New Players on Crowded Playing Fields

The Institutional Embeddedness of Social Innovation in Germany

Bibliographic Data

ID12714720
AuthorsClaudia Ruddat (Ruhr University Bochum, corresponding author), Anna-Lena Schönauer (0000-0002-5129-4753, Ruhr University Bochum)
Year2014
Volume13
Issue3
Pages445-456
Publication date2014-04-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Policy and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1474-7464 • E-ISSN: 1475-3073
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1474746414000190
OpenAlexW2007693499
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

This article 1 analyses whether and how social innovations can be implemented in a Conservative/Bismarckian welfare regime and society such as Germany. It examines the transferability and the relevance of this discourse and practice, and argues that, due to existing institutional structures and cultures, innovation by public sector intrapreneurship is more significant in Germany than through social entrepreneurship. The article challenges the assumption that social innovation emerges from entrepreneurship, and questions the level of attention and importance attached to this development

Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · Embeddedness · Entrepreneurship · Incentive · Market economy · Political science · Public relations · Relevance (law · Social entrepreneurship · Social innovation · Social science · Sociology · Transferability · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Family Business Performance and Succession · Innovation, Technology, and Society

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