Understanding the concept of social innovation - a bibliometric analysis

Authors

  • Tânia Sofia Martins POLYTECHNIC OF PORTO. SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY |CIICESI
  • Alexandra Maria Braga POLYTECHNIC OF PORTO. SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | CIICESI http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7548-9785
  • Marisa José Ferreira POLYTECHNIC OF PORTO. SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | CIICESI
  • Vítor Silva Braga POLYTECHNIC OF PORTO. SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | CIICESI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26537/iirh.vi9.2843

Keywords:

Bibliometric Analysis, Citations, Co-citations, Social Innovation, Scientific Production, Web of Science

Abstract

Over the last decade, social innovation has received greater attention and emerges as a relevant topic for academics, firms and institutions (Sanzo-Perez, Álvarez-González & Rey-García, 2015). Globally, social innovation is acknowledged through the recent focus of the G8 on the theme of impacting investment. In this context, Portugal was invited, in 2015, to be part of a small group of five countries that joined the G8 countries in leading the global social investment agenda. At the European level, social innovation also assumes a special focus through the Social Business Initiative. At this level, Portugal is also included as one of the promoters of social innovation, through the Portugal Social Innovation initiative, as the first program of a Member State aimed at boosting social innovation, financed by European Structural Funds. Currently, Portugal assumes a preeminent role in the field of social innovation, with a growing number of innovation and social entrepreneurship initiatives that have gained national and international recognition.

In order to better understand the concept associated with social innovation, bibliometric analysis was chosen to deliver insights, which allows analyzing the trend of publications associated to the theme.

Author Biographies

Tânia Sofia Martins, POLYTECHNIC OF PORTO. SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY |CIICESI

Tânia Martins develops her professional activity as coordinator and teacher of different teaching modalities (education and training courses, vocational courses, learning courses, adult education courses and professional courses) in the area of animation, work and social support. She is responsible for the management and implementation of projects of non-formal education and community development in municipalities, institutions of the 3rd sector and firms.

She is a Master' student in NonProfit Organisation Management at the School of Management and Technology of the Polytechnic of Porto and she has a degree in Social Education from the School of Education and Social Sciences of the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (with a participation in international mobility in the University of Murcia).

Alexandra Maria Braga, POLYTECHNIC OF PORTO. SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | CIICESI

Alexandra Braga is an Assistant Professor at the School of Technology and Management at the Porto Polytechnic, Portugal, and a researcher at CIICESI. Her research on innovation and knowledge management has been presented at numerous international conferences and journals. Her research interests also include strategy, competitiveness and entrepreneurship. She is the Director of the SME Management and Business course.

Marisa José Ferreira, POLYTECHNIC OF PORTO. SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | CIICESI

Marisa Ferreira is an Assistant Professor in the topics of Marketing, Nonprofit marketing, Strategy, Corporate Social Responsibility in Undergraduate, MSc, at School of Management and Technology of Felgueiras, Polytechnic Institute of Porto. Researcher at CIICESI. PhD in Business Management, University of Porto, Faculty of Economics.

Vítor Silva Braga, POLYTECHNIC OF PORTO. SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY | CIICESI

Prof Vitor Braga concluded a PhD in Business Economics at Middlesex University Business School, England. Concluded also a Master Course in Industrial Economy at Minho University. He is graduated in economy by the UTAD Portuguese university. He has published 18 articles in specialized journals and 63 papers in event proceedings, has 8 chapters of books published. It has 8 items of technical production. He supervised 2 doctoral theses and co-oriented 1, guided 6 master's dissertations in the area of Economics and Management. He works in the area of Social Sciences with emphasis on Economics and Management. In his professional activities he interacted with 50 collaborators in co-authorship of scientific works.

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Published

2019-08-08

How to Cite

Martins, T. S., Braga, A. M., Ferreira, M. J., & Braga, V. S. (2019). Understanding the concept of social innovation - a bibliometric analysis. Proceedings - Research and Intervention in Human Resources, (9). https://doi.org/10.26537/iirh.vi9.2843

Issue

No. 9 (2019): IX Conferência Internacional de Investigação e Intervenção em RH

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Articles