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Technology and Innovation for Creating Social Change: Concepts and Theories

In: Technology and Innovation for Social Change

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  • Archana Singh

    (Tata Institute of Social Sciences)

  • Satyajit Majumdar

    (Tata Institute of Social Sciences)

Abstract

Technology and innovation play significant role in economic growth. However, for inclusive growth, growth in social sector is critical. Entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs have experimented a lot to combine technology and innovation to create the desired social change. Though, scholarly literature has considered entrepreneurs as change agents, and also emphasized the importance of innovation for entrepreneurial process, but little attention has been paid to find out the role that technology and innovation play in social change process or to explain the process of deployment of technology or application of innovation in creating social change. Drawing on a variety of literature, personal observations and experiences of the authors, the chapter presents a conceptual framework on the process of creating social change. By theorizing the phenomena, this chapter is a step towards theory building. Incorporating Bandura’s ‘Social Cognitive Theory’ and Davis’ ‘Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)’, the framework also gives due importance to the role of entrepreneurs in fostering social change. It explains two-way relationship between technology and innovation and presents five different ways of combining technology and innovation for creating social change. Finally, it offers a set of propositions and suggests validation with in-depth case studies for further advancement of the theory.

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  • Archana Singh & Satyajit Majumdar, 2015. "Technology and Innovation for Creating Social Change: Concepts and Theories," Springer Books, in: Satyajit Majumdar & Samapti Guha & Nadiya Marakkath (ed.), Technology and Innovation for Social Change, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 109-123, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-81-322-2071-8_7
    DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2071-8_7
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    Cited by:

    1. Jorge Cunha & Paul Benneworth, 2020. "How to measure the impact of social innovation initiatives?," International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, Springer;International Association of Public and Non-Profit Marketing, vol. 17(1), pages 59-75, March.
    2. Atkočiūnienė Vilma & Vaznonienė Gintarė, 2019. "Smart Village Development Principles and Driving Forces: The Case of Lithuania," European Countryside, Sciendo, vol. 11(4), pages 497-516, December.
    3. Archana Singh & Samapti Guha, 2024. "Special Issue on ‘Uncertainty, Social Entrepreneurship and Role of Technology’: An Introduction," Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, vol. 10(1), pages 9-12, January.

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