PAPER Innovative Social Entrepreneurship: Development of Youth Social Activity
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Innovative Social Entrepreneurship: Development of Youth Social Activity

The aim of the work is to study the accelerators of social initiatives as a specific social environment and the practice of experimental testing and development of innovative social entrepreneurship of youth. The orientation of the individual towards social entrepreneurship and the development of readiness for it can only partially be explained through the prospects of a future career. In many…

PAPER Entrepreneurial Literacy and Social Entrepreneurship Intentions among Youth
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Entrepreneurial Literacy and Social Entrepreneurship Intentions among Youth

The youth will be the leaders of the country and the determinants of the continuity of government in the future. Malaysia now has many young entrepreneurs, but not all young entrepreneurs have basic knowledge in entrepreneurship and apply social entrepreneurship theory while running their businesses. The study’s findings show that the level of entrepreneurial literacy and the level of social…

PAPER Mapping social innovation networks: Knowledge intensive social services as systems builders
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Mapping social innovation networks: Knowledge intensive social services as systems builders

Social innovations are often seen as the product of social entrepreneurs. This paper instead asserts that social innovations are also routinized. This is the result of the appearance of a new type of actors: Knowledge Intensive Social Services (KISS). Like Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS), KISS are consultancy organizations that provide their clients with specific knowledge to assist…

Read the article – The European Green Deal and the social market economy
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Read the article – The European Green Deal and the social market economy

We highly recommend reading the article by Martin Dahl – “The European Green Deal and the social market economy” published here: http://czasopisma.isppan.waw.pl/index.php/sm/article/view/1796 Abstract: The European Green Deal is an attempt to transform the European Union’s economy in order to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. This is to counteract undesirable climate change and environmental degradation. In this context, an…

Employment and Social Developments in Europe Quarterly Review looks into factors behind the gender pay gap among young people
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Employment and Social Developments in Europe Quarterly Review looks into factors behind the gender pay gap among young people

The Commission has published the latest edition of the Employment and Social Developments in Europe (ESDE) Quarterly Review, with a specific thematic focus on the gender pay gap among young workers, on occasion of the 2022 European Year of Youth. ESDE quarterly reviews periodically provide an overview of recent social and labour market developments in…

Buying for social impact – Good practice from around the EU
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Buying for social impact – Good practice from around the EU

Buying for Social Impact (BSI) is a project commissioned by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) and the European Commission Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) to promote the use of social considerations in public procurement procedures. The project was carried out by a consortium of European organisations…

How can social innovation and social entrepreneurship build the resilience of the future workforce?
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How can social innovation and social entrepreneurship build the resilience of the future workforce?

With digitalization, globalization and an aging population the landscape of work is rapidly changing. Projections show that in the next 10 years in the workforce constant upskilling and digital dexterity will outweigh tenure and experience. Hence, young people and adults are confronted with navigating a highly interconnected and volatile world where the jobs, technologies and societal…

Youth Upskilling and Experience Through Social Innovation
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Youth Upskilling and Experience Through Social Innovation

Watch this lively conversation with Estefania Fernandez, a serial educational entrepreneur, youth leader and polyglot originally from Spain. After relocating to Berlin, Estefania created her “Business Model Republic” Meetup group to connect with others. This group exploded to more than 6 thousand members, and became an obvious launching point for her latest venture: e-bloom. E-bloom…