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The Evolution of Social Innovation Building Resilience Through Transitions

Hardcover • 2017 • English

The Evolution of Social Innovation Building Resilience Through Transitions

By Frances Westley, Katharine McGowan, Ola Tjörnbo

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At a time when governments and civil society organizations are putting ever-greater stock in social innovation as a route to transformation, understanding what characterizes social innovation with transformative potential is important. Exciting and promising ideas seem to die out as often as they take flight, and market mechanisms, which go a long way towards contributing to successful technical innovations, play an insignificant role in social innovations. The cases in this book explore the evo...Show more

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9781786431141

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing

Published year

2017

Language

English

Original title

The Evolution of Social Innovation Building Resilience Through Transitions

Format

Hardcover

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