Social Innovation: Integrating Micro, Meso, and Macro Level Insights From Institutional Theory

van Wijk, J; Zietsma, C; Dorado, S; de Bakker, FGA; Martí, I

Social Innovation: Integrating Micro, Meso, and Macro Level Insights From Institutional Theory

van Wijk, J Zietsma, C

Dorado, S de Bakker, FGA Martí, I

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Business and Society, 2019, 58 (5), pp. 887 - 918
Issue Date:: 2019-05-01

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dc.contributor.author	van Wijk, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zietsma, C https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6439-3320	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dorado, S	en_US
dc.contributor.author	de Bakker, FGA	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Martí, I	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-05-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Business and Society, 2019, 58 (5), pp. 887 - 918	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0007-6503	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/128467
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2018. Social innovations are urgently needed as we confront complex social problems. As these social problems feature substantial interdependencies among multiple systems and actors, developing and implementing innovative solutions involve the re-negotiating of settled institutions or the building of new ones. In this introductory article, we introduce a stylized three-cycle model highlighting the institutional nature of social innovation efforts. The model conceptualizes social innovation processes as the product of agentic, relational, and situated dynamics in three interrelated cycles that operate at the micro, meso, and macro levels of analysis. The five papers included in this special issue address one or more of these cycles. We draw on these papers and the model to stimulate and offer guidance to future conversations on social innovations from an institutional theory perspective.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Business and Society	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/0007650318789104	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Business & Management	en_US
dc.title	Social Innovation: Integrating Micro, Meso, and Macro Level Insights From Institutional Theory	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	5	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	58	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	5	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	58	en_US

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© The Author(s) 2018. Social innovations are urgently needed as we confront complex social problems. As these social problems feature substantial interdependencies among multiple systems and actors, developing and implementing innovative solutions involve the re-negotiating of settled institutions or the building of new ones. In this introductory article, we introduce a stylized three-cycle model highlighting the institutional nature of social innovation efforts. The model conceptualizes social innovation processes as the product of agentic, relational, and situated dynamics in three interrelated cycles that operate at the micro, meso, and macro levels of analysis. The five papers included in this special issue address one or more of these cycles. We draw on these papers and the model to stimulate and offer guidance to future conversations on social innovations from an institutional theory perspective.

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