Governments increasingly tend to involve or rely on various societal actors to address social
challenges and develop cost-effective and high-quality public services. This paper identifies …

Since the eighties, the concern for sustainability has been increasing from several
dimensions and depending on different socio-economic, political, geographical and cultural …

In rural areas, the social innovation (SI) process emerges as a response to negative
socioeconomic trends or gets triggered by open windows of opportunity, bringing solutions …

Purpose This study aims to explore the ways that social enterprises (SE) create value by
embedding themselves in networks through the process of social innovation (SI). The …

Social innovation has come to be identified as a key aspect of development. Objectives
related to personal and socioeconomic development often inspire this type of innovation …

Purpose Social innovation (SI) has been promoted by policymakers for addressing all kinds
of social issues in the context of diminishing government resources. It is, however, difficult to …

The role of social innovation initiatives in contributing to sustainable rural development has
been discussed both in academia and practice. Some scholars argue that, rather than …

This paper investigates and analyses social farming in the Aosta Valley, a tiny Italian
mountain region in the Alps. It aims to highlight the features of social farming in this region …

Although the tendency that the population migrate from rural to urban areas is typical world
wide, the globalised economy creates new circumstances and opportunities for rural areas …

During and the following years of economic crisis that started in 2008, the European Union
did not find reliable answers to some negative effects of downturn. This was highly true in …