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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Inclusive Innovation"”.
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A multi-level analysis of gender-inclusive innovation in Oxfordshire
… critical role of gender diversity in fostering innovation that is inclusive of all genders. This research understands innovation as gender-inclusive, wherein companies create environments that ensure equal opportunities for individuals of all genders to contribute to, and benefit from, …
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Inclusive Innovation in a Time of Repression: The Case of the Wilvan School of Dance
… in scholarship in studying and understanding inclusive social innovation within smaller community-based organisations, its intersection with the performing arts, resistance and the struggle for social change in Apartheid South Africa. In identifying this gap, the objective of this study was to …
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Exploring inclusive innovation: factors influencing interoperability adoption in South Africa's mobile money service provider sector
… mobile money has the potential to catalyse inclusive innovation, there must be greater clarity between provider priorities and user needs. As such, this research underscores the necessity for greater alignment between academic insights and practical applications in fostering inclusive …
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Exploring the potential for a scalable “ECD Change Lab” to invigorate inclusive innovation within the ECD NGO sector and so advance service delivery in underserved communities
… Labs to unfreeze and open new channels for innovation and problem- solving are well documented. In this context, it is argued that such a Lab could bring stakeholders together to build trust, plan and create prototypes that can be tested in the field with a view to increased sector …
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Enablers and barriers to the implementation of inclusive enterprise and supplier development in South Africa
… South African government's efforts to achieve inclusive growth, inequality persists. Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) was introduced to promote economic transformation for small, medium, and micro-enterprises (SMMEs). The conceptual framing of ESD is consistent with Social Innovation …
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Building an inclusive South African society: The position of young, white Afrikaans speaking women
… was not taken by their parents' generation. An inclusive innovation praxis model was produced, to suggest practical steps aimed at cultivating positive political agency and to cover the 'responsibility gap' and contribute towards a more inclusive South African society.
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Collaborative inclusion in South African restaurants: a case study on disability and accessibility
… Using design thinking as a collaborative and inclusive innovation process between disabled and nondisabled participants in a two-day workshop, it describes the co-creation of solutions to overcome information barriers for disabled restaurantgoers. Removing these barriers equips disabled …
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Considering the steps that could be taken by formal financial service providers to ensure increased access, by low-income individuals, to bank accounts, and to extended financial services, products and initiatives.
… banks (CB's), proactively focuses on inclusive innovation opportunities and the inclusion of mixed-income communities. This is done through continuous review in order to continuously align with its initial objectives of social development and lower-income community participation …
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An investigation into the National Water Act No 36 of 1998: Its impact and effectiveness on stakeholders in a Water Users' Association in a rural community in the Western Cape
This study investigates the possible failure and the reasons for the failure of the policies and strategies of the National Water Act (NWA) of 1998 and the impact on the rural community of the Hex River Valley. This study interrogates the negligence to implement the policies and strategies of the …
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Corporate Social Innovation and Intrapreneurship in South Africa Through the Lens of Institutional Theory
… business creates wealth, life-changing innovation, livelihoods, and is a vehicle for self-expression and identity. Especially at scale, it is also often an engine of environmental destruction, inequality and social harm. The response of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is …
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Township incubator programs impact on entrepreneurial behaviour?
… that should aimed at research and discovery of innovations. We have also discussed the different success factors of incubation and rated each incubator based on these factors. The majority of incubators performed dismally and are regarded as bad incubators. The entrepreneurial environment …
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Digital media to inspire and sustain sport participation in urban areas
… how digital media could be used as a socially inclusive tool. The study explores if strategically packaged digital media could be used in a socially inclusive way to increase or sustain sports participation. This would address one of the problems facing sports organisations, as sports …
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A health information platform for Case Managed Neglected Tropical Diseases - A case study from Mozambique
Leprosy, as one of the neglected tropical diseases, is an ancient disease that requires a slow and patient approach for its diagnosis and treatment involving various actors along the way. This care system has traditionally been supported by a paper based health information system still in use today …
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To both/and, either/or, in-between, and beyond! Queering the normative construction of entrepreneurship for the inclusion of queer entrepreneurs.
… social value creation is driving demand for more inclusive, diverse, and pluralist knowledge on entrepreneurship that is representative of marginalised populations' lived experiences. Many have already introduced alternative constructions of entrepreneurship; however, the literature on LGBT and …
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An exploration of the relationship between financial inclusion and the wellbeing of youth in South Africa
In South Africa, where 55.2 percent of youth are without a job, financial inclusion has been put forward as a way to tackle unemployment and the grinding poverty and inequality that come with it. The salient features of the discourses on financial inclusion tend to focus on increasing the …
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Radio Power: An exploration of agency for the participants of a climate change communication campaign in South Africa
Communication for Development (C4D) appeared after World War 2 and has since become a key approach to achieving sustainable and democratic development, especially in the Global South. It borrows from behaviour economics and psychology, focusing mostly on behaviour change outcomes. While it has been …
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Combatting Intimate Partner Violence Modelling Scalable Pathways for Sustainable Interventions in South Africa: The private sector as a critical ally to promote women's well-being, economic empowerment, and inclusion in the advancement of gender equity
… Town. In the context of this study, social and inclusive innovation principles and practices have been used to foreground this study to inform a new narrative to address the challenge more efficiently and effectively. Social innovation has been used as a lens to inform scalability and …
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Social Capital and its implication on Health Promotion among rural Primary Schools in Botswana
… could yield positive results in improving inclusive and sustainable health promotion strategies in rural primary schools, where there is a burden of need.
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What are the potential enablers and barriers to cultivating self-directed lifelong learning in the workplace in Sub-Saharan economies – a South African case study?
This research aimed to explore the aspects that either enable or inhibit the cultivation of selfdirected lifelong learning among adults within a working environment – which according to Illeris' interpretation is, “learning in the workplace that takes place in the encounter between the learning …
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How can Cape Flats youth overcome Environmental circumstance by using their Personal potential?
This study focuses on identity and (un)employment among Coloured born-frees from the Cape Flats in Cape Town. Coloured adolescents could be classified as vulnerable because their living conditions are characterized by unemployment, crime, gangsterism and a lack of positive role models. In …
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