Replicating Social Innovations through ICT Devices: A Paradigm Shift

Abstract

Expanding the scope and impact of social innovations has been a source of major challenge to social ventures across context. And until an innovative solution that worked in a limited area is expanded in scope to match the magnitude of societal needs, it isn’t social value. The study employed analytical research of existing works of leading scholars in the area of social entrepreneurship from extant literature while inculcating the potentials of ICT devices that facilitate accomplishment of major social objectives. Finding revealed that the deployment of ICT enhances ability and capability of social ventures to greatly expand the scope of their social innovations, improve efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of social programmes.

Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation, Social Ventures, Information and Communication Technology