Technology Social Ventures as Social Change Actors – an Innovation Ecosystem Perspective

Gianlorenzo Meggio; Agnieszka Radziwon

Technology Social Ventures as Social Change Actors – an Innovation Ecosystem Perspective

Gianlorenzo Meggio^*, Agnieszka Radziwon

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Business Development and Technology

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Research › peer-review

Abstract

Despite recent technological advancements and new mission-oriented innovation policies, researchers and practitioners have been claiming that existing solutions to the current societal issues are still too fragmented. This calls for further research on how new forms of collaboration can be developed to better address the inherent complexity of such challenges and generate collective responses. We do it through a single case-study that qualitatively explores the emergence process of an ecosystem of actors built around a Technology Social Venture (TSV) with a transformational social mission. Our study contributes to the literature of innovation ecosystems and social innovation by offering a new perspective that 1) goes beyond platforms; 2) combines actors from different sectors with a common social mission; 3) complements the traditional conceptualization of ecosystem adopted by social innovation scholars; 4) analyses the impact of technology on social change processes challenging dominant institutional logics

Original language	English
Publication date	2022
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	2022 ISPIM Innovation Conference: "Innovating in a Digital World" - Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel, Copenhagen, Denmark Duration: 5 Jun 2022 → 8 Jun 2022

Conference

Conference	2022 ISPIM Innovation Conference
Location	Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel
Country/Territory	Denmark
City	Copenhagen
Period	05/06/2022 → 08/06/2022

Cite this

@conference{aa63e04eed5249008ab9d66a0a01c028,

title = "Technology Social Ventures as Social Change Actors – an Innovation Ecosystem Perspective",

abstract = "Despite recent technological advancements and new mission-oriented innovation policies, researchers and practitioners have been claiming that existing solutions to the current societal issues are still too fragmented. This calls for further research on how new forms of collaboration can be developed to better address the inherent complexity of such challenges and generate collective responses. We do it through a single case-study that qualitatively explores the emergence process of an ecosystem of actors built around a Technology Social Venture (TSV) with a transformational social mission. Our study contributes to the literature of innovation ecosystems and social innovation by offering a new perspective that 1) goes beyond platforms; 2) combines actors from different sectors with a common social mission; 3) complements the traditional conceptualization of ecosystem adopted by social innovation scholars; 4) analyses the impact of technology on social change processes challenging dominant institutional logics",

author = "Gianlorenzo Meggio and Agnieszka Radziwon",

year = "2022",

language = "English",

note = "2022 ISPIM Innovation Conference ; Conference date: 05-06-2022 Through 08-06-2022",

}

TY - CONF

T1 - Technology Social Ventures as Social Change Actors – an Innovation Ecosystem Perspective

AU - Meggio, Gianlorenzo

AU - Radziwon, Agnieszka

PY - 2022

Y1 - 2022

N2 - Despite recent technological advancements and new mission-oriented innovation policies, researchers and practitioners have been claiming that existing solutions to the current societal issues are still too fragmented. This calls for further research on how new forms of collaboration can be developed to better address the inherent complexity of such challenges and generate collective responses. We do it through a single case-study that qualitatively explores the emergence process of an ecosystem of actors built around a Technology Social Venture (TSV) with a transformational social mission. Our study contributes to the literature of innovation ecosystems and social innovation by offering a new perspective that 1) goes beyond platforms; 2) combines actors from different sectors with a common social mission; 3) complements the traditional conceptualization of ecosystem adopted by social innovation scholars; 4) analyses the impact of technology on social change processes challenging dominant institutional logics

AB - Despite recent technological advancements and new mission-oriented innovation policies, researchers and practitioners have been claiming that existing solutions to the current societal issues are still too fragmented. This calls for further research on how new forms of collaboration can be developed to better address the inherent complexity of such challenges and generate collective responses. We do it through a single case-study that qualitatively explores the emergence process of an ecosystem of actors built around a Technology Social Venture (TSV) with a transformational social mission. Our study contributes to the literature of innovation ecosystems and social innovation by offering a new perspective that 1) goes beyond platforms; 2) combines actors from different sectors with a common social mission; 3) complements the traditional conceptualization of ecosystem adopted by social innovation scholars; 4) analyses the impact of technology on social change processes challenging dominant institutional logics

M3 - Paper

T2 - 2022 ISPIM Innovation Conference

Y2 - 5 June 2022 through 8 June 2022

ER -

Technology Social Ventures as Social Change Actors – an Innovation Ecosystem Perspective

Abstract

Conference

Fingerprint

Cite this