This book explores how public organizations and not-for-profit organizations (NPO) can be more collaborative, innovative and effective in solving social issues in both developing and developed countries. "Social innovation," led by social entrepreneurs and/or social enterprises, emerged in the late 1990s, and spread in 2000s. As we faced management failures in the West, demand increased for corporations to take on more social responsibility. Based on intensive research on social innovation processes at the municipal and the community level in Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Japan, the book analyses the factors that affected the most effective and efficient social innovations.

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Concepts and Frameworks of Knowledge-Creating Theory; Ikujiro Nonaka and Ayano Hirose Nishihara.- Chapter 2: Collaborating on City Planning: A Lesson from Mayor Joko Widodo (2005-2011); Anwar Sanusi; Chapter 3: People-Centric Leadership at Local Level: The Case Study of Yala Municipality, Thailand; Orathai Kokpol.- Chapter 4: Mitaka City Development: Collaborating in Harmony; Ayano Hirose.- Chapter 5: Da Nang City Development; Nguy¿n Thi H¿i H¿ng.- Chapter 6: Antonio Meloto: Empowering the Filipino Poor toward Sustainable and Innovative Communities; Alex B. Brillantes, Jr., and Lizan E. Perante-Calina.- Chapter 7: Social Innovation by a Leaf-Selling Business: Irodori in Kamikatsu Town; Ayano Hirose Nishihara.- Chapter 8: "It Can Be Done": Economic Forests and Social Entrepreneurship in Doi Tung, Thailand; Ayano Hirose.- Chapter 9: Transformation and Innovation: People-centric Leadership and Management to Tackle Social Issues; Woothisarn Tanchai and Kittima Bunnag.- Chapter 10: Unleashing the Knowledge Potential of the Community for Co-Creation of Values in Society; Ikujiro Nonaka, Kiyotaka Yokomichi and Ayano Hirose Nishihara.