SIMPACT Project. Deliverable 4.1. Part II. Existing Forms of SI. Dynamics & Features influencing SI Processes and Business Models

Considering the specificity of the SI process and the complexity of SI Business Models, as emerged from the analysis presented and discussed in Part I of this deliverable (Rizzo, Komatsu & Deserti, 2015), Part II of the deliverable undertakes a multi-disciplinary study to advance the understanding of the different factors influencing its peculiar na-ture. The literature review will contribute from one side to build a theoretically sound and comprehensive deepening of the numerous factors that underlie the actual eco-nomic structure of social innovations, and, from the other, will enhance differences or similarities with other forms of innovation.