Knowledge-base series · 10 parts
Social Innovation
Ten short summaries of the most important theories of social innovation — from the classical foundations to today's approaches, in plain language.
How are social innovations born and how do they spread? What turns a good idea into a genuinely working, community-scale solution? This series brings together the theories that underpin the topic — each organised around a classic author or approach, in short articles that also read well on their own.
The summaries are based on the original works, with the authors indicated; the Living Lab presents them edited into its knowledge-base tone.
Approaches
Ten approaches
From the classical foundations (Schumpeter) through process models to today's digital and sustainability approaches.
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