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Social Innovations and its Barriers of Scaling Social Impact - A case study on Bangalore

Zahlander, Frida LU (2019) EKHS34 20191
Department of Economic History
Abstract
The world is currently facing many great challenges, including a rising inequality as
a result of the benefits occurring from economic development accrues to some individuals on
the expense of others. This is an issue which is even more significant in the Global South.
Hence, social innovations have been proposed as an important factor to tackle this problem.
Yet, many social innovations fail not because the idea doesn’t have the potential of making a
difference, but because they fail to appeal and adapt to the market, and hence scale up the social
impact. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate what barriers social ventures
experience when trying to scale the social impact of social innovations, and how the process... (More)
The world is currently facing many great challenges, including a rising inequality as
a result of the benefits occurring from economic development accrues to some individuals on
the expense of others. This is an issue which is even more significant in the Global South.
Hence, social innovations have been proposed as an important factor to tackle this problem.
Yet, many social innovations fail not because the idea doesn’t have the potential of making a
difference, but because they fail to appeal and adapt to the market, and hence scale up the social
impact. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate what barriers social ventures
experience when trying to scale the social impact of social innovations, and how the process of
scaling the social impact could be improved. This study follows a qualitative approach and was
realised in Bangalore, India. Data was collected through interviews in a multiple-case study
with four social ventures, their collaborations partners and connoisseurs from different relevant
fields. The results indicate that alliance building with the government, universities, private- and
civil sector is important to succeed with scaling the social impact. Moreover, the barriers
experienced are mostly connected to communication, stimulating market forces and lobbying,
with important elements such as lack of public support, high bureaucracy and cultural barriers
among others. The ease of scaling social impact could hence be improved by emphasising these
drivers, with actions such as supportive policies and utilizing collaborations to raise awareness
and understand the context where the social ventures operate. (Less)
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author
Zahlander, Frida LU
supervisor
organization
course
EKHS34 20191
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Social innovation, Scaling social impact, India, Bangalore, Social ventures
language
English
id
8987992
date added to LUP
2019-10-22 14:47:27
date last changed
2019-10-22 14:47:27
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  abstract     = {{The world is currently facing many great challenges, including a rising inequality as
a result of the benefits occurring from economic development accrues to some individuals on
the expense of others. This is an issue which is even more significant in the Global South.
Hence, social innovations have been proposed as an important factor to tackle this problem.
Yet, many social innovations fail not because the idea doesn’t have the potential of making a
difference, but because they fail to appeal and adapt to the market, and hence scale up the social
impact. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate what barriers social ventures
experience when trying to scale the social impact of social innovations, and how the process of
scaling the social impact could be improved. This study follows a qualitative approach and was
realised in Bangalore, India. Data was collected through interviews in a multiple-case study
with four social ventures, their collaborations partners and connoisseurs from different relevant
fields. The results indicate that alliance building with the government, universities, private- and
civil sector is important to succeed with scaling the social impact. Moreover, the barriers
experienced are mostly connected to communication, stimulating market forces and lobbying,
with important elements such as lack of public support, high bureaucracy and cultural barriers
among others. The ease of scaling social impact could hence be improved by emphasising these
drivers, with actions such as supportive policies and utilizing collaborations to raise awareness
and understand the context where the social ventures operate.}},
  author       = {{Zahlander, Frida}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Social Innovations and its Barriers of Scaling Social Impact - A case study on Bangalore}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}