Social innovation in rural development: identifying the key factors of success
Summary. Social innovation succeeds in rural development through three layers of factors: overall innovation process conditions, the actor network's operational space, and participation mechanisms. Most success factors resist external control, but rural policy can influence the room to maneuver available to innovation actors. Top-down steering of social innovation proves ineffective, questioning whether policymakers can instrumentalize social innovation for rural development.
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Neumeier, S.. (2016). Social innovation in rural development: identifying the key factors of success. Geographical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12180
Neumeier, Stefan. “Social innovation in rural development: identifying the key factors of success.” Geographical Journal, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12180.
Neumeier, Stefan. 2016. “Social innovation in rural development: identifying the key factors of success.” Geographical Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/geoj.12180.
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- 10.1111/geoj.12180
- Countries
- Germany
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- Europe
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- innovation-theory, regional-innovation-systems, policy
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- 2026-04-28