The influence of social innovation upon the development of regions and organizations

Abstract

The paper presents the role and influence of social innovations upon the development of organizations and regions. Although social innovations contribute to economic growth and facilitate progress, they are the sphere where the source of innovation usually goes unnoticed. Social innovations constitute the field which ought to be credited with growth opportunities in numerous domains. Innovative changes pertaining to social matters have become the object of research and academic papers. The authors present a brief characteristic of social innovations, stages of their implementation and examples of social activities which significantly contributed to permanent changes in local societies. (English) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]