Social innovation and service innovation issues have developed separately over the last two decades, with too rare intersections between them. Both issues share many points in common, however, and sometimes even describe the same socio-economic reality. This paper aims to help establishing a...

Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are forms of cooperation between the public and private sectors that have been undeniably successful in Europe in recent years. Often grounded in the assumption that private organizations would have a positive impact on the efficiency of public organizations,...

The questions of innovation in services, on the one hand, and sustainable development, on the other, are relatively recent concerns for economic theorists and public policymakers alike. They have become key issues, which pose considerable academic, economic and political challenges. However,...