Practising social innovation: The role of social enterprises

Lee, Hazel; Collins, Lorna; Phillips, Wendy; James, Peter

Abstract

Social innovation has been practiced for decades, however relatively little is known. According to Mulgan (2006), Social innovation refers to the innovative activities motivated by a social need and objective, predominantly diffused through organisations whose primary purposes are social. Social enterprises are entrepreneurial organisations existing for two purposes; social and economic value creation. In a constantly changing environment social enterprises need to utilise dynamic capabilities in their pursuit of social innovation in order to meet the ‘double bottom line’. This paper presents a comprehensive review of literature surrounding social innovation, social entrepreneurship and the role of social enterprises, and the findings of a pilot study of social innovation in social enterprises, which sought to determine the extent to which social enterprises in the UK practice social innovation.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: British Academy of Management Conference
• Start Date: Sep 11, 2012
• End Date: Sep 13, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 8, 2019
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: social innovation, social enterprises, dynamic capabilities
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/949685
• Publisher URL: http://www.bam.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=79
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : British Academy of Management Conference