1st Edition
Social Innovation Design Cases A Chronicle of Global Journeys
Social innovation is an innovation whose main aim is to benefit society. There is a worldwide need for and interest in conducting innovations and social innovations. Social Innovation Design Cases: A Chronicle of Global Journeys provides an in-depth description of the design journeys of twenty social innovation cases from twelve countries around the globe on five continents. The design cases span areas ranging from promoting rural economic development to addressing climate change. The book describes in depth, citing relevant references, the design journeys of the twenty social innovations and corresponding social enterprises, following an innovation design process model. Additionally, it describes the knowledge models and metamodels contributed by these cases. Each design case presents the overall business model of the social innovation and the corresponding social enterprise.
The book is for innovators and aspiring innovators, especially those actively planning and designing social innovations, in for-profit, government, and not-for-profit organizations. In addition to these managers and executives, the book is also for all, including undergraduate and graduate students, who would like to understand distinct kinds of social innovations as well as their design and implementation. Providing details on the design and implementation of a variety of successful social innovations, the cases presented can serve as templates for future social innovations. The book can empower innovators of all types to develop and implement ideas for the betterment of society at large.
1. Introduction
I. Promoting Rural Economic Development
2. Honey Care, Africa: Promoting Honey Farming
3. Village of Andavadoake, Madagascar: Increasing Octopus Farming Productivity
4. Buhoma Village Walk, Uganda: Promoting Sustainable Tourism
II. Improving Infrastructure
5. Lufumbu Village Water Scheme, Tanzania: Offsetting Water Infrastructure
6. Husk Power Systems, India: Environmentally Friendly Electricity Generation
7. Waste Ventures India. Integrated Waste Management
8. Safaricom’s M-Pesa, Africa: Mobile-Based Financial Services
III. Enhancing Healthcare
 9. TRACnet, Rwanda: Fighting Pandemics using IT
10. Aravind Eye Care System, India: Hospital Network for Preventing Blindness
11. Rushey Green Time Bank, U.K.: Reciprocal Healthcare Services Exchange
IV. Generating and/or Sustaining Employment
12. DesiCrew, India: Business Process Outsourcing for Rural Employment
13. Infosys Global Education Center, India: Organization-Specific Career-Long Learning
14. The Big Issue, UK: Income-Earning Model for Homeless People
15. WorkVentures, Australia. Sustaining Independent Employment
V. Transforming Farming
16. SEKEM, Egypt: Holistic Farming Initiative
17. Cotton Stripper, India: Mechanizing Cotton Stripping
18. M-Farm, Kenya: Monitoring Real-Time Crop Market Prices
VI. Addressing Climate Change
19. Tetra Pak, Sweden: Reducing Climate Impact
20. Elopak, Norway: Becoming Carbon Neutral
21. Johnson & Johnson, US: Reducing Carbon Emissions
22. Conclusions
Biography
Vijay K. Vaishnavi is Professor Emeritus of Computer Information Systems, as well as former Board of Advisors Professor of Computer Information Systems and Professor of Computer Science, at Georgia State University. He holds a PhD from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and has conducted postdoctoral work at McMaster University, Canada. His research interests cover several areas including innovation design, social innovation design, design science research methods, information integration and web mining, software development, and data structures/algorithms.
