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Materials from teh 7th EMES International Conference are available online

EMES is a research network of established university research centres and individual researchers whose goal has been so far to gradually build up an international corpus of theoretical and empirical knowledge, pluralistic in disciplines and methodologies, around our Social Enterprise concepts: social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social economy, solidarity economy and social innovation. The 7th EMES…

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EMES launched podcasts on Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship

EMES is a research network of established university research centres and individual researchers whose goal has been so far to gradually build up an international corpus of theoretical and empirical knowledge, pluralistic in disciplines and methodologies, around our “SE” concepts: social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social economy, solidarity economy, and social innovation. Podcasts have proven to…

Social enterprise learning materials from Visenet
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Social enterprise learning materials from Visenet

Ruralia Institute in Finland is currently working on a project,  which aims to create social enterprise learning materials, guidance and networking. Visenet – Village social enterprise learning material, guidance and networking  aims to (amongst others) enhance the ideas and methods to promote and support social entrepreneurship in rural areas by creating an open access digital learning…

Ten Reasons Not to Measure Impact—and What to Do Instead
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Ten Reasons Not to Measure Impact—and What to Do Instead

It’s important for every social enterprise – especially the small ones with fewer resources to place their focus on right things. Making impact happen. 10 Reasons Not to Measure Impact – and What to Do Instad provides a thought-provoking ideas and an important learning – the side in impact measurement that’s still very rarely talked about….

“Theorizing On Social Enterprise Behaviors In Challenging Environments – Evidence From Five Social Cooperatives In Poland”
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“Theorizing On Social Enterprise Behaviors In Challenging Environments – Evidence From Five Social Cooperatives In Poland”

This content is delivered to you in the framework of the SEBS2 project co-funded by the Erasmus+, as our aim is to popularize social business and social entrepreneurship in the Baltic Sea Region.   We recommend great reading on polish social entrepreneurship sector by PhD Marzena Starnawska from Gdansk Technical University. Her paper:  THEORIZING ON…

Read the newset article: ‘Social Entrepreneurship Education: Is it Achieving the Desired Aims?”
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Read the newset article: ‘Social Entrepreneurship Education: Is it Achieving the Desired Aims?”

We recommend a very recent research article (2019) on social entrepreneurship “Social Entrepreneurship Education: Is it Achieving the Desired Aims?” by  Debbi D. Brock and Susan D Steiner. This content is delivered to you in the framework of the SEBS2 project co-funded by the Erasmus+, as our aim is to popularize social business and social entrepreneurship in the Baltic Sea…

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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…