ABSTRACT

Social innovation, in the context of public innovation, has gained increased attention in the literature, and is approached relative to the third sector, to social enterprises, or as practices initiated by the public sector. However, the interplay among these actors in enabling social innovation is still underexplored. Therefore, the article investigates the role of social entrepreneurs from outside the public sector in enabling public sector innovation networks. Since social innovation is inherently relational, four cases demonstrating how social entrepreneurs have pushed the boundaries of public sector services, and hence expanded public innovation networks, are analysed.

摘要

在公共创新的背景下，社会创新在文献中得到了越来越多的关注，并且与第三部门、社会企业或公共部门发起的实践相关。然而，这些行为者之间在促进社会创新方面的相互作用仍未得到充分探索。因此，本文调查了公共部门以外的社会企业家在支持公共部门创新网络中的作用。由于社会创新本质上是相关的，因此分析了四个案例，证明社会企业家如何突破公共部门服务的界限，从而扩大公共创新网络。