@article {1231, title = {Bridging Participatory Policy Trends and Research Traditions through Social Innovation}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {9}, year = {2019}, month = {04/2019}, pages = {27-36}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {This study explores whether social innovation may serve as a bridge between participatory policy trends and research traditions when striving for improved societal relevance and impact of research and innovation (R\&I). Despite their shared aim of relevance and impact through civic involvement, European R\&I policies and participatory action research approaches seldom refer to each other or harness each other{\textquoteright}s resources. The study advances the knowledge regarding how the participatory elements in the policies and research approaches relate through a participatory case study of a joint R\&I process to develop a model for social innovation support in Sweden. The case study helps distinguish potential synergies between various degrees of involvement advocated in the policies and research approaches, as well as between the reliance on trending policy concepts vs. scientific notions of validity. Social innovation is perceived as a potential bridge between these elements, as it draws upon participatory academic traditions, while simultaneously tapping into current policy trends of co-creation, in the development of new approaches and solutions to societal challenges. }, keywords = {action research, co-creation, innovation, participatory research, social innovation}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1231}, url = {https://timreview.ca/article/1231}, author = {Malin Lindberg and Daniel Hallencreutz and Anna Tengqvist} } @article {1115, title = {Editorial: Insights (November 2017)}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {7}, year = {2017}, month = {11/2017}, pages = {3-4}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, keywords = {academic publishing, business models, cities, collaboration, entrepreneurship, fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, IOT, living labs, open access, open data, Open innovation, social innovation, value propositions}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1115}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/1115}, author = {Chris McPhee} } @article {1117, title = {The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0): A Social Innovation Perspective}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {7}, year = {2017}, month = {11/2017}, pages = {12-20}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {The rapid pace of technological developments played a key role in the previous industrial revolutions. However, the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0) and its embedded technology diffusion progress is expected to grow exponentially in terms of technical change and socioeconomic impact. Therefore, coping with such transformation require a holistic approach that encompasses innovative and sustainable system solutions and not just technological ones. In this article, we propose a framework that can facilitate the interaction between technological and social innovation to continuously come up with proactive, and hence timely, sustainable strategies. These strategies can leverage economic rewards, enrich society at large, and protect the environment. The new forthcoming opportunities that will be generated through the next industrial wave are gigantic at all levels. However, the readiness for such revolutionary conversion require coupling the forces of technological innovation and social innovation under the sustainability umbrella. }, keywords = {fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0, Internet of Things, social innovation}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1117}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/1117}, author = {Rabeh Morrar and Husam Arman and Saeed Mousa} } @article {952, title = {Contextuality and Co-Creation Matter: A Qualitative Case Study Comparison of Living Lab Concepts in Urban Research}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {5}, year = {2015}, month = {12/2015}, pages = {48-55}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Innovation development is key to transforming a product-based economy into an innovative service economy by integrating users as co-creators in real-life environments. User co-creation and user involvement are key elements in living labs. Urban living labs add not only the urban component to the conceptual design, but also societal, political, and technological questions. Fields of analysis in urban research relate to socio-spatial environment, living together, and urban policies. The leading question of this article is: to what extent can urban living labs be used as an instrument to support these fields of investigation? Comparing three different approaches for urban living labs, ranging from socially-centred to more technology-centred, we offer a more nuanced understanding of urban living lab design in diverging research contexts. All three case studies manage to go beyond testing and improving new products, which is normally the aim of existing living labs, by embedding innovation in appropriate social, structural, and institutional frameworks, and targeting civil society involvement. The community benefits from this case study comparison because it contextualizes living labs as research methodology to be applied in future urban research projects. }, keywords = {co-creation, innovation ecosystem, participation, social innovation, urban living labs}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/952}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/952}, author = {Yvonne Franz and Karin Tausz and Sarah-Kristin Thiel} } @article {939, title = {Editorial: 100th Issue (November 2015)}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {5}, year = {2015}, month = {11/2015}, pages = {3-4}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, keywords = {3D printing, born-global firms, collaborative innovation, cybersafety, cybersecurity, cyberspace, future research, innovation, lean global startups, lean startups, management, Open innovation, social innovation, supply chains, technology, technology innovation management review, TIM Review}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/939}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/939}, author = {Chris McPhee} } @article {893, title = {Editorial: Insights (May 2015)}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {5}, year = {2015}, month = {05/2015}, pages = {3-4}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, keywords = {business ecosystems, cybersecurity, Innovation management, Internet of Things, non-practicing entities, open source policies, open source software, patent trolls, social innovation, transformative innovation}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/893}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/893}, author = {Chris McPhee} } @article {945, title = {TIM Lecture Series {\textendash} Creating Life-Saving Media as a Social Entrepreneur}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {5}, year = {2015}, month = {11/2015}, pages = {40-42}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, keywords = {animation, culture shift, film, global health, humanitarian, media, public health, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, societal issues}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/945}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/945}, author = {Firdaus Kharas} } @article {854, title = {Does Social Innovation Require Social Entrepreneurship?}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {4}, year = {2014}, month = {12/2014}, pages = {17-26}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Social innovation is now considered an important element in the search for solutions to pressing social problems. Inspired by Schumpeter{\textquoteright}s conceptualization of innovation, "social" entrepreneurship is thought to contribute to "social" innovation in more or less the same way that "normal" entrepreneurship consists of the introduction of "normal" innovations. In the literature as well as in practice, the definition of concepts such as social innovation and social entrepreneurship has led to considerable confusion. We aim to bring clarity to the debate, arguing that every entrepreneurial action results in some measure of intended or unintended social innovation, regardless of whether the entrepreneurs in question are considered or consider themselves "social" or not. We test our insights in an investigation of 20 social enterprises that have a commercial business model.}, keywords = {entrepreneurship, institutional change, Schumpeter, social change, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, sustainability}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/854}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/854}, author = {Asceline Groot and Ben Dankbaar} } @article {852, title = {Editorial: Innovation and Entrepreneurship (December 2014)}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {4}, year = {2014}, month = {12/2014}, pages = {3-5}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, keywords = {3D printing, business models, commercialization, disruption, entrepreneurship, innovation, innovation capacity, innovation culture, patents, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, spinoffs, university technology transfer, value propositions}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/852}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/852}, author = {Chris McPhee} } @article {578, title = {Accelerating a Network Model of Care: Taking a Social Innovation to Scale}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, month = {07/2012}, pages = {26-30}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Government-funded systems of health and social care are facing enormous fiscal and human-resource challenges. The space for innovation in care is wide open and new disruptive patterns are emerging. These include self-management and personal budgets, participatory and integrated care, supported decision making and a renewed focus on prevention. Taking these disruptive patterns to scale can be accelerated by a technologically enabled shift to a network model of care to co-create the best outcomes for individuals, family caregivers, and health and social care organizations. The connections, relationships, and activities within an individual{\textquoteright}s personal network lay the foundation for care that health and social care systems/policy must simultaneously support and draw on for positive outcomes. Practical tools, adequate information, and tangible resources are required to coordinate and sustain care. Tyze Personal Networks is a social venture that uses technology to engage and inform the individual, their personal networks, and their care providers to co-create the best outcomes. In this article, we demonstrate how Tyze contributes to a shift to a network model of care by strengthening our networks and enhancing partnerships between care providers, individuals, and family and friends. }, keywords = {network centric care, network model of care, personal networks, social innovation, Tyze}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/578}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/578}, author = {Vickie Cammack and Kerry Byrne} } @article {576, title = {Being Disruptive: How Open Growth is Delivering Effective Social Change at a Fast Pace}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, month = {07/2012}, pages = {16-20}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Both innovators and funders need tools that map the entire constellation of solutions in a sector. Innovators, often labeled and isolated as system disruptors, need to be linked with their global peers offering and seeking each others proven strategies to accelerate positive change. The impact investing space needs a simple, open, and transparent way to find, convene, support, and track the progress of innovators. This article describes how the Ashoka Changemakers.com online community creates a space for: investors to find and support multiple innovations; social innovators to find each other, work together, and source funds; and disruptive innovations to grow over time where disruptive change is needed, fast. Crowd-sourcing, transparency, and open growth are keys to accelerating large-scale change and creating a world of changemakers. }, keywords = {crowdsourcing, open growth, open source, scaling-up, social entrepreneurship, social innovation, social networks, transparency}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/576}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/576}, author = {Elisha Muskat and Delyse Sylvester} } @article {573, title = {Editorial: Social Innovation (July 2012)}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, month = {07/2012}, pages = {3-4}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, keywords = {charities, community sector, nonprofit, social entrepreneurship, social innovation}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/573}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/573}, author = {Chris McPhee and Stephen Huddart} } @article {577, title = {Evergreen Brick Works: An Innovation and Sustainability Case Study}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, month = {07/2012}, pages = {21-25}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Technology is rapidly being deployed to advance social innovation that creates lasting change. This case study of Evergreen Brick Works explores how Evergreen is leveraging the power of its unique new campus as a showcase for advancing sustainability-related behavioural change along with new and emerging state-of-the-art technologies to advance its mission. The ultimate success of these technologies will be in their ability to engage larger numbers and greater diversity among participants, and in their ability to translate new insights into on-the-ground change in their communities. The article also identifies that the need for an organizational network mindset is as important as the technologies to achieve these changes.}, keywords = {environmental education, evergreen, green building, LEED, nonprofit, social innovation}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/577}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/577}, author = {Seana Irvine} } @article {575, title = {From Stories to Evidence: How Mining Data Can Promote Innovation in the Nonprofit Sector}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, month = {07/2012}, pages = {10-15}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Being a director at a nonprofit organization often means making guesses instead of properly informed decisions. One source of the {\textquotedblleft}information fog{\textquotedblright} is fragmented funding. Nonprofit organizations have multiple types of funders, most of whom are not their direct beneficiaries. Predicting funder behaviour is therefore more of an art than a science. Planning for the future, setting goals, and making decisions all suffer in the nonprofit sector because of a lack of timely and accurate information. This article examines the opportunities to use newly available digitized information to address this information deficit. It shows how the rich, variegated and fast-changing landscape of information available online can be collected, combined, and repurposed in order to deliver it in actionable forms to decision makers across the nonprofit sector. This information can significantly improve planning decisions and enhance the effectiveness of the sector. The article concludes that a cultural shift is required in order for the nonprofit sector to exploit the opportunities presented by digital information. Nonprofits and funders are enjoined to increase their numeracy and to find creative ways to use data as part of their evaluation, planning and decision making. Researchers need to be adventurous in their use of quantitative information and specifically should employ linked datasets in order to explore previously unanswerable research and policy questions. The producers of data need to collect and publish their information in ways that facilitate reuse. Finally, funders need to support a variety of projects that seek to exploit these new opportunities. }, keywords = {Ajah, charities, community sector, data mining, funding database, nonprofit, social innovation}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/575}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/575}, author = {Michael Lenczner and Susan Phillips} } @article {579, title = {Hacking Health: Bottom-up Innovation for Healthcare}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, month = {07/2012}, pages = {31-35}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Healthcare is not sustainable and still functions with outdated technology (e.g., pagers, paper records). Top-down approaches by governments and corporations have failed to deliver digital technologies to modernize healthcare. Disruptive innovation must come from the ground up by bridging the gap between front-line health experts and innovators in the latest web and mobile technology. Hacking Health is a hackathon that is focused on social innovation more than technical innovation. Our approach to improve healthcare is to pair technological innovators with healthcare experts to build realistic, human-centric solutions to front-line healthcare problems.}, keywords = {hackathon, hacking health, healthcare, social innovation, technology entrepreneurship}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/579}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/579}, author = {Jeeshan Chowdhury} } @article {580, title = {Platformation: Cloud Computing Tools at the Service of Social Change}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, month = {07/2012}, pages = {36-41}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {The following article establishes some context and definitions for what is termed the {\textquotedblleft}sharing imperative{\textquotedblright} {\textendash} a movement or tendency towards sharing information online and in real time that has rapidly transformed several industries. As internet-enabled devices proliferate to all corners of the globe, ways of working and accessing information have changed. Users now expect to be able to access the products, services, and information that they want from anywhere, at any time, on any device. This article addresses how the nonprofit sector might respond to those demands by embracing the sharing imperative. It suggests that how well an organization shares has become one of the most pressing governance questions a nonprofit organization must tackle. Finally, the article introduces Platformation, a project whereby tools that enable better inter and intra-organizational sharing are tested for scalability, affordability, interoperability, and security, all with a non-profit lens.}, keywords = {charity, cloud computing, nonprofit, Platformation, sharing imperative, social innovation}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/580}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/580}, author = {Anil Patel} } @article {574, title = {Renewing the Future: Social Innovation Systems, Sector Shift, and Innoweave}, journal = {Technology Innovation Management Review}, volume = {2}, year = {2012}, month = {07/2012}, pages = {5-9}, publisher = {Talent First Network}, address = {Ottawa}, abstract = {Against a backdrop of various {\textquotedblleft}occupy{\textquotedblright} movements signifying civic dissatisfaction with the social contract, and in an era of fiscal restraint affecting governments and communities in many parts of the world, we need new and more effective ways to address complex social challenges. While continuous innovation is commonly understood to be a source of growth, productivity improvement, and competitive advantage in the technology and manufacturing sectors, the author{\textquoteright}s focus is on social innovation systems, designed to replace maladaptive institutions and obsolete policy frameworks with novel and disruptive means for improving outcomes on issues such as population health and climate change. This article proposes a definition of such systems, and examines how system-level tools including impact investing, open data platforms, and {\textquotedblleft}change labs{\textquotedblright} are fostering collaboration among the private, public, and community sectors. We argue that a key priority at this time is to make these and other tools and processes for social innovation available to community organizations and their government and business partners everywhere, in a manner that allows for continuous cycles of implementation and learning. The author describes one such project currently being developed in Canada by Social Innovation Generation and other partners, called Innoweave. Innoweave is a technology-enabled social innovation system for sharing the tools and processes of social innovation with the community sector. The article concludes with a call for multi-sectoral participation in social innovation systems as an investment in society{\textquoteright}s adaptive capacity and future wellbeing. }, keywords = {community sector, social innovation, social innovation systems}, issn = {1927-0321}, doi = {http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/574}, url = {http://timreview.ca/article/574}, author = {Stephen Huddart} }