Technology and Innovation for Social Change

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Majumdar, Satyajit (Editor), Guha, Samapti (Editor), Marakkath, Nadiya (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Business.; Entrepreneurship.; Management.; Industrial management.; Sociology.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Sociology, general.

Tension exists between technologists and social thinkers because of the impact technology and innovation have on social values and norms, which is often viewed as damaging to the cultural fabric of a nation or society. Since the global business environment is the context in which implementation of t...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Technology and Innovation for Social Change: An Introduction
• Theme 1: Concepts and Critical Analysis
• Chapter 2. Social innovation: Towards a conceptualisation
• Chapter 3. Relevance of social enterprises for micro-entrepreneurial growth:  A case based discussion   on Indian microfinance models
• Theme 2: Institutional Systems
• Chapter 4. Development Strategy in the Northern State of Jalisco from the Institutional Perspective
• Chapter 5. Technological Utilization in Africa: Does Institution Matter?
• Chapter 6. Creating Social Change through Entrepreneurship Education: An Effectuation Model at TATA Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, India
• Theme 3: Transformation
• Chapter 7. Technology and Innovation for Create Social Change: Concepts and Theories
• Chapter 8. Social Change using Innovation and Technology
• Chapter 9. Impact of Technology and Social Change on the Family in Nigeria
• Theme 4: Case Studies
• Chapter 10. Bt Cotton in India: Debates Surrounding Agricultural Biotechnology in India
• Chapter 11. Revival of and Social Change: Case Study on Dholka
• Chapter 12. Technology and Social Change among the HoAdivasis (Tribals) of West Singhbhum, Jharkand, India.