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Managing Technological Innovation for Social Good: A Systematic Literature Review

Qijun Zhou, Honglan Yu, Ming Chen, Matt Snell, Kweku Adams

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Abstract

The past decades have seen a growing recognition of a need to develop novel solutions to effectively and efficiently deliver in-clusive values to society. However, the evolving literature in innovation management, for example, in the discourse of socialinnovation or responsible innovation, has yet to produce a consolidated knowledge base for how technologies could be managedfor social good. Hence, this systematic review attempts to synthesize relevant literature regarding managing innovation for socialgood with a particular focus on the critical role technologies play. By doing so, two contributions to knowledge are presented.First, we identify three streams of conceptualization describing managing technological innovation for social good that requirefurther synergies. Second, the findings indicate that the social consequences of technology and technological advancements re-main unclear, which we call for a more evident discourse of social impacts and social good in the innovation management field.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages9
JournalStrategic Change
Early online date19 Mar 2025
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 19 Mar 2025

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

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