concept of public interest and demonstrates the diversity of views on the standardisation of social impact reporting by charities.

Rider Platforms?

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 (4) ◽  
pp. 839-852
Author(s):  
Rafael Grohmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Work Organization ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Emergence Of Cooperation ◽  
The Common ◽  
Use Of Social Media

The aim of this article is to analyze the emergence of worker-owned platforms—whether cooperatives or collectives—as a laboratory of platform labor, considering the circulation of workers’ struggles. The research involves six cases in three different countries (Spain, France, Brazil) according to the following dimensions: productive processes and work organization, technological challenges and building platforms, use of social media to communicate with and organize workers, cooperation among cooperatives, and the future of worker-owned experiences. The analysis highlights that, despite different contexts, there are issues in common, such as the low number of workers, the central role of social media for communicating and organizing work, and the emergence of cooperation among cooperatives. This is an ongoing and emerging process that can be the beginning of a broader process of reinventing local economic circuits of production and consumption that involves digital platforms for the common good.

A sustainable perspective in wine production for common-good management

2019 ◽  
Vol 121 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valter Cantino ◽  
Elisa Giacosa ◽  
Damiano Cortese
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Wine Production ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how sustainability is crucial in maintaining and assigning value to a common good. In particular, the paper identifies several characteristics of a business model that could be adopted to manage sustainable innovation strategies that respect the balance among environmental, social and commercial goals. Design/methodology/approach This case study involves Fontanafredda, an internationally recognised historical Italian wine company characterised by its highly innovative business approach and sustainable business model. Findings Fontanafredda’s approach is connected to the broader concept of the common good the winery has internalised to become an element of its competitive advantage and differentiation. The preservation of traditional values – primarily the respect and valuing of one’s own territory – is a key asset of the winery, which attaches great symbolic and concrete importance to these values. Research limitations/implications The study uses a single case study approach and a qualitative method without quantifying the impact of every business choice. For theoretical implications, the study emphasises the strong connection between sustainability and innovation in the management of the common good. Practical implications Numerous practical implications are identified regarding several stakeholder groups, such as the management, owners, investors and the various entities linked to the regional promotion and tourism sectors. Originality/value This research explores how and why Fontanafredda amounts to more than simply wine production by focusing on the characteristics of its business model, which efficiently handles the link between innovation and heritage for common-good development.

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