The usefulness of networks: A study of social innovation in India

Sonne, Lina (2015) The usefulness of networks: A study of social innovation in India. In: New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research. Palgrave Macmillan UK, London, pp. 212-232. ISBN 978-1-137-50680-1

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Abstract

India has seen a recent and rapid emergence of social enterprise as a potential alternative development channel. Social enterprises, defined in this chapter as organisations that combine a focus on financial sustainability with an explicit commitment to social impact through their products and/or employment and sourcing strategies, offer new and innovative ways of providing goods, services and livelihood opportunities for the poor. In other words, social enterprise is a hybrid — operating with the social impact objectives of an NGO and the market-driven financial aims of a for-profit firm. Social enterprise, therefore, involves the reconfiguring of social relations between the private sector market and civil society (Allen et al., 2012; Koh et al., 2012).

Item Type:	Book Section
Authors:	Sonne, Lina
Editors:	Editors Email ORCID Nicholls, Alex UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Simon, Julie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gabriel, Madeleine UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
Document Language:	Language English
Subjects:	Social sciences > Political Science > Relation of state to organized groups > Business and industry Social sciences > Economics > Production > Sustainable development
Divisions:	Azim Premji University - Bengaluru
Full Text Status:	Public
URI:	http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/7323
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137506801_11

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