Knowledge-Intensive Social Services as the Basis for the National Social Innovation Systems

This paper provides theoretical foundations for the existence of national social innovations systems (NSIS) and presents such a system with empirical data. Departing from the activities in France of Ashoka, a large and old service organization, which we label as knowledge-intensive social service (...

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Main Authors: Benoît Desmarchelier, Faridah Djellal, Faïz Gallouj
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Language:English
Published: National Research University Higher School of Economics 2022-03-01
Series:Foresight and STI Governance
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Online Access:https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19283
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description This paper provides theoretical foundations for the existence of national social innovations systems (NSIS) and presents such a system with empirical data. Departing from the activities in France of Ashoka, a large and old service organization, which we label as knowledge-intensive social service (KISS), we build a large and robust social innovation network in France and argue that it represents a credible approximation of the country’s NSIS. On this basis, we find differences within the national innovation system (NIS). Indeed, the core of the NSIS involves very few actors emanating from manufacturing or technology-intensive industries, and the coordination between actors seems more bottom-up than in the NIS.
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spelling doaj-art-00f608f89a034ba098f492ca6e1bda5f2025-08-20T02:16:14ZengNational Research University Higher School of EconomicsForesight and STI Governance2500-25972022-03-0116110.17323/2500-2597.2022.1.34.41Knowledge-Intensive Social Services as the Basis for the National Social Innovation SystemsBenoît Desmarchelier0Faridah Djellal1Faïz Gallouj2The University of Lille, 42 rue Paul Duez 59000 Lille — FranceThe University of Lille, 42 rue Paul Duez 59000 Lille — FranceThe University of Lille, 42 rue Paul Duez 59000 Lille — France This paper provides theoretical foundations for the existence of national social innovations systems (NSIS) and presents such a system with empirical data. Departing from the activities in France of Ashoka, a large and old service organization, which we label as knowledge-intensive social service (KISS), we build a large and robust social innovation network in France and argue that it represents a credible approximation of the country’s NSIS. On this basis, we find differences within the national innovation system (NIS). Indeed, the core of the NSIS involves very few actors emanating from manufacturing or technology-intensive industries, and the coordination between actors seems more bottom-up than in the NIS. https://foresight-journal.hse.ru/article/view/19283national innovation systemsocial innovationthird sectorknowledge-intensive services
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national innovation system
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third sector
knowledge-intensive services
title Knowledge-Intensive Social Services as the Basis for the National Social Innovation Systems
title_full Knowledge-Intensive Social Services as the Basis for the National Social Innovation Systems
title_fullStr Knowledge-Intensive Social Services as the Basis for the National Social Innovation Systems
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge-Intensive Social Services as the Basis for the National Social Innovation Systems
title_short Knowledge-Intensive Social Services as the Basis for the National Social Innovation Systems
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topic national innovation system
social innovation
third sector
knowledge-intensive services
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