Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Fundamentals, Concepts
Social entrepreneurship and social innovation both seek to improve the world through social change. Whereas social entrepreneurship revolves around the business side of change, social innovation focuses on the processes through which that change is genera
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Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship
Luis Portales
Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Fundamentals, Concepts, and Tools
Luis Portales University of Monterrey Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
ISBN 978-3-030-13455-6 ISBN 978-3-030-13456-3 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13456-3 Library of Congress Control Number: 2019932966 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: © Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision/Getty This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
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For la Nena and JE, who motivates me to make this world a more dignified and just place for everyone.
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Preface Social innovation attends the main social problems faced by humanity in a more efficient way. This type of innovation takes advantage of current needs, exploiting the diversity of resources that a society has and building capacities oriented toward the empowerment of the excluded population and the systemic change of the social, economic, and institutional structures that create these problems. The promise of social change by social innovation leads to the position of the concept within the agenda of international organizations, governments, companies, nonprofit organizations, and academia, who through various initiatives promote their development from a practical perspective as theoretical. As a consequence of this impulse is the proliferation of approximations in its theoretical understanding, as well as the generation of initiatives of all sectors of society to encourage the creation of a greater number of social innovations, especially in contexts characterized by exclusion,
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