The Impact of Societal and Social Innovation

1: Introduction.- 2: Definition and comparison of societal innovation and social innovation.- 3: Cases of societal innovation.- 4: Two-stage Model of Societal Innovation.- 5: Cases of Social Innovation.- 6: A two-stage model of social innovation.- 7: Conclusion and Policy Implications.- References.- Author Index.- Subject Index.- Glossary.

Dr. Carol Yeh-Yun Lin (PhD, the University of Texas at Austin) is Distinguished Professor of Department of Business Administration at National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan. Dr. Lin published extensively on strategic HRM, SME management, intellectual capital, and corporate social responsibility. Her papers have appeared in the International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Long Range Planning, Health Care Management Review, Journal of Small Business Management, Journal of Psychology, Journal of Intellectual Capital among others. From 2011 to 2014, Springer New York published her 13 books, relating to national intellectual capital for 48 countries. Before Dr. Lin changed her career to academia, she served as Customer Service Manager in Singer Sewing Machine Companies Taichung Factory for two years and Office Manager in K-Mart Taipei Purchasing Office for six years.
Mr. Jeffrey Chen is a big data consultant with Slalom Consultingspecializing in distributed data systems and cloud infrastructure. Before joining Slalom, he served as a system integration consultant at Accenture. He has experience working in the insurance, banking, supply chain, advertisement, and information security industries. Jeffrey obtained his degree in electrical/computer engineering and economics from Duke University.