Brief Analysis of the Scientific Articles
Produced About “Social Innovation”,
During the Last Ten Years
Sandra Aparecida Santos, Norma Brambilla, Ubiratã Tortato
and Carlos Olavo Quandt
Abstract The objective of this work is to perform a Systematic Review of the
Literature about the number of scientific articles published in the last ten years related
to social aspect of sustainability: the Social Innovation. To do so, we performed
researches in the databases “Scopus” and “Web of Science”, in which were inserted
filters to select productions on the subject in question. After the research was made,
the abstracts were read, 169 studies were carried out in the first base, and 85 in the
second, based on the research protocol of Tranfield et al. (Br J Manag 14(3):207–222,
2003). In order to select the works to be analyzed, the articles were read to verify
in which of them the theme “Social Innovation” was more recurrent and had greater
visibility as a theoretical foundation. After this analysis, it was decided to study
the articles in which the theme “Social Innovation” had more scope. Regarding
the selected studies, the general characteristics of the articles about the topic were
identified and, also, at which point there was convergence and/or divergence between
them. In addition, it was also carried out an analysis of the articles, in order to identify
how Social Innovation was scientifically studied in the last decade.
Keywords Social innovation · Systematic review of literature · Scopus · Web of
Science
S. A. Santos (B) · N. Brambilla · U. Tortato · C. O. Quandt
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR), Curitiba, Brazil
e-mail: sas_sandra@hotmail.com
N. Brambilla
e-mail: normabrambi@hotmail.com
U. Tortato
e-mail: ubirata.tortato@pucpr.br
C. O. Quandt
e-mail: carlos.quandt@pucpr.br
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_6
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Produced About “Social Innovation”,
During the Last Ten Years
Sandra Aparecida Santos, Norma Brambilla, Ubiratã Tortato
and Carlos Olavo Quandt
Abstract The objective of this work is to perform a Systematic Review of the
Literature about the number of scientific articles published in the last ten years related
to social aspect of sustainability: the Social Innovation. To do so, we performed
researches in the databases “Scopus” and “Web of Science”, in which were inserted
filters to select productions on the subject in question. After the research was made,
the abstracts were read, 169 studies were carried out in the first base, and 85 in the
second, based on the research protocol of Tranfield et al. (Br J Manag 14(3):207–222,
2003). In order to select the works to be analyzed, the articles were read to verify
in which of them the theme “Social Innovation” was more recurrent and had greater
visibility as a theoretical foundation. After this analysis, it was decided to study
the articles in which the theme “Social Innovation” had more scope. Regarding
the selected studies, the general characteristics of the articles about the topic were
identified and, also, at which point there was convergence and/or divergence between
them. In addition, it was also carried out an analysis of the articles, in order to identify
how Social Innovation was scientifically studied in the last decade.
Keywords Social innovation · Systematic review of literature · Scopus · Web of
Science
S. A. Santos (B) · N. Brambilla · U. Tortato · C. O. Quandt
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná (PUC-PR), Curitiba, Brazil
e-mail: sas_sandra@hotmail.com
N. Brambilla
e-mail: normabrambi@hotmail.com
U. Tortato
e-mail: ubirata.tortato@pucpr.br
C. O. Quandt
e-mail: carlos.quandt@pucpr.br
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_6
107