University in Palo Alto and the Hasso Plattner Institute in Potsdam. Understanding the evolution of innovation, and how to …: understanding innovation and how design thinking fosters it, which was the motivation for all the research work that is reported on …

1. Introduction -- 2. On Social Innovation Theory -- 3. Social Innovation in the Service Sector -- 4. Social Innovation … and Welfare -- 5. Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship -- 6. Social Innovation at the workplace -- 7. Social … Innovation, Open Innovation and Social Media -- 8. Measuring Social Innovation -- 9. Social Innovation and the Social Sciences. …

1 The Meaning of Foresight in Science Technology and Innovation Policy - An Introduction -- Section I: Instruments and … innovation (STI) policies at different national levels. It delivers insights into practical approaches of developing STI policy …