Omer, Jade
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In the face of the economic, environmental, health and social crises affecting our societies, innovation can no longer only be limited to technologica
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l solutions. Everywhere, new solutions are emerging to address today’s major challenges in a sustainable way.
This book offers an original exploration of social innovation and the practical conditions for its development through specifically tailored research and development processes, referred to as "social R&D." It presents the results of an in-depth empirical study, based on more than three years of immersion within a social innovation and R&D agency, supplemented by interviews, a questionnaire and an analysis of gray literature.
Social R&D or How to Innovate for Society analyzes five approaches to social R&D, sheds light on practices that remain largely overlooked and identifies the key challenges associated with their implementation. It proposes an original framework for characterizing social R&D and offers new perspectives for developing the ecosystem that supports innovation and research, emphasizing the strategic role of intermediary actors.
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