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Recently, some incubators are focusing on supporting social startups. This type of incubators can be named Social
Incubators. The same specialization is also involving some Corporate Incubators, which can be named Corporate
Social Incubators (CSIs). Even if the literature has analyzed several types of incubators, the studies investigating
Social Incubators is limited. Moreover, to our best knowledge, no one has analyzed CSIs. This study aims at filling
these gaps analyzing the incubators of these typologies in Italy. In 2018, we identified 31 Social Incubators and we
sent them a survey, obtaining a representative response rate of 41,9%. In addition, we performed three exploratory
case studies on the three CSIs that we have identified. Our results show that Social Incubators are mostly private-
held; offer services on CSR and impact investing; and 30,8% of them invest in their tenants. Regarding CSIs,
our results suggest that they integrate strategies of Open Innovation and CSR.
Authors: Davide Viglialoro, Paolo Landoni.
Considering the complexity and uniqueness of social innovations and their contribution to society in learning sustainability, this article, result of a brief summary of a master's dissertation, aims to propose a framework to facilitate the analysis of cases of social innovation, unifying analysis dimensions and design approaches. This study uses the process of designing a framework proposed by Jabareen (2009) as a guide for the research stages. As a result, the framework contains six dimensions of analysis (Emergence Conditions, Nature, Field and Actors, Resources and Dynamics, Evolution and Results), as well as Design Approaches. The framework presents itself as an advance in the research of social innovation in the field of design, apt to be applied to analyze real cases, as a strategic diagnostic tool and systemic understanding of how design can contribute to social innovations and to the issue of sustainability.
Authors: Camila Ferrari Krassuski, Liliane Iten Chaves
SoftHand is a novel robotic hand combining the principles of soft robotics and postural human synergies to achieve a simple and effective implementation of the human functional and structural anthropomorphism in prosthetics aids. Originally developed for the industry by the Italian Institute of Technology and the “E. Piaggio” Research Center of University of Pisa, the SoftHand is becoming a prosthesis thanks to SoftPro, a H2020 research project. Thirty prosthetic users are currently testing it in 4 academic and rehabilitation centres around the world, to improve design, dexterity, and fitness to myoelectric prosthetic users. The latest design of the hand is smaller and lighter while keeping its merits: simplicity, due to the presence of one only motor; compliance, strength and robustness, thanks to its intrinsic softness and its human-like (19 degrees of freedom) architecture. The team involves a designer - who is also a tester - to improve design by considering also its social and aesthetic impact. Sustainability is a core issue of this research to present the market a robotic prosthetic hand with an affordable price; this goal has important socio-economical aspects. The paper will analyse market scenarios and competitors. The integration of contaminations coming from the Design and Humanities in the research flow is fundamental to explore the relationship between prosthetic appearance and social sustainability, which already achieve novel and unique self-interaction capabilities.
Authors: Maria Rosanna Fossati, Manuel Giuseppe Catalano, Giorgio Grioli, Antonio Bicchi