Scaling Up Social Innovation: A Meta-Synthesis

Authors

  • Rodrigo Luiz Morais-da-Silva Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Adriana Roseli Wünsch Takahashi Universidade Federal do Paraná
  • Andrea Paula Segatto Universidade Federal do Paraná

Keywords:

Social innovation. Scalability. Enlargement. Meta-synthesis. Creating social value.

Abstract

Purpose: This paper aims to This paper aims to analyze how features raised in the case studies in the field of social innovation, from the meta-synthesis methodology proposed by Hoon (2013), indicate factors that promote social innovation scalability

Originality/Gap/Relevance/ Implications: The number of publications on SI, despite having had an increasing, is still limited. Consequently, researches dedicated to understanding the scalability of the process of SI are still scarce, constituting a gap research.

Key methodological aspects: To achieve the objective of this research, the eight meta-synthesis steps proposed by Hoon (2013) which is an exploratory-inductive research design for synthesis of primary data collected through case studies whose primary purpose is to build theory. It was analyzed 66 articles identified in the Web of Science database, nine of them were selected to join this meta-synthesis.

Summary of key results: The findings of this research can be summarized in the concept proposed "environment favourable to the scalability of a SI" with features of the internal environment, divided between aspects of the entrepreneur and the organization, and settings of the external environment, mediated (or not) by a bridge organization.

Key considerations/conclusions: The findings of this study advance the SI literature in two main points: Concept proposition of "environment conducive to the scalability of a SI" and to draw attention to the field of study on the promoting factors of continuity and growth of a SI. As for the practical contributions, the results of the researchcan help social innovations managers in the expansion phase of its operations, suggesting some elements to consider.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

Rodrigo Luiz Morais-da-Silva, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Discente do Programa de Doutorado em Administração da Universidade Federal do Paraná - linha de pesquisa em Inovação e Tecnologia. Mestre em Administração (2015) e Especialista em Contabilidade e finanças (2013) pela Universidade Federal do Paraná. Graduado em Administração pela FAE Centro Universitário (2010). Possui como principais interesses de pesquisa: inovação social, empreendedorismo social, relações interorganizacionais, alianças, base da pirâmide (BoP) e sustentabilidade.

Adriana Roseli Wünsch Takahashi, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Professora associada da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Atua nos cursos de Doutorado, Mestrado e Graduação em Administração. Possui Mestrado em Administração pela Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR) e Doutorado em Administração na Universidade de São Paulo (USP), com doutorado sanduíche na Lancaster University (Inglaterra). Realizou Estágio Pós-Doutoral na Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV). Atua nos seguintes temas: Estratégia e Análise Organizacional; Aprendizagem Organizacional, Capacidades Dinâmica; Competências Organizacionais e Ensino e Pesquisa em Administração.

Andrea Paula Segatto, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Professora associada no curso de Administração da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Atua nos cursos de Doutorado, Mestrado e Graduação em Administração. Possui doutorado (2001) e mestrado (1996) em Administração pela Universidade de São Paulo e graduação em Administração (1991) e em Ciências Econômicas (1990) pela Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. Realizou Estágio Pós-doutoral na Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Desenvolve pesquisas em Administração, na área de Gestão da Inovação, Tecnologia e Sustentabilidade, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Alianças, cooperações e parcerias tecnológicas, tecnologias e inovações sociais e transferência de tecnologia

Downloads

Additional Files

Published

2017-01-18

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 6 (2016): Special Edition Social Innovation: Researching, Defining and Theorizing Social Innovation

Section

Social Innovation

License

Once the papers have been approved, the authors will assign their copyrights to this Journal.  The Copyright Assignment Conditions include:

1.  The Mackenzie Administration Journal holds the rights to all the papers published therein through assignment of copyright. 

2.  The author retains moral rights to the paper, including the right to identify the author whenever the article is published.

3. As of July 1, 2015 RAM adopted the CC-BY license standard (Creative Commons– BY). Authors are allowed to copy, distribute, display, transmit and adapt articles. Authors must attribute to RAM explicitly and clearly an article’s original publication (with reference to the journal’s name, edition, year and pages in which the article was originally published), yet without suggesting that RAM endorses the author or its use of the article. Contents are released by means of the CC-BY license to fully inter-operate with a variety of different systems and services, including for commercial purposes. In case of an article’s reuse or distribution, authors must make the article’s licensing terms clear to third parties. CC-BY criteria follow open access policies by major OA (Open Access) publishers and journals, such as PLoS, eLife, Biomed Central and Hindawi, among others.

4.  When formally requested by the author, this Journal may allow the paper to be published as a chapter or part of a book.  The only requirement is that prior publication in this Journal (Journal name, issue, year and pages) must be clearly and explicitly shown as a reference.