Table 1 Cases in open innovation implemented by social business
From: Implementing open innovation concept in social business
Number | Social business | Country of origin | Open innovation model use |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Genesys Works | USA | The company finds prospective engineers among underprivileged schoolchildren and educates them by using IT companies’ facilities and educators |
2 | Grameen Danone | Bangladesh, France | The company uses Danone developed yogurt recipe to provide poor children in Bangladesh with healthy food. The recipe is developed in collaboration of Danone and Grameen group |
3 | Essay Gifts | South Africa | Essay Gifts collaborates with a number of grassroots enterprises in South Africa, and spreads knowledge and existing technologies among them if they are producing same or similar products |
4 | Farmers school | Russia | The company involves farmers and spreads the technologies they develop to teenagers coming out of prison, provides them with a platform to start their own farming business and then involves them in education of others |