How to measure the impact of social innovation initiatives?
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Resumo: | Academic literature about the idea of social innovation grew sharply over the last decade, with researchers trying to define its concept and presenting several examples of successful social innovations. However, to support the development of social innovation initiatives is important to have a conceptual framework that allows evaluating its true impact. The purpose of this paper is to identify the boundary conditions for an effective set of social innovation indicators, which will help to have a more informed decision-making process. The main conclusion is that the impact of social innovations can be conceived as a set of results that manifests itself through different time periods, at different spatial scales, and must take into account the value experienced by all stakeholders involved. Thus, since a positive social innovation outcome depends on diverse factors and conditions, being most often context-dependent, it means that rather than imposing a specific set of indicators, based on a 'one-size-fits-all' approach a measuring process procedure should be adopted to assess the impact of social innovations. |
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How to measure the impact of social innovation initiatives?Social innovationUniversitiesImpact assessmentConceptual frameworkSocial SciencesAcademic literature about the idea of social innovation grew sharply over the last decade, with researchers trying to define its concept and presenting several examples of successful social innovations. However, to support the development of social innovation initiatives is important to have a conceptual framework that allows evaluating its true impact. The purpose of this paper is to identify the boundary conditions for an effective set of social innovation indicators, which will help to have a more informed decision-making process. The main conclusion is that the impact of social innovations can be conceived as a set of results that manifests itself through different time periods, at different spatial scales, and must take into account the value experienced by all stakeholders involved. Thus, since a positive social innovation outcome depends on diverse factors and conditions, being most often context-dependent, it means that rather than imposing a specific set of indicators, based on a 'one-size-fits-all' approach a measuring process procedure should be adopted to assess the impact of social innovations.- This paper reports findings produced within the ESRC-funded project "Bringing Cambridge to Consett: university spin-off companies in the periphery" (RES-000-22-0659) along with a Research Councils UK Academic Fellowship in Territorial Governance. This paper also draws on work supported by the European Commission's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Skodowska-Curie action grant agreement No. 722295, the RUNIN Project. This work was also financed by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, under Project PTDC/EGE-OGE/31635/2017.SpringerUniversidade do MinhoCunha, JorgeBenneworth, Paul2020-032020-03-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1822/70905eng1865-198410.1007/s12208-019-00240-4info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-21T12:51:19Zoai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/70905Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T19:50:11.856747Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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How to measure the impact of social innovation initiatives? |
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How to measure the impact of social innovation initiatives? |
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How to measure the impact of social innovation initiatives? Cunha, Jorge Social innovation Universities Impact assessment Conceptual framework Social Sciences |
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How to measure the impact of social innovation initiatives? |
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How to measure the impact of social innovation initiatives? |
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How to measure the impact of social innovation initiatives? |
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How to measure the impact of social innovation initiatives? |
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How to measure the impact of social innovation initiatives? |
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Cunha, Jorge |
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Cunha, Jorge Benneworth, Paul |
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Benneworth, Paul |
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Universidade do Minho |
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Cunha, Jorge Benneworth, Paul |
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Social innovation Universities Impact assessment Conceptual framework Social Sciences |
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Social innovation Universities Impact assessment Conceptual framework Social Sciences |
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Academic literature about the idea of social innovation grew sharply over the last decade, with researchers trying to define its concept and presenting several examples of successful social innovations. However, to support the development of social innovation initiatives is important to have a conceptual framework that allows evaluating its true impact. The purpose of this paper is to identify the boundary conditions for an effective set of social innovation indicators, which will help to have a more informed decision-making process. The main conclusion is that the impact of social innovations can be conceived as a set of results that manifests itself through different time periods, at different spatial scales, and must take into account the value experienced by all stakeholders involved. Thus, since a positive social innovation outcome depends on diverse factors and conditions, being most often context-dependent, it means that rather than imposing a specific set of indicators, based on a 'one-size-fits-all' approach a measuring process procedure should be adopted to assess the impact of social innovations. |
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