Social innovation indicators

AbstractThis article provides the results of the Regional Social Innovation Index (RESINDEX), a conceptual and empirical model that explores indicators of social innovation at organizational and regional level. The RESINDEX model links absorptive capacity of knowledge and social innovation in four types of key regional agents: profit and non-profit organizations, universities, and technological centres. The pilot application of the RESINDEX model held in the Basque Country (Spain) during the year 2013. Within the framework of this study 282 regional organizations were surveyed. The article contributes to the conceptual and empirical discussion on indicators in social innovation.Keywords: social innovation indicatorsabsorptive capacityBasque CountryRESINDEX Notes1 A detailed information on the methodology is available on the internet (see: http://www.sinnergiak.org/index.php/social-innovation-index_annex/).