Social Innovation: Integrating Micro, Meso, and Macro Level Insights From Institutional Theory

Jakomijn van Wijk, Charlene Zietsma, Silvia Dorado, Frank G. A. de Bakker, Ignasi Martí · 2018 · Business & Society

Summary. Social innovations require renegotiating or building institutions to address complex social problems involving multiple systems and actors. This paper presents a three-cycle model showing how social innovation operates across micro, meso, and macro levels through agentic, relational, and situated dynamics. The framework integrates institutional theory perspectives to guide understanding of how innovative solutions develop and get implemented across interconnected social systems.

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Wijk, J. V., Zietsma, C., Dorado, S., Bakker, F. G. A. D., & Martí, I.. (2018). Social Innovation: Integrating Micro, Meso, and Macro Level Insights From Institutional Theory. Business & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/0007650318789104

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DOI: 10.1177/0007650318789104
Countries: Netherlands, United States, France, Spain
Regions: Europe, North America
Categories: innovation-theory, innovation-networks, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28