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Social innovation is an innovation whose main aim is to benefit society. There is a worldwide need for and interest in conducting innovations and social innovations. Social Innovation Design Cases: A Chronicle of Global Journeys provides an in-depth description of the design journeys of twenty social innovation cases from twelve countries around the globe on five continents. The design cases span areas ranging from promoting rural economic development to addressing climate change. The book describes in depth, citing relevant references, the design journeys of the twenty social innovations and corresponding social enterprises, following an innovation design process model. Additionally, it describes the knowledge models and metamodels contributed by these cases. Each design case presents the overall business model of the social innovation and the corresponding social enterprise.
The book is for social entrepreneurs, innovators and aspiring innovators, especially those actively planning and designing social innovations in for-profit, government and not-for-profit organizations. In addition to managers, executives and mid-level staff, the book is for students and trainees who would like to understand different kinds of social innovations as well as their design and implementation. Providing details on the design and implementation of a variety of successful social innovations, the cases presented can serve as templates for future social innovations. The book can empower social entrepreneurs and innovators to develop and implement ideas for the betterment of society at large.
List of contents
1. Introduction I. Promoting Rural Economic Development 2. Honey Care, Africa, Kenya: Promoting Honey Farming 3. Village of Andavadoake, Madagascar: Increasing Octopus Farming Productivity 4. Buhoma Village Walk, Uganda: Promoting Sustainable Tourism II. Improving Infrastructure 5. Lufumbu Village Water Scheme, Tanzania: Offsetting Water Infrastructure 6. Husk Power Systems, India: Environmentally Friendly Electricity Generation 7. Waste Ventures India. Integrated Waste Management 8. Safaricom's M-Pesa, Africa: Mobile-Based Financial Services III. Enhancing Healthcare 9. TRACnet, Rwanda: Fighting Pandemics using Information Technology 10. Aravind Eye Care System, India: Hospital Network for Vision 11. Rushey Green Time Bank, United Kingdom: Bank for Reciprocal Healthcare Services Exchange IV. Generating and/or Sustaining Employment 12. DesiCrew, India: Business Process Outsourcing for Rural Employment 13. Infosys Global Education Center, India: Organization-Specific Career-Long Learning 14. The Big Issue, United Kingdom: Income-Earning Model for Homeless People 15. WorkVentures, Australia. Sustaining Independent Employment V. Transforming Farming 16. SEKEM, Egypt: Holistic Farming Initiative 17. Cotton Stripper, India: Mechanizing Cotton Stripping 18. M-Farm, Kenya: Monitoring Real-Time Crop Market Prices VI. Addressing Climate Change 19. Tetra Pak, Sweden: Reducing Climate Impact 20. Elopak, Norway: Becoming Carbon-Neutral 21. Johnson & Johnson, USA: Reducing Carbon Emissions 22. Conclusions
About the author
Vijay K. Vaishnavi is Professor Emeritus of Computer Information Systems, as well as former Board of Advisors Professor of Computer Information Systems and Professor of Computer Science, at Georgia State University. He holds a PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and has conducted postdoctoral work at McMaster University, Canada. His research interests cover several areas including innovation design, social innovation design, design science research methods, information integration and web mining, software development, and data structures/algorithms.
Summary
The book focuses on how social innovations and associated social enterprises are or can be created. It chronicles the design journeys of 20 global social innovation design cases. In each case a detailed description of how social innovation has been designed is provided.
