Publication Authors: Chiara Civera

Chiara Civera, Cecilia Casalegno, Ivan Gnesi, Edward R. Freeman

This study explores the effects of Corporate Social Innovation (CSI) projects initiated by Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) in developing countries, specifically in the Dominican Republic. The focus is on the post-project sustainability and evolution of social innovations in the ecosystem. By using an interdisciplinary approach that combines managerial theories and Agent Based Modelling simulations, the study […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2024 – Translating Knowledge into Innovation Dynamics
3382-3401
Chiara Civera, Cecilia Giuliana Nicoletta Casalegno, Brigida Morelli, Gabriele Santoro

We examine the enduring impacts of knowledge transfer from multinational companies (MNCs) to local communities in developing countries through Corporate Social Innovation projects. Using the theoretical lens of knowledge sharing, transfer, and absorption we focus on how (autonomous) social innovation initiatives are prompted by local stakeholders post-MNC involvement, addressing a significant gap in the literature. […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2024 – Translating Knowledge into Innovation Dynamics
1081-1093
Damiano Cortese, Chiara Civera, Cecilia Casalegno, Alessandro Zardini

Social Innovation (SI) is a configuration of social practices prompted collectively and intentionally by multiple stakeholders in a specific ecosystem to solve problems that would be not effectively solvable through traditional approaches or practices by transforming the social and economic settings. Despite the literature around SI ecosystems has grown considerably in the latest years, what […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2021 – Managing Knowledge in Uncertain Times
1386-1416