Museum Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship

<p><em>Museum Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship</em> 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. </p><p></p><p>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. </p><p></p><p>Supplying the museum studies field with essential terminologies and conceptual frameworks related to innovation <i>Museum Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship</i> 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. </p>