This paper focuses on the topical and problematic area of social
innovations. The aim of this paper is to develop an original approach to the
allocation of social innovations, taking into account characteristics such as
the degree of state participation, the scope of application, the type of
initiations as well as the degree of novelty, which will be elaborated on
further in this article. In order to achieve this goal, the forty-two most
successful social innovations were identified and systematized. The results
of this study demonstrated that 73.5% of social innovations are privately
funded, most of them operating on an international level with a high degree
of novelty. Moreover, 81% of all social innovations are civic initiatives.
Social innovations play an important role in the growth of both developed
and less developed countries alike as highlighted in our extensive analysis