The aim of the paper is to develop a more nuanced and multilevel understanding of the
social network arena in which the rural social entrepreneur operates. We introduce and …

The question of how social enterprises foster social innovation in rural regions remains
largely unexplored. In this paper, I develop the assumption that the embeddedness of social …

This ground-breaking volume on the relationships between tourism and innovation provides
an overview of relevant innovation theories and related literatures on entrepreneurship …

Digital social innovation (DSI) is commonly associated with cities. However, DSI is not
limited to urban space. In rural areas, it is the inhabitants themselves who start and push …

Digitalization and social innovation are often discussed separately and without any spatial
reference or in relation to cities, although newer works show the importance of social …

The point of departure in this article are the pressing challenges in countless rural
communities that provide the backdrop for the emergence of socially innovative approaches …

Based on an exploratory research, this study highlights the role of pure rural
entrepreneurship towards rural development of an inland and mountainous area of Portugal …

Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Rural Europe investigates how social
entrepreneurship advances social innovation in rural Europe and contributes to fighting …

In this study, we investigate how production Cooperatives with a Sharing Economy Business
Model (CSE‐BMs) foster innovations in structurally weak rural places. Taking a place‐based …

How social entrepreneurship can become social innovation has been little studied, even
less in the rural context. This document poses that social entrepreneurship generate …