Social enablers

Leveraging digital technologies for social inclusion 18 February 2021 COVID-19 is accelerating the pace of digital transformation: implications for social inclusion Successive lockdowns and confinement measures put in place by governments to curb the spread of COVID-19 are accelerating the pace of digital transformation as information and communications technology (ICTs) are used to sustain daily lives and support business continuity. Recent forecasts expect the number of employees working remotely globally is set to double in 2021 (Chavez-Dreyfuss, 2020). Internet traffic has surged, as individuals are increasingly moving online to work, communicate, socialise, consume and seek entertainment (OECD, 2020). Companies and industries have also been adapting to the trend, accelerating the digitization of their products portfolio, core internal operations (e.g., back-office, production and R&D processes) and supply-chain interactions by three to four years (McKinsey and Company, 2020). National and local governments are broadening the range of services provided online including business registration, submission of taxes, birth certificates, and forms of identification (UNDESA, 2020b). Rapid digital transformation already taking place prior to the COVID-19 crisis has accelerated during the pandemic, leading to the expansion of opportunities for digital inclusion. The exponential increase in e-commerce has created new jobs and income earning opportunities, which have the potentia...

(9 pages) Another summer of record-breaking heat waves in Europe, Asia, and the Americas is yet another reminder of the climate crisis that imperils our planet and all who inhabit it. The good news is that we have reached a turning point in the global commitment to decarbonize. In the United States, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed into law on August 17, 2022, directs $369 billion in federal funding—the largest climate investment in US history—to lower the nation’s carbon emissions substantially by the end of this decade. The IRA builds on early and sustained leadership by the European Union, which in 2019 committed to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, launched its Fit for 55 package in 2021 to reduce net emissions by 55 percent by the end of this decade, and most recently developed a plan for rapidly shaking its reliance on Russian fossil fuels and accel­erating the transition to green energy. Though China recently scaled back its near-term renewable-energy goals amid power shortages, the world’s second-largest economy is still working toward having renewables account for a third of national power consumption by 2025. 1 Denise Jia and Chen Xuewan, “China curbs renewable energy target through 2025,” Nikkei Asia, June 2, 2022. Momentum is building, and throughout the world, nations have set net-zero targets. Now comes the work of reaching them. On balance, tremendous progress has been made over the past decade to lay out To that end, we’ve identified three comple...

Social innovation is the process of developing and implementing new solutions to social and environmental challenges. It can take many forms, such as new products, services, models, policies, or practices, and it can involve different actors, such as nonprofits, businesses, governments, or citizens. Social innovation can create positive social change, but it also faces various barriers and enablers in different sectors and settings. In this article, you will learn about some of the common factors that influence social innovation and how to overcome or leverage them. One of the main drivers of social innovation is the identification and articulation of social needs and demands that are not adequately met by existing solutions. These can arise from various sources, such as demographic changes, environmental issues, cultural diversity, or human rights. Social innovators need to understand the root causes and the lived experiences of the people they aim to serve, and to co-create solutions with them. However, social needs and demands can also be dynamic, complex, and contested, which can pose challenges for social innovation. Another key factor for social innovation is the availability and accessibility of resources and capabilities that enable social innovators to develop and implement their solutions. These can include financial, human, material, technological, or social resources, such as funding, skills, equipment, data, or networks. Social innovators need to mobilize and ...

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• • Metaverse is expected to be a trillion-dollar market and to change entrepreneurship. • • This paper lays out a framework to explore metaverse-enabled entrepreneurship. • • Enablers are metaverse-specific or complementary (technological and community). • • Metaverse enables four transformational pathways toward virtual and hybrid offerings. • • Metaverse triggers a future research agenda covering fundamentals of entrepreneurship. Metaverse is expected to be a trillion-dollar market within this decade and to change the nature of entrepreneurship. However, research on metaverse, its opportunities, and challenges, as well as the nature of entrepreneurship remains scarce. This study lays out a framework to explore metaverse-enabled entrepreneurship with its enablers for supply and demand, and technological and social enablers. We show how metaverse enables transformational pathways, i.e., purely virtual, physical to virtual, virtual to physical, and hybrid, and shapes offerings, ventures, and processes. We discuss the implications for entrepreneurship research and lay out a future research agenda so that research can lead and inform practice. • Previous article in issue • Next article in issue

Enablers generally describe someone whose behavior allows to a loved one to continue self-destructive patterns of the behavior. This term can be stigmatizing since there is often the negative judgment attached to it. However, many of people who are enabling others don’t do so intentionally. They may not even realize what they are doing. So, Social Enablers is an Incubated the Funded New Media platform that for the global exchange of the ideas and stories of social innovations and entrepreneurship. Social Enablers is a platform that to discuss, promote, and encourage the inspiring ideas and impact full stories of the social innovations. What are social enablers? The term of enabler is generally describes someone whose behavior allows to a loved one to continue the self-destructive patterns of the behavior. This term can be stigmatizing since there is often negative judgment that attached to it. However, many of people who are enabling others don’t do so intentionally. So, Social Enablers is a platform to the discus, promote, and encourage the inspiring ideas and impact the full stories of social innovations. Social Enablers is an also Incubated the Funded New Media platform for the global exchange of ideas and stories of the social innovations and entrepreneurship. Features of Social Enablers: There are following features of social enablers that are helps to discuss, promote, and encourage the inspiring ideas and impact the full stories of the social innovations. Ignore or ...

• • Social-ecological challenges require sustainable agricultural transformations. • • Transformations, including top-down pesticide reduction, lead to social conflicts. • • We investigate what can enable or disable agricultural transformations. • • Structural, cultural and relational factors are key to achieve sustainable agricultural practices. • • Conflict transformation can help rural communities shape a changing agriculture. Sustainable agricultural transformations are essential to navigate today's social-ecological challenges. One such transformation increasingly advocated through new policies is the reduction of pesticides. Whilst such policies can encourage farmers to switch to alternative farming practices, a dramatic and rapid top-down approach to pesticide reduction can lead to conflicts over the why and how of these initiatives, potentially contributing to unmet policy targets. We investigate what can enable or disable agricultural transformations, and in turn the mobilisation of farmers towards alternatives to pesticides, using a case study involving conflicts around pesticide use in Bourgogne Franche-Comté (France). Results from 55 in-depth interviews highlight diverse perceptions of pesticides, and identify social enablers and disablers of pesticide reduction. Whilst our results highlight limited individual level factors, they mainly highlight the importance of structural issues of (in)justice, power-imbalance and lack of engagement in democracy and territor...