Open AccessCategorizing Recycling Cooperatives as a Form of Social Innovation and Social Development
Author(s) -
Marcelo Tsuguio Okano,
Graziela Bizin Panza,
Marcelo Eloy Fernandes
Publication year - 2019
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-2933
DOI - 10.31686/ijier.vol7.iss10.1827
Subject(s) - positivism , process (computing) , exploratory research , social business , sociology , qualitative research , business , data collection , social change , knowledge management , marketing , social science , industrial organization , process management , economics , epistemology , public relations , computer science , political science , economic growth , philosophy , operating system
The process of social innovation produces the effect of reconstructing social relations systems, as well as the structure of rules and resources that reproduce such systems. The objective of this research is to verify how recycling cooperatives are adapting to social innovation and social business model. The multiple case study was chosen as research strategy, the approach will be qualitative and will be exploratory and descriptive. The epistemological positioning is positivist and the interview was the main source of data collection. Although social innovation is recent, recycling cooperatives have demonstrated that they have all of their characteristics and also make it clear that they are going through a transition from a business model of a bona fide organization to a competitive company with the characteristics of a social.