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Innovation in Nonprofit Organizations

A special issue of Administrative Sciences (ISSN 2076-3387).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2019) | Viewed by 9321

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Kristina Jaskyte

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School of Social Work, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Interests: innovation in nonprofit organizations; organizational culture; cross-cultural studies; individual creativity

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Administrative Sciences is seeking submissions for a Special Issue titled “Innovation in Nonprofit Organizations”. Rapid changes in the external environment are challenging the current practices of nonprofit organizations. Now more than ever, nonprofit organizations have to think about how they can differentiate themselves from their competitors not only in terms of what kind of services they provide and how they provide them, but also how they raise their money, engage with their funders and clients, market their services, and partner with other organizations.

We invite submissions of papers to this Special Issue that extend and advance our understanding of innovations in nonprofit organizations. Empirical as well as conceptual papers are welcome. We are especially interested in contributions in areas that include, but are not limited to:

  • Innovation and organizational performance
  • Organizational and environmental factors related to different types of innovations
  • Governance and innovation
  • Philanthropy and innovation
  • Innovation scaling: success stories and failures
  • An organization’s capacity for innovation: Examples and effectiveness of capacity building methods and approaches
  • Partnerships and innovation
  • Testing innovation theories across different cultural contexts
  • Technology and innovation
  • The dark side of innovation

Dr. Kristina Jaskyte
Guest Editor

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  • Innovation Nonprofit Organizations

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An Exploratory Study of Types of Innovation in US Foundations
by Kristina Jaskyte Bahr
Adm. Sci. 2019, 9(4), 93; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci9040093 - 2 Dec 2019
Cited by 9 | Viewed by 3831
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While foundations contribute in significant ways to the United States’ social, economic, and political life, they are experiencing increasing demands placed upon them by their own sector and need to respond to the major changes in their external environment. In order to create [...] Read more.
While foundations contribute in significant ways to the United States’ social, economic, and political life, they are experiencing increasing demands placed upon them by their own sector and need to respond to the major changes in their external environment. In order to create breakthrough solutions to long-standing problems, foundations have to become more innovative and seek to experiment and find new approaches. Unfortunately, innovation discourse within foundations has received little attention. This paper fills the gap in the literature as it describes the results of a study that explored different types of innovations implemented in foundations. More specifically, staff members of 17 US foundations that are known for supporting innovation in nonprofit organizations, were asked to describe programmatic and administrative innovations implemented in their own foundations. The results showed that foundations that support innovation are in fact innovative themselves. They implemented numerous innovations in programmatic and administrative, financial, and structural areas. This paper provides a rich description of a broad range of innovations implemented within each of those areas. The contribution of this study and insights are significant at this particular time when foundations’ roles and impact on social change are questioned. The results can enrich our discussion of where foundations can go from here in terms of becoming innovative themselves in order to be able to support and enhance innovation in the nonprofit sector. Full article
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Social Value Creation and Social Innovation by Human Service Professionals: Evidence from Missouri, USA
by Monica Nandan, Archana Singh and Gokul Mandayam
Adm. Sci. 2019, 9(4), 86; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci9040086 - 8 Nov 2019
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Owing to the contextual challenges, human service professionals (HSP) are creating social value (SV) for diverse vulnerable population groups through social innovation. This qualitative exploratory study investigates the nature of SV created by 14 HSPs, representing a diverse range of human service organizations [...] Read more.
Owing to the contextual challenges, human service professionals (HSP) are creating social value (SV) for diverse vulnerable population groups through social innovation. This qualitative exploratory study investigates the nature of SV created by 14 HSPs, representing a diverse range of human service organizations (HSOs), and examines ‘why’ and ‘how’ they innovate. In addition, the study examines HSPs’ current understanding and practices related to social entrepreneurship (SE). The study findings highlight that increased accountability and new funding opportunities challenged HSPs to innovate. HSPs created SV by addressing new unmet needs, developing new collaborations, and employing alternative marketing strategies, thereby ensuring the financial sustainability of their programs and organizations, and promoting social and economic justice. Different understandings of SE were voiced based on the educational backgrounds of HSPs. Without formal training in SE, HSPs trained in social work appeared to use various components of the SE process, though in a haphazard fashion compared to those with a non-social work academic training. We suggest that the graduate curriculum across various disciplines should formally include principles and behaviors related to social innovation and entrepreneurship. Finally, more research is needed to understand and describe how HSPs create SV in HSOs. Full article
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