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Invest Stockholm och Norrsken Foundation vill skapa världens bästa plats för sociala entreprenörer och investerare

Invest Stockholm ingår partnerskap med Norrsken Foundation för att stötta entreprenörer och innovatörer som vill lösa samhällets största utmaningar. Världens ledande klimatforskare varnar för att vi bara har 12 år på oss att begränsa de negativa effekterna av klimatförändringarna och förhindra att hundratals miljoner människor drabbas av fattigdom. Därför har Stockholms stad beslutat att fokusera…

The Hidden Revolution – new initiative in the UK to map social enterprises

The Hidden Revolution, supported by Nationwide and Co-op Group, presents a fresh analysis of the size and scale of the social enterprise sector. According to independent analysis, the social enterprise sector makes a £60bn contribution to UK GDP, compared to £24bn in previous research. The Hidden Revolution also brings together key statistics which show that…

Should you “internationalise” your social enterprise?

The pioneer Post recently published an interesting article on the internationalisation of social enterprises. Here is a short excerpt and lin to the full article: Social entrepreneurs are great at tackling locally-rooted problems – but they may be overlooking opportunities to grow and develop if they’re not considering overseas markets. Research suggests much more support…

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Reconfiguring the social and solidarity economy in a Danish/ Nordic welfare context

When looking at definitions and understandings of the social and solidarity economy, one issue stands out as particularly significant. The issue of how it links to organizational (micro and meso level dimensions) and societal specificities. Whereas social enterprise also in the EMES ideal-typical version (Borzaga & Defourny, 2001) is only indirectly linked to a Polanyian framework…

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Impact investing for climate change

As maintained in a report recently issued by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development [OECD, 2017], policies on climate changes are key for development and growth, as are structural reforms and environmental investments. The combination of these three elements is crucial to promote inclusive and sustainable growth, contributing to the increase in market competition…