https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37916 Tue 06 Jun 2023 15:52:40 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:8824 Sat 24 Mar 2018 08:38:25 AEDT ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:40863 Mon 06 May 2024 14:57:43 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:55478 AbstractA balance between economic, social, and ecological performance has emerged as a key concern for organisations around the world. The modern era emphasises achieving eco‐friendly business outcomes to drive social needs along with higher financial performance. However, hybrid organisations in developing countries frequently progress in ecological and economic terms but struggle with social innovation. Based on this backdrop, this study aimed to investigate whether or not technological readiness, organisational learning, transformational leadership, and sustainability orientation influence social innovation within hybrid organisations. Data from 447 hybrid organisations in Ghana are used in the study. Study findings reveal that transformational leadership promotes social innovation among hybrid enterprises, while sustainability orientation decreases it significantly. Technology readiness also reduced the social outcome associated with sustainability orientation by moderating their negative effects. To maximise social innovation outcomes, this study recommends managers of hybrid organisations to adopt policies regarding the efficient use of internal resources and processes through technological readiness. Furthermore, the organisation's future learning processes, leadership structures, and sustainability orientation policies should be aligned with its social innovation goals.]]> Mon 03 Jun 2024 16:11:44 AEST ]]> https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:29618 startup", a local initiative in the greater metropolitan area of Dortmund, Germany. We have chosen this program as a proxy, because its design and main objective reflect the specifications of a typical social innovation. The multi-perspective and multi-method evaluation design we applied was composed of three evaluation studies: a benchmarking-evaluation study, a constantly implemented participant-evaluation study and, finally, a stakeholder-evaluation study. Originality/value: A strong emphasis was placed on a 360-degree approach, meaning that a variety of perspectives on the program's performance were included. Moreover, reviewing social innovations theoretically and conceptually, we derived three core evaluation criteria that are able to describe the success of a social innovation: use, diffusion and effects. Tailored and appropriate methods and measures were then used to gain the necessary information to apply the evaluation. Practical implications: This study contributes in identifying and applying a sound evaluation design to analyze and assess social innovations. For this purpose, three different approaches were used in order to gain relevant evaluation information considering the complex context of the program. Thus, the results of this research are expected to contribute improved monitoring and evaluating the success of social innovation ventures.]]> Fri 13 Apr 2018 10:41:15 AEST ]]>