... on the social responsibility of business research remains ambiguously defined and lacks rigour. Research governance fosters transparency and ethical practices, social innovation addresses unfulfilled societal needs and impact evaluation assesses the effectiveness of these initiatives in fostering social change...

...Mennatallah Morsy; Paul Trott; Daniel Sunghwan Cho Purpose The new concept of corporate social innovation (CSI) has witnessed a steady growth in the business and management academic world over the past 20 years. Yet its adoption by corporations has been notably slow. This paper aims...

.... This paper aims to examine whether, why and how business leaders engage in social innovation. The authors argue that leadership perspective and motivation are important drivers for developing substantial social innovations suited to resolving societal challenges at their roots. More specifically, the authors...

...Knut J. Ims; Laszlo Zsolnai Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the main reasons for social innovations to be successful in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, four famous cases of social innovation are studied and contrasted in the following...