SIMPACT Project. Deliverable 4.1. Part I. SI Processes and Business Models

The Deliverable 4.1 Report on Existing Forms of SI synthesizes the research activities conducted in Task 4.1: Differentiating SI from other Innovation of SIMPACT’s WP4.Part I is composed of two sections: 1. Framing the differences between Social and Technological Innovation; 2. SI business models and their differences with "for profit” innovation business models. Section 1 compares the differences and the similarities between technological and social innovation. The comparison was conducted on the basis of the literature on technological and social innovation. Section 2 reports on the results of the reverse engineering. This research activity aimed at elucidating SI’s underpinned business models from SIMPACT’s business cases studies.