Handbook of Social Innovation in Services

This informative Handbook brings together boundary-spanning practitioners working in social innovation with leading international researchers to develop a new foundation for research and policy, forging novel connections and building on and synthesising different approaches and traditions in both services and social innovation.Written by leading scholars in social innovation, services, and management, the chapters progress the state-of-the-art in the field. They explore new conceptual and analytical approaches undertaken by public, private and third sector organisations. The Handbook also analyses a range of new case studies that reveal the extent of social innovations beyond the familiar examples of clean water projects and microfinance. Contributing authors provide insights into new approaches to public policy which encourage and promote radical social innovation in services.Grounded in empirical research, the Handbook of Social Innovation in Services is an invaluable reference for students and scholars of business and management, political sciences, economics and sociology. Researchers and practitioners looking to further their understanding of organisational innovation and social entrepreneurship will also benefit from its interdisciplinary perspectives.