What is Social Innovation

Social practices focused on ameliorating the lives of the poor and the most disadvantaged.

It is a process of deliberately changing of existing social practices. It encompasses new ways of actions that are introduced in a certain social area. Social innovations include an intent, a plan, and effect or expected impact on the targeted social setting.

The creation and application of novel approaches entailing conceptual, procedural, organizational, or product change with the ultimate objective of enhancing the welfare and well-being of people and communities. As a result of issues like working conditions, education, community development, or health, social innovations are creative social practices that strive to meet societal demands more effectively than existing options.

New social, organizational, or institutional arrangements or configurations established to modify social relations, to transform a framework of action or to propose new cultural orientations in a territory.

According to the Stanford Social Innovation Review, it is a new solution to a social problem. A more effective, efficient, sustainable, or fair solution than the existing solutions and whose value generated benefits, as a priority, society as a whole.

An evolution in the way social problems are faced and solved to create added-value for a community.

“An initiative aimed at creating new social structures, new social relations, new forms of decision” (Chombart de Lauwe (1976) AU41: The in-text citation "Lauwe (1976)" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. cited from the Cloutier (2003) ).

Practicing new ideas on society in order to create social value.

Digital innovation is a driver of novel solutions to many social problems in non-ever-seen ways. This concept is related to more effective, efficient, sustainable, or just than existing solutions and for which the value created accrues primarily to society as a whole rather than private individuals. Non profit organizations are investing in social innovations inspired by digital capabilities, trying to connect people and resources, and produce social benefits, usually disregarded by enterprises in the business context.

Innovation aimed not only for profit but also for providing social benefits.

Addressing a social problem (such as better health, education, quality of life) with social means (such as new processes, new collaborative partners).

A novel solution to a social problem that is more effective, efficient, sustainable, or just than current solutions. The value created accrues primarily to society rather than to private individuals.

is the process of developing new products, services or models to find a more effective solution to social needs, seeking the social progress of the most vulnerable population.

The process of being constantly looking for new processes, products, and ways of doing. It is different from the previous concept because it is more dynamic and does not consider the need to make money that guarantees the idea sustainability.

the process of applying creative and original ideas to solve social problems.

The ability of social groups to incorporate technological progress according to its own conception of development and socio-economic needs.

New solutions to social problems that create social value, involve public good and affect the society, mostly developed by participation of stakeholders that have interest on the problem.

The process of developing and implementing innovative solutions to social and environmental issues.

Creating or improving a process, product, or service for the purpose of solving a social or environmental problem.

Innovation applied in social projects and enterprises.

A product, service, paradigm, or position innovation with a social goal. It includes all those innovations that are addressed to a community by generating value for its inhabitants.

The social innovation is the developing new perspectives, new approaches, new solutions to social problems.

Social innovation consists of a breakdown of norms necessary for the social business model to be maintained in a capitalist context. It allows the focus on generating social value above personal wealth generation and profit, by combining scarce resources to generate useful, affordable and desirable products and services. The business model itself is an innovation when the economic result is not an end, but a means to increase the social value generation.

According to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2021 AU34: The in-text citation "OECD, 2021" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. ), “Social innovation refers to the design and implementation of new solutions that imply conceptual, process, product, or organizational change, which ultimately aim to improve the welfare and wellbeing of individuals and communities”. There are numerous initiatives and projects undertaken and implemented globally by the social economy and by civil groups, which have proven to be innovative in dealing with socio-economic and environmental problems, while contributing to the economic development of individuals, families, communities and even societies.

Idea that aims to improve the needs of a society. It implies studying and researching new approaches that give sophisticated solutions to a community’s existing problems. The main purpose represents strengthening social unity through activities such as volunteering, learning and entrepreneurship.

A true social innovation is systems-changing by developing novel solutions in border spanning learning communities to create social value and promote community development, challenging existing social institutions through collaborative action developing wider networks.

Is a new way to fulfill social needs or address long standing social issues.

The process of creating change in disadvantaged groups in line with social value goals and generating effective and sustainable innovative solutions to existing social problems.

Social innovations are novel social approaches aiming at extending social well-being of communities in addressing social problems.

A disruptive idea or one of continuity with an existing one, but that allows an alternative to existing ways of doing, with the mission of creating value for society.

Generation of new ideas, processes, products or services that are successful in the resolution of social issues.

New social practices that aim to meet social needs in a better way than existing solutions and create social relationships and new forms of collaboration.

A disruptive idea or one of continuity with an existing one, but that allows an alternative to existing ways of doing, with the mission of creating value for society.

New products, services, or processes that contribute to social well-being.

Social innovation is defined as new ideas, products, services, and models which simultaneously meet social needs and create new social relationships or collaborations

New ways to overcome social problems in a more effective approach.

The innovative activities and services that aim at meeting a social need and that usually arise from individual participant actors with a very specific skillset, which cannot be transferred through top-down approaches, but rather the opposite, regardless of its intended external stimulation (Mulgan, 2006).

It is a process of deliberately changing of existing social practices. It encompasses new ways of actions that are introduced in a certain social area. Social innovations include an intent, a plan, and effect or expected impact on the targeted social setting.

Process of doing things differently in order to be able to produce higher social value.

Respect new or improved products or services that meet social needs comparing to the existent solutions.

Development and implementation of effective solutions to social and environmental issues that are challenging and often systemic in support of social progress.

Type of innovation that aims to enhance the common good.

In contemporary society, this process occurs within global communicative networks, and involves not just informational flows, but more and more knowledge flows, in order to transform a given aspect of social reality.

Generation of new ideas, processes, products or services that are successful in the resolution of social issues.

A service and/or process that contributes to generating a novel solution to a social problem that is more effective, efficient, sustainable or just than existing solutions, and for which the value created accrues primarily to society as a whole rather than private individuals.

Innovative solutions to social and environmental problems, focused on the well-being of the person.

Is process of developing and arranging successful solutions to stimulating and often systemic social and environmental issues in support of social progress and welfare.

Usage of new social practices that aim to meet indigenous needs in a better way more suitable for resolving life-being of human, involvement in tourism planning, local and social development, or social cohesion.

Social practices that create alternative solutions to relevant societal problems, nurturing general well-being in a given community.

A service and/or process that contributes to generating a novel solution to a social problem that is more effective, efficient, sustainable or just than existing solutions, and for which the value created accrues primarily to society as a whole rather than private individuals.

Socio-cultural process which produce social and cultural change through the institutionalization of new repertoires of social and/or cultural practices.

Social innovation focus on social value creation above personal wealth generation and profit, by combining scarce resources to provide useful, affordable, and desirable products and services. It can happen in several degrees of newness. Therefore, the solution can be an incremental improvement, an adaptation, or a totally new proposal.