52 research outputs found
Taking Action for Social Innovation
Chapter 5 of: Deliverable D1.1: Report on Institutions, Social Innovation & System Dynamics from the Perspective of the Marginalised
Report on the feasibility and opportunities of using various instruments for capitalising social innovators - deliverable 4.3 of the project: "The theoretical, empirical and policy foundations for building social innovation in Europe” (TEPSIE). European Commission – 7th Framework Programme
A methodological framework for measuring social innovation
"This paper introduces a methodological framework to develop dimensions for measuring social innovation capacities of spatial units. The framework is designed to ensure the compatibility of these dimensions with theoretical concepts as well as innovative practices. Therefore, theoretical top-down strategies have been combined with an empirical bottom-up strategy. From the top-down perspective, we assess opportunities and limits
of existing metrics of technological-economic innovation in the light of theoretical requirements of social innovation. As an interim result we present measurement dimensions for social innovation at the national level. Within the framework of the bottom-up strategy, we start our analysis from the local level. In qualitative case studies in four German cities, we investigate whether these dimensions are of significance for the innovative practice. In order to study the innovation process in the context of innovative practice we look at the example of the integration of migrants and discuss systemic determinants of social innovativeness. Finally, these systemic implications have been used to modify the measurement dimensions and to adjust them to the local level." (author's abstract
The measurement of social economies in Europe: a first step towards an understanding of social innovation
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