Im anstehenden Transformationsprozess hin zu einer nachhaltigen Gesellschaft können soziale Innovationen eine bedeutende Rolle spielen. Insbesondere verbindet sich mit ihnen die Annahme, dass neue Ansätze, Praktiken und Steuerungsimpulse initiiert und entwickelt werden können, die es...

Social innovation and community development: concepts, theories and challenges / Frank Moulaert -- Historical roots of social change : philosophies and movements / Flavia Martinelli -- ALMOLIN: how to analyse social innovation at the local level? / Sara González, Frank Moulaert and Flavia...

A structural model of entry and fiscal policy is presented. It shows that taxation of variable production costs can increase product prices, lower competition, and reduce the availability of new products in small markets. The model?s test is based on a unique nationwide fiscal experiment. We...

The transformative turn of innovation policy has resulted in calls for a more entrepreneurial and directional role of the state. However, the multiple roles that the state might play in such processes remain underexplored. This paper studies the embedded role of the state in four distinct modes...