Title: Vznik sociálnych inovácií v kontexte formovania inovačných sociálnych klastrov
Abstract:Grassroots initiatives represent various formalized institutions emerging from the initiative of active local communities, in order to address local challenges or global challenges at the local level....Grassroots initiatives represent various formalized institutions emerging from the initiative of active local communities, in order to address local challenges or global challenges at the local level. Based on theory and existing empirical results, they can be considered as important social innovators who capitalize the resources of civic communities and the knowledge accumulated through the rich cross-sectoral ties in order to generate new, socially beneficial products and services. The contribution focuses on the evaluation of the importance of cross-sectoral ties for the introduction of innovative products and services with a public-beneficial character by grassroots initiatives. The influence of the breadth of inter-sector networks on social innovation is investigated using econometric tools. In the case of specific 5 social innovators, we demonstrate the formation of social innovation clusters and compare their sectoral composition. The results indicate that grassroots initiatives manage to introduce social innovations mainly due to the accumulation of experience, human capital and inter-sectoral cooperation.Read More
Publication Year: 2023
Publication Date: 2023-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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