Growth for the Common Good? Learnings from social enterprises’ growth process
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Growth for the Common Good? Learnings from social enterprises’ growth process

For those readers interested in research, there’s a new juicy read from Finland. Saila Tykkyläinen’s doctoral theses about social enterprise growth has just been published. The researcher has been following up and analyzing the growth of 7 Finnish social enterprises of different business fields over the period of 5 years. Here’s a short overview on the…

The Other Bar

The Other Bar

The Other Bar is a case of a rather unique business model. The company behind the product, FairChain Foundation, believes that inequality and poor living conditions are some of the most pressing challenges globally. In collaboration with the UN, they have set about improving upon these challenges. The framing for the companys solution is the fact…

BUSINESS MODELS VERSUS APPLICATION OF INNOVATIONS IN SOCIAL COMPANIES in Poland
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BUSINESS MODELS VERSUS APPLICATION OF INNOVATIONS IN SOCIAL COMPANIES in Poland

Polecamy artykuł Jana BRZÓSKI z Politechniki Śląskiej,  Wydział Organizacji i Zarządzania Instytut Zarządzania i Administracji : MODELE BIZNESU A WYKORZYSTANIE INNOWACJI W PRZEDSIĘBIORSTWACH SPOŁECZNYCH   Streszczenie. Wsparcie umożliwiające rozwój sektora ekonomii społecznej w UE jest związane z pomocą dla grup społecznie wykluczonych i walką z bezrobociem. Specyfika podmiotów ekonomii społecznej w stosunku do przedsiębiorstw konkurencyjnej gospodarki wynika…

The Role of Stakeholders in Development of Social Economy Organizations in Poland: An Integrative Approach
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The Role of Stakeholders in Development of Social Economy Organizations in Poland: An Integrative Approach

We recommend the article by Norbert Laurisz, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Public Economy and Administration, University of Economics in Krakow, 27 Rakowicka St., 31-510 Krakow, Poland; norbert.laurisz@uek.krakow.pl The Role of Stakeholders in Development of Social Economy Organizations in Poland: An Integrative Approach Abstract: The aim of this article is to explore key changes in the…

Presentation on social economy support system in Poland
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Presentation on social economy support system in Poland

Presentation: Social entrepreneurship – investments from the ESF in Poland by Aleksandra Dmitruk, Deputy Director, ESF Management Department.   National Programme for Social Economy Development (NSPED) The social economy support system in Poland has two main components: (1) Creating “environment” for SEE creation and growth including soft support by country-wide Social Economy Support Units (2)…

The Meaning of Education to the Development Strategies of Social Economy Enterprises
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The Meaning of Education to the Development Strategies of Social Economy Enterprises

Znaczenie edukacji dla strategii rozwoju podmiotów ekonomii społecznej The Meaning of Education to the Development Strategies of Social Economy Enterprises Author(s): Grażyna Krzyminiewska Subject(s): Social Sciences, Economy, Education, Economic policy, Socio-Economic Research Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego Keywords: social economy; education; Summary/Abstract: The paper The Meaning of Education for Development Strategies of Social Economy Enterprises Focuses on education as…

SPOKO – Original gift sets for your company to support the social economy in Poland
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SPOKO – Original gift sets for your company to support the social economy in Poland

Original gift sets for your company to support the social economy. https://www.jestesmyspoko.pl/en/ SPOKO is a new project on the social and business market of Pomerania. It was created out of the need to help others and support the activities of non-governmental organizations that engage in the creation of the social economy sector. The gift sets we…

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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…