2016
DOI: 10.1080/03906701.2016.1181395
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A comparative overview of social enterprise ‘ecosystems’ in Scotland and England: an evolutionary perspective

Abstract: Social enterprise has been identified as a culturally and socially constructed phenomenon that varies in its meaning both internationally and within geographic regions. Over recent years there has been increasing academic focus on how social enterprise ecosystems differ across different countries. This focus has been both global (examinations of differences between North American, Asian and European social enterprise) and regional (exploring differences between countries within Europe). There has however, been… Show more

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“…While the Scottish Government has openly and emphatically publicly endorsed social enterprise and has also made considerable investment into the sector, whether this support translates into practice requires further examination. If there is a particularly enabling social enterprise 'ecosystem' (Hazenberg et al 2016) …”
Section: The Scottish Social Enterprise Landscapementioning
confidence: 99%
“…While the Scottish Government has openly and emphatically publicly endorsed social enterprise and has also made considerable investment into the sector, whether this support translates into practice requires further examination. If there is a particularly enabling social enterprise 'ecosystem' (Hazenberg et al 2016) …”
Section: The Scottish Social Enterprise Landscapementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The use and conceptualisation of 'ecosystems' in social enterprise research is not new and has been used in the past in several studies (Arthur et al, 2006;Grassl, 2012;Roy et al, 2015;Hazenberg et al, 2016). Evolutionary theory states that variation in species (in this case social enterprise) occurs due to three main factors: genetic variation, which is random, where new forms appear and their survival is dependent on how well their random changes are suited to the current environment; phenotypes, where environmental factors lead to variations in traits/behaviours and hence species; and epigenetics, where experience/environmental factors alter an organisms genetic coding leading to changes (During, 2014).…”
Section: Conceptualising Social Enterprise Ecosystems Using Evolutionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Figure 1 illustrates this theoretical model. (Hazenberg et al, 2016) Social enterprise, it could be argued, could be considered as a new sub-species of enterprise that has emerged over the last few decades from a variety of historical organisational ancestors, competing for survival in the turmoil of the socio-economic system (During, Van Dam and Salverda, 2016). However, while prior research has sought to theorise social enterprise ecosystems in this way, by necessity, the crucial role of human beings within such a social system has been over-simplified.…”
Section: Conceptualising Social Enterprise Ecosystems Using Evolutionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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