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Social innovation and the university
Social Enterprise Journal ( IF 2.8 ) Pub Date : 2020-03-14 , DOI: 10.1108/sej-03-2019-0017
Ladan Cockshut , Alistair Brown , Mariann Hardey

This paper aims to explore the university as a nexus of socially innovative support and engagement with micro- and small-sized (mSME) creative businesses in rural and semi-rural regions. This paper argues that universities can play a socially innovative role in and around their regions.,The authors used an action research approach to shape university-led interventions for creative mSMEs in a predominantly rural/semi-rural deprived area in the North East of England. A series of additional interviews were conducted with a sample to further explore issues raised during the action research phase.,The research found that the university is seen by these mSMEs as a trusted source of socially innovative support, though the expectation is for long-term and meaningful interventions that facilitate impactful change. University-based knowledge exchange and innovation can be oriented toward these tiny businesses for mutual benefit and as an enabler of societal change in a transitional economy.,As this study focused on a small, geographically similar cohort of creative mSMEs, the further application of these findings may be limited in dissimilar settings. More research is encouraged to further explore and test the conceptual points this paper raises.,This paper contributes to the social innovation field and creative economies policy research by presenting how a university can enable and shape authentic forms of engagement and impact in the mSME creative economy across the rural/semi-urban landscape.

中文翻译:

社会创新与大学

本文旨在探讨大学作为社会创新支持与农村和半农村地区的小型和小型(mSME)创意企业互动的纽带。本文认为,大学可以在其所在地区及周边地区发挥社会创新作用。作者使用一种行动研究方法,在英格兰东北部主要是农村/半农村贫困地区,对创新型mSME进行了大学主导的干预。 。进行了一系列额外的访谈,并提供了一个样本,以进一步探讨在行动研究阶段提出的问题。研究发现,尽管这些期望是长期的,但这些中小企业仍将这所大学视为社会创新支持的可信赖来源有意义的干预措施,以促进有意义的变革。以大学为基础的知识交流和创新可以针对这些小企业,以实现互惠互利,并作为转轨经济中社会变革的推动者。由于本研究的重点是在地理上相似的小规模创意mSME群体,因此这些技术的进一步应用在不同的环境中,发现可能会受到限制。鼓励开展更多研究以进一步探索和检验本文提出的概念要点。本文通过介绍大学如何在mSME创意经济中促进和塑造真正的参与和影响形式,为社会创新领域和创意经济政策研究做出贡献跨越乡村/半城市景观。由于这项研究的重点是在地理上类似的创意mSME的小型队列中,因此这些发现的进一步应用可能在不同的环境中受到限制。鼓励开展更多研究以进一步探索和检验本文提出的概念要点。本文通过介绍大学如何在mSME创意经济中促进和塑造真正的参与和影响形式,为社会创新领域和创意经济政策研究做出贡献跨越乡村/半城市景观。由于这项研究的重点是在地理上类似的创意mSME的小型队列中,因此这些发现的进一步应用可能在不同的环境中受到限制。鼓励开展更多研究以进一步探索和检验本文提出的概念要点。本文通过介绍大学如何在mSME创意经济中促进和塑造真正的参与和影响形式,为社会创新领域和创意经济政策研究做出贡献跨越乡村/半城市景观。
更新日期:2020-03-14
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