Social Innovation

1. The Nature of Social Innovation
Alex Nicholls, Alex Murdock

Part I. Context and Frameworks

2. The Theoretical Foundations of Social Innovation
Geoff Mulgan

3. Considering Context: Social Innovation in Comparative Perspective
Janelle A. Kerlin

4. The Loop, the Lens, and the Lesson: Using Resilience Theory to Examine Public Policy and Social Innovation
Michele-Lee Moore, Frances R. Westley, Ola Tjornbo, Carin Holroyd

5. The Limits of Economic Value in Measuring the Performance of Social Innovation
Michel Marée, Sybille Mertens

Part II. Strategies and Logics

6. Social Innovation, Co-operation, and Competition: Inter-organizational Relations for Social Enterprises in the Delivery of Public Services
Fergus Lyon

7. Agency in Social Innovation: Putting the Model in the Model of the Agent
Kirsten Robinson, David Robinson, Frances Westley

8. The ‘Porcupine in the Room’: Socio-Religious Entrepreneurs and Innovators within the Framework of Social Innovation
Randy M. Ataide

9. Social Entrepreneurs in the Social Innovation Ecosystem
Heather Cameron

Part III. Sustainability and Environmental Innovation

10. Social-Ecological Innovation and Transformation
Per Olsson, Victor Galaz

11. Green Technology Implementation in Developing Countries: Opportunity Identification and Business Model Design
Benedetto Cannatelli, Antonio G. Masi, Mario Molteni

12. When David Meets Goliath: Sustainable Entrepreneurship and the Evolution of Markets
Kai Hockerts, Rolf Wüstenhagen

Keywords: Business and Management, Small Business, Business Strategy/Leadership, Innovation/Technology Management, Entrepreneurship, Development Economics, International Economics