Open forms of organising innovation bear great potential to address societal challenges,
such as the climate crisis. Existing approaches to open social innovation (OSI) draw on a …

Due to the growing academic interest in social innovation, there is a need for a
comprehensive bibliometric analysis of the structure and evolution of this research field. So …

Many international aid agencies have been trying to utilize cooperatives as a strategic
means for poverty reduction and rural community development in developing countries due …

Purpose of the paper: despite the abundance of studies on social innovation, the focus is
often on non-profit organizations whose primary purpose is to attain social change, while the …

A well-defined business idea is essential for nascent business sustainability in the future.
The business idea must fit firm knowledge and resources to a profitable business …

Openness in innovation has become a common practice to achieve effective and radical
changes. Recently, its key features have been juxtaposed to social sector. In this context, the …

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are widely recognised as an important source of
innovation and economic development. Moreover, recent studies suggest a new'open'model …

In the public sector, digital social innovation (DSI) has emerged as an instance of open
innovation in which citizens and other stakeholders use technology to gain new knowledge …

In Brazil the predominant culture is not the appreciation of community participation in solving
local problems. However the solutions presented by authorities are not the most efficient …

There is an increasing recognition that dealing with sustainable development need to
address the social structures that encourage unsustainable economic and environmental …