Title: Creating and scaling a social innovation: case study of Support My School

Authors: Rashmi Assudani; Imane Khayat; Marge Cunningham; Lynda Kilbourne

Addresses: Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Williams College of Business, Xavier University, 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45207, USA ' Business Development-MENA Region, Energy Management Consulting Group, USA ' Assistant Professor Department of Management & Entrepreneurship Williams College of Business Xavier University, 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45207, USA. ' Department of Management and Entrepreneurship, Williams College of Business, Xavier University, 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45207, USA

Abstract: Organisations in both for-profit and non-profit sectors are increasingly seeking new ways to create economic and social value to their stakeholders. Social innovations, which are innovations for the wellbeing of society, are a natural choice for partnerships between non-profit and for-profit organisations. However, studying social innovations can be challenging due to the complexity of interactions that take place between different parties throughout this process. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to examine the creation and scaling up of a social innovation as part of the cross-sector collaborations. Using the Support My School case study we posit three key factors, which determine the success of a social innovation in the Indian context.

Keywords: social innovation; for-profit/non-profit partnerships; innovation ecosystems; institutional environment; Support My School; SMS; NPOs; FPOs; cross-sector collaboration; scaling up; case study; India.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2016.075640

International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 2016 Vol.4 No.1, pp.37 - 53

Received: 18 Nov 2015
Accepted: 02 Dec 2015

Published online: 30 Mar 2016 *

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