Purpose: This study aims to provide an example of the intersections between resilience and innovation within the social economy. It describes the Portuguese context, boosted by a pioneering public policy focused on building resilience through innovation. The sustainable development concept usually sets multilevel relationships among the government, social investors and entrepreneurs. In this sense, the study explores the role of innovation in promoting resilience in initiatives and society that may lead to sustainability.Design/methodology/approach: The authors collected the primary data through semistructured interviews with social investors and an online survey with the invested or awarded entities from 2015 to 2020. The database represents 43.63% of acknowledged Portuguese social innovative initiatives, describing a complex and multilevel result. The case also provides a unique context for deepening the understanding of popular, relevant, but still underdeveloped concepts.Findings: The results highlight progress in overcoming social and economic challenges. This progress happens through innovative initiatives aiming to solve social problems that reflect collective interests. The data suggest a context dynamization due to an increase of 31.3% in new initiatives. This increase can potentially represent a consistent investment in resilience and sustainable development.Originality/value: This paper helps to contextualize and structure information for three fragmented concepts. It relies on their combination to compensate for each other frailties, assuming that innovation can be a crucial factor for boosting sustainable development, making possible the countries’ resilience. It also argues that the literature state can result from a paradigm shift, and these features can favor this process toward a better world.

Although stakeholders' participation in forest management helps overcome problems and conflicts that prevent sustainable solutions, different approaches and nomenclature for similar contents in the literature hinder theoretical progress on the topic. This study organises existing information through a bibliometric analysis of scientific papers from the last 30 years (1991–2021) on sustainable forest management, focusing on the stakeholders' participation. Results demonstrate that stakeholders' participation in sustainable forest management gained relevance from 2017 onwards. Case studies are predominant (66%) and six major trends were identified. The first emphasises a systemic approach to participation. The second updates the community management discussion. The third studies historical problems related to the use of resources, rights, and services. The fourth focuses on regional assessments and studies. The fifth concerns assessment, decision-making, and planning, including issues related to certifications and policies. The sixth discusses innovation related to adaptation, climate change, equity, and resilience. The studies included in this last classification are problem-solving-oriented and seek new forest management. Although important, the role of innovation in stakeholders' participation in sustainable forest management is overlooked, which constitutes an avenue for future research.

Purpose: Social initiatives must disclose their results to access support. However, there is no theoretical consensus about how to do it. It is still necessary to understand the value creation in social initiatives because they may or not have economic goals. However, these goals serve to make the social ones feasible. This study aims to cut this Gordian knot by providing measures aligned to the value theory but developed by the social lens. It offers a non-economic-focused approach to dealing with assessment complexity and with multiple stakeholders’ needs for information.Design/methodology/approach: A consolidation research path is suggested by three composed measures built upon tested and reliable scales. These value measures are discussed through narratives from Portuguese investors and social entrepreneurs in a mixed-methods design. Content analysis and online survey provided data for descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis and Cronbach's alpha test.Findings: The analyses supported the value measures. Thus, they allow an effective way to assess and report the social value created. It also highlighted a potential use in preventive and corrective approaches helpful for several organizations that pursue social goals.Research limitations/implications: The measures were tested based on social entrepreneurs' opinions. Future studies can include beneficiaries' opinions, allowing comparisons that can help to set more realistic goals and better investment criteria.Originality/value: The relationship between investors and initiatives can improve, boosting their impact on society. The measures can highlight prioritization choices that influence the way value is created. Hence, they serve as a sensemaking from a holistic standpoint.

Resumo O presente estudo aplica a tipologia bricolagem social, construtor social e engenheiro social, sugerida por Zahra, Gedajlovic, Neubaum et al. (2009), às entrevistas realizadas com avaliadores e empresários de start-ups apoiadas pela Yunus Negócios Sociais Brasil. Por meio de um estudo de caso, buscou-se identificar semelhanças e divergências entre as características dessas tipologias e a realidade desses negócios sociais, assim como aprofundar a identificação do perfil e motivações nesse processo empreendedor. Cada um desses tipos concentra características de inovação e utilização de recursos aderentes às propostas por Hayek (1945), Kirzner (1973) e Schumpeter (1942). Os negócios sociais, segundo a concepção de Muhammad Yunus (Nobel da Paz em 2006 pela criação do Grameen Bank), unificam em somente um modelo de negócio objetivos de impactos socioambientais positivos e sustentabilidade econômico-financeira, sem a distribuição de dividendos. Estes são destinados à expansão dos próprios negócios ou novas iniciativas de mesma natureza. Assim, negócios sociais maximizam a riqueza social e restringem a concentração de renda individual. Os resultados evidenciaram maior aderência ao tipo construtor social, de acordo com o empreendedor descrito na obra de Kirzner (1973). Este estudo ajudará empreendedores e investidores a compreenderem melhor os negócios sociais, auxiliando tanto no alinhamento dos modelos de negócio daqueles que querem receber apoio, quanto na decisão dos avaliadores sobre em qual negócio investir, apoiando a construção de mais estudos empíricos acerca do empreendedorismo e de negócios sociais.