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Author: Thompson, Mike J.
Title: What is social in social innovation?
Journal Name: The Journal of the Macau Ricci Institute
Pub. Info: Sept. 2017, No. 1, pp. 39-52
Link: http://mrijournal.riccimac.org/articles/issue_01/MRI_Journal_Issue_One.pdf
Abstract: The idea of social as a modifier to innovation which is more generally used in a business or technology context is explored to uncover the motivations of actors who innovate. The rationality of the homo economicus model is challenged by evidence that the motivations behind social innovation integrate rationality with values and a sense of the common good. Statements by business leaders and case examples are reviewed to illustrate the implicit social contract in social innovation. Tables: 1. Statements of an implicit social contract by business leaders