Search for dissertations about: "social innovation poverty"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words social innovation poverty.

  1. 1. Lost in Transitions: Sustainability Strategies and Social Contexts

    Author : Tareq Emtairah; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Corporate Social Responsibiliy; Organisations; Sustainability Strategies;

    Abstract : Corporations are increasingly asked to provide innovative solutions to address environmental and social concerns, such as persistent poverty, pollution and climate change. The paradox in this call is that within the current economic logic, most companies will continue to find working at these interfaces problematic. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Transformative Imagination : Re-imagining the world towards sustainability

    Author : Diego Galafassi; Victor Galaz; Tim Daw; Karen O'Brien; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ways of knowing; transformations; complexity; futures; practice; transdisciplinarity; creativity; art-based; embodied meaning; action-research; science-policy; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : A central task for sustainability science in the Anthropocene is to offer guidance on alternative pathways of change. Even though this search and implementation of pathways towards sustainability is likely to require profound social-ecological transformations, little is yet known about the individual and collective capacities needed to support such transformations. READ MORE

  3. 3. Extending Access : Perspectives on Business Model Innovation in Water and Sanitation Service Provision

    Author : Caroline Jennings Saul; Anders Gustafsson; Nina Veflen; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Business Innovation; Water business; WASH; Sanitation; Digitalization; Base of the pyramid; Business Administration; Företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Many organizations are attempting to improve the well-being of people living in poverty, whether it be philanthropic, through offering transformative services, or buying into the doing well by doing good ethos of corporate Base of the Pyramid (BoP) strategies. Some of these efforts are being directed towards extending access to safely managed water and sanitation services to everyone. READ MORE

  4. 4. Business Model Design for Social Goods and Services in Developing Economies

    Author : Mirella Lindsay Haldimann; Heiko Gebauer; Aku Valtakoski; Ray Fisk; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Over the past decade there have been increasing calls for alternative ways of tackling poverty problems in developing economies. Rather than aid or charity approaches that have traditionally dominated this area, an alternative line of discussion around base-of-the-pyramid approaches has emerged which emphasizes the role of innovation and pro-poor entrepreneurship. READ MORE

  5. 5. Development and Resilience : Re-thinking poverty and intervention in biocultural landscapes

    Author : L. Jamila Haider; Maja Schlüter; Wiebren Boonstra; M. Jahi Chappell; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; biocultural diversity; coevolution; development; interdisciplinary; Pamir Mountains; poverty traps; resilience; social-ecological systems; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : The practices related to the growing, harvesting, preparation, and celebration of food over millennia have given rise to diverse biocultural landscapes the world over. These landscapes – rich in biological and cultural diversity – are often characterised by persistent poverty, and, as such, are often the target of development interventions. READ MORE