Conceptions of Social Enterprise in Europe: A Comparative Perspective with the United States

Defourny, Jacques; Nyssens, Marthe

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“…These social activities and services were initially carried out within the context of social cooperatives, benefitting the cooperative's members, and then extended their field of action to the benefit of society at large (Defourny and Nyssens, 2012). This development of the social cooperatives gave rise to what was later to be called "social enterprise," characterized by social ends being pursued in combination with the performance of an economic activity that addresses the market and is managed with business logic (Reis and Clohesy, 2001;Alter, 2007; P. Dacin, T. Dacin, and Matear, 2010;Weber, 2012).…”

Section: Social Needs and For-profit Entrepreneurshipmentioning

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“…According to Defourny and Nyssens (2012), social enterprises are "not-for-profit organizations providing goods and services directly related to their explicit aim to benefit the community. They rely on a collective dynamics involving various types of stakeholders in their governing bodies, they place a high value on their autonomy and they bear economic risks linked to their activity."…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…The EMES network has engaged in studying that concept for the past two decades and has developed an ‘ideal‐type’ approach to define the concept. Their definition is composed of three components: (i) the economic and entrepreneurial dimensions, which, practically, suggests that the entity engages in commercial activities of selling a product or service and competing in the market; (ii) the social dimensions, which have to do with the contribution to the community – the raison d'être of the entity; and (iii) the participatory governance dimensions, which provide an expression of community ownership (Defourny & Nyssens, , pp. 77–78).…”

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The article analyses market‐oriented social enterprises from a social welfare perspective, within the context of the innate conflict between business and welfare orientations. After defining the concept of market‐oriented social enterprises and presenting some successful examples on such entities that employ different marginalised populations, particularly people with disabilities, the article asks three interrelated questions: (i) What policy environment is needed to encourage the development of social enterprises? (ii) Given the innate tension between the social and economic objectives in social enterprises, what structural principles are needed to enable them to meet those dual objectives? Lastly, (iii) What intervention modalities are best suited to help individual participants in those frameworks? Answers to these questions are discussed within conceptual frameworks from the worlds of welfare and business that jointly provide a base for a social welfare rationale for market‐oriented social enterprises.

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“…In most cases, social enterprises are initiatives launched by a group of citizens or civil society organizations [16]. Korean social enterprises nevertheless were introduced and initiated by the government as a part of a state-led project to address social problems.…”

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The Development of Social Enterprises in a Developmental State

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Abstract-This paper examines the development of social enterprises in South Korea and how the government has involved in it. It is found that the model of 'developmental state' continues in government's intervention to SE development which implies a relatively weak role of civil society and the cultural influence of Confucianism. IndexTerms-Social enterprises, South Korea, developmental state, strong government role.

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Conceptions of Social Enterprise in Europe: A Comparative Perspective with the United States

Cited by 66 publications

References 13 publications

Corporate Social Innovation in Comparison with Corporate Social Responsibility: Integration, Development or Replacement?

Corporate Social Innovation in Comparison with Corporate Social Responsibility: Integration, Development or Replacement?

A social welfare perspective of market‐oriented social enterprises

The Development of Social Enterprises in a Developmental State

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