The Global Impact of Social Innovation [electronic resource] : Disrupting Old Models and Patterns / edited by Alexander Ruthemeier, Seda Röder, Kathleen Schröter, Philipp Plugmann.

Chapter 1. Global Health Care Platforms as Social Innovations -- Chapter 2. Senior Entrepreneurs Are Driving More and More Sustainable Social Innovation Worldwide than Any Other Demographic -- Chapter 3. Largest Social Movement in Human History -- Chapter 4. Social innovation in a field of tension between stability and disruption -- Chapter 5. Professor of Organisation, Entrepreneurship & Technology at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam -- Chapter 6. Sonophilia Foundation: Creative confidence and empowerment as a tool for social innovation -- Chapter 7. Let's change the tone! Music for a better future -- Chapter 8. Empowerment ad Care: made with Love in Berlin & Nepal -- Chapter 9. The Safe-Hub model: A social platform for global change -- Chapter 10. Integrating social innovation within a multi-national corporate -- Chapter 11. Social Innovation - Back to the roots of social interaction.

Social Innovation is not just a buzzword, it's a global opportunity. However, it is also a very wide and heterogeneous field. The aim of this book is to give the reader different perspectives, concepts and experiences to understand the challenging tasks of the future while also showcasing some existing best-practice examples, impact-investing and social innovation strategies that successfully empower communities and individuals to shape a better life.