...Johannes Carl Purpose By taking a micro-level perspective, this paper aims to examine the influence of the ongoing paradigm shift from technological to social innovation on principal investigators (PIs) and thereby links the two emerging research fields of entrepreneurial ecosystems and social...

...Fabien Martinez; Patrick O’Sullivan; Mark Smith; Mark Esposito Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the conceptual construct of social innovation in business as distinct from social innovation implemented by civil society and the state. The general absence of sustained research...

...). Social entrepreneurship Social innovation Social enterprise Base of the pyramid Selco The first strategic choice involves selecting a specific sub-segment at the BoP on the basis of demographic, geographic and psychographic variables. The lack of homogeneity at the BoP due to socio-economic...