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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
The purpose of the research is to identify and categorize value co-creation projects carried out by three main stakeholder groups of the coffee supply chain (large corporation, Non Governmental Organizations and dependent stakeholders alias farmers) and provide a management model for the value co-creation project implementation. Secondly, we seek to gather dependent stakeholders’ perception on […]
Based on the linkages between natural common pool resources and stakeholder theory, we aim at strengthening the theoretical understanding of dependent stakeholder engagement through empowerment in the context of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). In particular, we seek to demonstrate which empowerment areas and related actions towards fishermen at Torre Guaceto MPA (a European best practice […]