An exploration of potential growth pathways of social innovations in rural Europe

Bill Slee*, Nico Polman

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Abstract

This paper explores the range of expansion/development/growth pathways (or scaling) that might occur with social innovations, with reference to social innovation in rural areas. It explores the lack of a clear conceptualization of both social innovation as a phenomenon and the possible growth and expansion pathways that might arise. Based on a survey of the diverse literature on the expansion/development/growth pathways of social innovations, and illustrated primarily by European examples, the paper develops a typology built around an attempted synthesis of the extant typologies found in published literature. Different theories of rural development are employed to help explain the divergent development pathways that might be anticipated in rural areas.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)251-271
JournalInnovation
Volume34
Issue number2
Early online date17 Feb 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

  • development
  • growth
  • marginal rural areas
  • social innovation

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