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Quèsaco l’économie sociale et solidaire ?
Dans ce blog on vous parle d’innovation numérique et d’économie sociale et solidaire (ESS), mais savez-vous ce qu’est l’ESS? Pour vous en assurer Mélissa Boudes, enseignante-chercheuse à IMT-BS, vous propose un rapide décryptage sur le blog I’MTech: https://imtech.wp.imt.fr/2019/09/02/quesaco-economie-sociale-et-solidaire/
D’autres plateformes sont possibles: la piste coopérative
En matière de plateforme, si la critique est facile l’alternative l’est beaucoup moins. Et pourtant elles/ils sont de plus en plus nombreux/ses à se retrousser les manches pour construire des plateformes plus équitables. Nous vous proposons sur le site The … Continuer la lecture
DSI Readiness of Europe: A long way to go…
EU takes a range of activities that defines active citizenship: attending meetings, signing petitions, or otherwise participating in activities related to political groups, associations or parties. One question of interest is how active citizenship relates to digital skills? Countries with … Continuer la lecture
Can digital social innovations tackle big challenges?
While digital social innovations (DSI) are booming in Europe, some observations regarding their potential for providing effective solutions seems to be necessary. These innovations are based on digital platforms to empower people in solving problems in areas as diverse as … Continuer la lecture
Types of digital social innovations (and why they are important…)
History of technology is full of examples in which certain periods are marked by intensive innovative activity in a certain domain. These incremental innovations come into being by exploiting the opportunities enabled by an initial and more radical development. … Continuer la lecture
Can digital social innovations be transformative?
In a 2014 Guardian article about the sharing economy, writer Evgeny Morozov wrote: “…there is nothing to celebrate here: it’s like handing out everybody earplugs to deal with intolerable street noise, instead of doing something about the noise itself”. Is … Continuer la lecture
5 Platform Models for Social Businesses
Digital social innovations are novelties that use, develop, or rely on digital technologies to address social and/or environmental problems. They include a broad group of digital platforms, which facilitate peer-to-peer (or business-to-peer, peer-to-business) interactions. In our research on digital social … Continuer la lecture
The Reality and Virtuality of Collaborations
I recently read an article titled “from city space to cyber space”, written by Jennifer Light in 1999. It is written in a period where the internet had recently taken off, while many skeptics were concerned about its effects on … Continuer la lecture
De l’ambigüité des innovations sociales numériques
Qu’y a-t-il de commun entre une plateforme collaborative permettant de louer l’appartement d’un particulier, un objet connecté mesurant la pollution de l’air, et une application cartographiant les zones urbaines dangereuses ? Outre le fait qu’elles reposent sur un équipement ou service … Continuer la lecture