Table 9 Components of the humanitarian innovation system
From: Innovation in humanitarian assistance—a systematic literature review
No | Component | Description of component | Elements of components (from the literature) |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Actors | The various actors within the system, and the roles they play in driving innovation | Inclusion of the affected population |
Collaboration | |||
Innovation capacity | |||
2 | Institutions | The formal and informal habits and practices in actors’ interactions, their relationships, networks. Shaping the way things are done within the system and how they inhibit or encourage innovation | Evidence-based approaches |
Modes of financing | |||
The humanitarian innovation market | |||
Ethics and principles | |||
3 | Contextual factors | Factors external to the system, That introduce innovation inputs into the system, have an effect on the humanitarian innovation system and may cause it to change and evolve | Technological development |
Humanitarian development nexus | |||
4 | Output and performance | The (types of) innovations resulting from the system, and the degree of ‘success’ they achieve (e.g. in terms of scale and impact) | Innovation conceptualization (lack of definitions) |
Innovation types introduced into the field (technophilia) | |||
Innovations approached on the project level, rather than holistically | |||
The innovation target |