Museum innovation and social entrepreneurship : a new model for a challenging era / Haitham Eid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eid, Haitham, author.

Series:

Routledge research in museum studies.

Routledge Research in Museum Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Museums--Management.

Museums.

Social entrepreneurship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

Museum Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship makes a contribution towards building a museum perspective of innovation that takes into consideration the unique role of museums in society. Beginning and ending with the idea of museum innovation in a wider sense, the book takes digital innovation as a particular focus. Drawing on innovation theories from business studies and case studies from national museums in the US and the UK, as well as numerous examples of innovative museum projects around the globe, the author unpacks, in practical terms, what it means for museums to be innovative and socially enterprising. As a result, Eid presents a research-based model of innovation in museums, which is flexible enough to be fully or partially adopted by any museum, regardless of size, location, mission or nature of the collections it houses. As such, this model makes innovation in museums scalable, replicable and feasible to start and operate. Supplying the museum studies field with essential terminologies and conceptual frameworks related to innovation, Museum Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship helps to forge new ideas and create common ground with other disciplines. Therefore, the book should be essential reading for academics, researchers and graduate students working in the fields of museum and heritage studies, digital humanities and business studies. It should also be of great interest to practitioners working in museums around the globe.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of figures

List of tables

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Innovation in museums: current practice and future aspiration

Innovation, enterprise and the Great Recession

Museums embracing innovation

Challenges to museum innovation

Definition of museum innovation

Innovation levels and objectives

Innovation types

Conclusion

Bibliography

2 The eradication of boundaries and the emergence of the open innovation model

The conceptualization of open innovation

Open innovation in museums

Case study: open innovation at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

The work of the Digital &amp

Emerging Media department at Cooper Hewitt

Traits of the open innovation model at the Digital &amp

Emerging Media department at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Open sourcing: making source codes available for developers

Open reflection: sharing technical and operational information (between self-reflection and receiving feedback)

Collaboration: realizing internal resources, identifying needs, and targeting purposeful partnerships with external organizations

3 The museum as social enterprise: do good and do well

The conceptualization of social enterprise

Social enterprise in museums

Case study 1: the National WWII Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, US

The social enterprise business model at the National WWII Museum

Positioning digital within the museum's social enterprise business model

My Journey" project at the National WWII Museum

Ideation

Prototyping

Case study 2: Imperial War Museums (IWM), London, UK

The social enterprise business model at the Imperial War Museums.

Positioning digital in the IWM's social enterprise business model

New digital content

The idea and its development

4 Social innovation and rethinking objectives and priorities in museums

Social innovation

Rethinking priorities and objectives in museums

Workforce diversity and social innovation in museums

Digital Social Innovation (DSI)

Connecting open innovation, social enterprise and social innovation

5 The Museum Innovation Model: theoretical framework and practical applications

The Museum Innovation Model

Open innovation (innovation strategy)

Social enterprise (business model for innovation)

Social innovation (innovation goal/objective)

MIM at the Museum of East Anglian Life, UK

Applications of the MIM (steps and processes)

MIM in the postdigital museum

Innovation starter kit

Closing note

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-64982-7

0-429-64718-2

1-138-58950-0

9781138589506

OCLC:

1090060378