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Mapping social innovation networks: Knowledge intensive social services as systems builders

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  • Desmarchelier, Benoît
  • Djellal, Faridah
  • Gallouj, Faïz

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Social innovations are often seen as the product of social entrepreneurs. This paper instead asserts that social innovations are also routinized. This is the result of the appearance of a new type of actors: Knowledge Intensive Social Services (KISS). Like Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS), KISS are consultancy organizations that provide their clients with specific knowledge to assist them in their innovation efforts. KISS differ from KIBS in that KISS agents are specializing in social innovations. KISS also involve third party agents - public and private - in the service relationship. We show that these connecting activities are creating growing social innovation networks. Despite being very dependent on the initial KISS actor, such networks can become more robust by interacting with other social innovation networks.

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  • Desmarchelier, Benoît & Djellal, Faridah & Gallouj, Faïz, 2020. "Mapping social innovation networks: Knowledge intensive social services as systems builders," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:tefoso:v:157:y:2020:i:c:s0040162519315288
    DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120068
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