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Netw ork Social I nnovation ( NSI )

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Changes in society

• Changing world
• Globalization
• Emerging economies
• Rapid technological change
• Shaping the knowledge society
• Human capital development
• Facing demographic issues
• Ageing and shrinking workforce

These changes call for social innovation!!

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Social innovation as a challenge

Integrated into:

• European Grand Challenges

Horizon 2020

• Topsector policy (Ministry of EL&I)

Main focus on technological innovation, recently increased attention for social innovation

• Social Infrastructure agenda (NWO):

“Top”grants and Human Capital Program

• Innovation Fund (Province of Limburg)
• Learning and Innovation Theme (UM)

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W hat is social innovation?

• W orking sm art
• Renew organizations
• Create innovative culture
• Alliances
• Cooperate with other organizations
• Sustainable entrepreneurship
• Service innovation
• Hum an capital developm ent
• Renew HRM and active aging policy
• Renew education and labor market policy

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W hy is social innovation so im portant?

• Social innovations enlarge the efficiency of

technological innovations

• Competitive power of organizations is determined

by: - service quality

• com petences of em ployees
• Social innovations strengthen organization's

com petitive pow er in the labor m arket

• Social innovations strengthen sustainable

em ployability of 5 5 +

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7 5 % of all successful innovations can be attributed to social innovation

Source: Erasmus Competitiveness & Innovation Monitor

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W hy do social innovations often fail?

• Organizations invest heavily in R&D for

technological innovations while,

• investments in R&D for social innovations

are often lacking

• Consequently, social innovation merely

builds on copying and pasting best practices

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Know ledge sharing betw een: Organizations Academ ic Research is crucial !!!

Required: R&D for social innovation

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Objectives NSI

• Social innovation developm ent
• Improving development and use of talent and

companies’ performance

• Know ledge sharing
• Contribute to education programs and develop

new education activities

• Cooperate with other organizations to bring

about research valuable for academia and business

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Education program s

• Small Scale education
• MSc International Business: Responsible Business
• MSc Economic Studies: Economics of Human Capital
• Entrepreneurship &

Small Business Management MSc

• Executive Master in Business Services

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Research them es NSI

• Education and society

Prof.dr. Lex Borghans

• Hum an resource developm ent

Prof.dr. Andries de Grip

• Netw orks, alliances and service

innovation

Prof.dr. Paul Iske

• Entrepreneurship
• Dr. Anita van Gils

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Company/Project Research

Effects of pre‐school education in Limburg ‐ Employability miles ‐ Certification of craftsmanship ‐ Performance pay based on customer satisfaction ‐ Effects of training on firm performance Result focused entrepreneurship

Fire Brigade Roermond

Leadership in teams Open innovation, hospitality and elderly care

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Company/Project Research

Smartjobs (task roulation) Training employees from client firms Employability Index International outsourcing of specific tasks

Various SME’s

Innovations in family enterprises Information system on impact participations and subsidies

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Company/Project Research

Female leadership and entrepreneurship Effect of shared mental models on team performance Sharing expertise in multi‐professional design teams Retirement expectations and ‘Active Aging’ HR practices Effects of HRM on skill obsolescence employees Population shrinkage and aging in Limburg en Zeeland

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Open innovation structure NSI

NSI ROA UNU‐ MERIT UNU‐ MERIT KAANS MC4E SSF FPN FHML FL

‐ Erasmus University ‐ University of Twente ‐ TNO

Open University Zuyd Hogeschool Fontys

School of Business and Economics

Maastricht University FASoS

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Fellow s NSI

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Mem bers NSI Think tank

Maurice Benneker

Commercial Director L1 Radio-TV

• Ir. Jos Schneiders

DSM Nederland

Trui ten Kampe

Faculty Director Hogeschool Zuyd

• Drs. André Postema

Vice-president Board of Directors Maastricht University

• Prof. Koenraad Debackere

General Director KU Leuven Managing Director KU Leuven R&D

• Drs. Archi Leenaers

President Anatech BV

Paul Rinkens

Creapreneur President Board MVV

• Ir. Bert de Wit

Director Development & Innovation LIOF

Prof.dr. Frans Leeuw

Director WODC Professor Law, Maastricht University

• Drs. Eric Schlösser

Managing partner IBC

Prof.dr. Mariëlle Heijltjes

Director Postgraduate Education Professor Managerial Behaviour Maastricht University School of Business and Economics

Prof.dr. Bart Nooteboom

Professor Innovation policy Tilburg University

Erwin Janssen

Director Dolmans Landscaping Group

Mr.Ir. Murk Peutz

Ex-Syntens Region director Zuid

Bertha Verhoeven-Van Lierop

Ex-president Chamber of Commerce Limburg

• Drs. Gerald Janssen

Director Corporate Human Resources APG

• Drs. Jef Pleumeekers

President VWL Samenwerkend Limburg

Jérôme Verhagen

Director LIOF

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Opinion pieces NSI Think tank

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Contribution to the region

• Strenghten the innovative power,

comptetiveness and business climate

• Enhance the education system
• Participate in Triple Helix initiatives

– Smart Services Hub – Maastricht Health Campus – Chemelot Campus – Campus Venlo

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Am bitions NSI

• Inspire, educate and excel
• Conduct distinct multidisciplinary research
• Optimize the yield of social innovations
• Forge international partnerships in science,

policy and business