From the introduction:

“The interest in transculturality stems from the observation that, in a globalizing world, collaboration for mutual benefit can only succeed if people with diverse background actually cooperate.” This interest in transculturality is very close to the definition of social innovation given to us by Ph.D. Researcher Mariana Brunelli at one of our meetings in Rio de Janeiro. In short, to her, social innovation is defined by different people finding common points and developing solutions for society. Therefore, social entrepreneurship may be particularly interesting for transcultural research, because here, mutual benefit is not only defined by profit but by impact, i.e., by dealing with social problems. Having a social cause may strengthen the mission to search for cooperation in the first place, to increase mutual benefit, and to focus on stakeholder management. Hence, a social enterprise is a promising subject for transcultural research. The story of Insolar, a social enterprise dedicated to the promotion and democratisation of access to solar energy in Brazil served us as a case for analysing transculturality in practice.