Handbook of Inclusive Innovation (Hardcover)

Gerard George

ISBN 10: 1786436000 / ISBN 13: 9781786436009

Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham, 2019

About this Item

Hardcover. Offering a comprehensive review of contemporary research on inclusive innovation, chapters address the systemic, structural issues that present the 'grand challenges' of our time. With 27 contributions from 57 expert scholars, this Handbook highlights both emerging practices and scalable solutions. Acting as a call to action, the chapters place social impact at the heart of theory and practice, providing fresh insight into global issues and practical solutions. Organized into five distinct sections to reflect current theoretical approaches and frameworks, contributions cover social innovation as practice; community and place; systems, institution and infrastructure; individual, organizations and organizing, and networks and social change. This Handbook emphasises the fundamental shift needed in management scholarship to address global problems and achieve social impact through sustainable development goals. This will be an invaluable resource for those championing social inclusion in both research and practice, including innovation researchers and management scholars more broadly. Offering a comprehensive review of contemporary research on inclusive innovation, chapters address the systemic, structural issues that present the `grand challenges of our time. Organized into five distinct sections to reflect current theoretical approaches and frameworks, contributions cover social innovation in practice; Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of Inclusive Innovation (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, Cheltenham
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1786436000
• ISBN 13: 9781786436009
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Offering a comprehensive review of contemporary research on inclusive innovation, chapters address the systemic, structural issues that present the 'grand challenges' of our time. With 27 contributions from 57 expert scholars, this Handbook highlights both emerging practices and scalable solutions.

Acting as a call to action, the chapters place social impact at the heart of theory and practice, providing fresh insight into global issues and practical solutions. Organized into five distinct sections to reflect current theoretical approaches and frameworks, contributions cover social innovation as practice; community and place; systems, institution and infrastructure; individual, organizations and organizing, and networks and social change. This Handbook emphasises the fundamental shift needed in management scholarship to address global problems and achieve social impact through sustainable development goals.

This will be an invaluable resource for those championing social inclusion in both research and practice, including innovation researchers and management scholars more broadly.

About the Author

Edited by Gerard George, Michael Brown Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, McDonough School of Business and Director of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative, Georgetown University, US, Ted Baker, George F. Farris Professor of Entrepreneurship, Rutgers Business School – Newark and New Brunswick, US and Honorary Professor, University of Cape Town, South Africa, Paul Tracey, Professor of Innovation and Organization, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK and Professor of Entrepreneurship, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Melbourne, Australia and Havovi Joshi, Director, Centre for Management Practice, Singapore Management University, Singapore