Research on social innovation has, to date, mainly been carried out through case studies. This is due to the unique character of innovations, at least when they emerge, and the fact that the concept of social innovation is still poorly codified. Case studies are typically used to explore new research areas for which existing theory seems inadequate. A case study approach is the prescribed methodology to explore phenomena that are not easily distinguishable from their context and to document them thoroughly by referring to multiple information sources (Yin, 1994).
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Bouchard, M. J., Trudelle, C., Briand, L., Klein, J. L., Lévesque, B., Longtin, D., & Pelletier, M. (2016). A relational database to understand social innovation and its impact on social transformation. In New Frontiers in Social Innovation Research (pp. 69–85). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137506801_4
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