Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Literature GM1325 Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship, spring 2025

*COURSE BOOKS *

Kickul, Jill and Thomas S. Lyons (2016): Understanding Social Entrepreneurship, Chapters 1- 9; New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-88489-1

*ARTICLES *

On defining the topic

Martin, Roger and Sally Osberg (2007): “Social Entrepreneurship: The case for a definition”, Stanford Social Innovation Review 5:2

Miller, Toyah L., Matthew G. Grimes, Jeffery S. McMullen and Timothy J. Vogus (2012): ”Venturing for others with heart and head: how compassion encourages social entrepreneurship”, Academy of Management Review, Vol 37 (4)

On Bottom of the Pyramid

Prahalad, C. K. (2012), “Bottom of the pyramid as a source of breakthrough innovations”, *Journal of Product Innovation Management *Vol 29:1, pp. 6–12.

Simanis, Erik (2012): “Reality check at the bottom of the pyramid”, *Harvard Business Review *Vol. 90:6, pp. 120-125

Biddulph, R. (2018). "Social enterprise and inclusive tourism. Five cases in Siem Reap, Cambodia." Tourism Geographies 20(4): 610-629.

Khieng, S. and H. Dahles (2015). "Commercialization in the Non-Profit Sector: The Emergence of Social Enterprise in Cambodia." Journal of Social Entrepreneurship 6(2): 218-243.

On Sustainability

Nidumolu, R., Prahalad, C.K. and Rangaswami, M.R. (2009), Why Sustainability Is Now the Key Driver of Innovation, Harvard Business Review, September 2009, pp 57-64

Kramer, M.R. and Pfitzer, M.W. (2016), The ecosystem of shared value, Harvard Business Review, October 2016

Crane et al (2014) Contesting the Value of “Creating Shared Value”, California Management Review, VOL. 56, NO. 2 WINTER 2014

N.M.P.Bocken, NMP, Short, SW Rana P. and S Evans, (2014), A literature and practice review to develop sustainable business model archetypes, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 65, 15 February Pages 42-56

Geissdoerfer, M. et al (2020) Circular business models: A review, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 277, 20

Introduction to Social Innovation:

Mulgan, G. (2006) The Process of Social Innovation, Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization, Volume 1, Issue 2, Spring 2006 p.145-162

*Olsson, P., M.-L. Moore, F. R. Westley, and D. D. P. McCarthy. (2017). The concept of the Anthropocene as a game-changer: a new context for social innovation and transformations to sustainability. Ecology and Society 22(2):31. *

On Strategic Nich Management and Grassroots:

*Schot, J. and F. Geels. (2008) Strategic niche management and sustainable innovation journeys: theory, findings, research agenda, and policy. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management Vol. 20, No. 5, September 2008, 537–554 *

Seyfang G. and & A. Smith (2007) Grassroots innovations for sustainable development: Towards a new research and policy agenda, Environmental Politics, 16:4, 584-603

On Institutions and Social Movements:

*Sherer, P. (2017) When is it time to stop doing the same old thing? How institutional and organizational entrepreneurs changed Major League Baseball, Journal of Business Venturing 32 (2017) 355–370 *

*Sine, W. and B. Lee (2009) Tilting at Windmills? The Environmental Movement and the Emergence of the U.S. Wind Energy Sector ,Administrative Science Quarterly, 54 (2009): 123–155 *

On Collaborative and Public Innovation:

• Peredo, A. M. and J. Chrisman, (2006), Toward a Theory of Community-Based Enterprise Academy of Management Review VOL. 31, NO. 2 |
• Bommert, B. (2010), COLLABORATIVE INNOVATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, International public management review, Volume 11 · Issue 1 · 2010
• Chesbrough, H (2003) **The era of open innovation, **MIT Sloan Management Review, 44 (3) (2003), pp. 35-41

On Social innovation as the change of practices:

• Cajaiba-Santana,G. (2014) Social innovation: Moving the field forward. A conceptual framework, Technological Forecasting & Social Change 82 (2014) 42–51
• Maria Rabadjieva & Anna Butzin (2019): Emergence and diffusion of social innovation through practice fields, European Planning Studies, Volume 28, 2020 - Issue 5

The suggested academic articles might be subject to change.