Highlights: An Empirical Analysis of the Role of Social Innovation

Highlights from Alex Graddy-Reed's presentation at the USC Sol Price Center for Innovation. Watch the full version here: https://youtu.be/HDBipngogOs The Sol Price Center for Social Innovation develops ideas and social entrepreneurs who will improve the quality of life for people in low-income, urban communities across the globe. Speaker: Alex Graddy-Reed Assistant Professor, USC Price Alex Graddy-Reed describes a survey of North Carolina organizations and analyzes their employee, community and environmental practices. She begins to address which practices are more innovative, and then assesses how organizations with different types of practices respond to economic shock. Alexandra Graddy-Reed is an Assistant Professor at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. Grounded in theories of public economics, institutional change, and innovation production, her research focuses on the evolving organizational forms and strategies of grant makers to be more outcome-oriented in order to assess what promotes innovation. Graddy-Reed teaches courses on the theories and policies of nonprofits and social innovation.