Abstract
Social enterprises are always seen as a bridge to create economic and social value particularly in the time of social
hardships. Social enterprises significantly contribute towards solving critical problems which cannot be tackled by
public sector alone. The advent of Millennium Development Goals in 2000 and subsequent adoption of Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 has given rise to the new forms of enterprises that not only aims to achieve
social missions but also design innovative solutions for social problems. Policy makers, state officials, economists,
and scholars have increasingly demanded for the need of social innovation to create a high impact on the change
process for social issues resulting in an increasing pressure for innovative practices in social enterprises. By
applying qualitative research methodology and conducting 24 interviews from 12 social enterprises, this
exploratory research has compiled nine major sources of innovation in social enterprises in the context of a
developing country, Pakistan. The research findings have significant theoretical, practical and policy implications
regarding the major sources that bring innovation and creativity in a social enterprise.
Muhammad Abdullah Mahmood, Sidra Irfan, Nasira Jabeen, Amani Moazzam. (2020) Sources of Innovation in Social Enterprises Working in Pakistan, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume 57, Issue-3.
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