Social Enterprise as a Catalyst for Sustainable Local and Regional Development

Kim, Dong-Hyun; Lim, Up

doi:10.3390/su9081427

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“…The process by which individuals living in neighborhoods actively intervene in ways that discourage problematic behavior has been termed "collective efficacy" [52] (pp. [10][11]. On the other hand, researchers have concluded that contrary to Jane Jacobs's (1961) suggestion, commercial uses are associated with increased crime rates.…”

Section: The Taxonomical Globality Of Cities and The Search For A Newmentioning

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“…However, places and their economies can be viewed more socially, as a set of relationships and practices ranging from everyday family and community life to norms of consumption, to the social regulation of work habits, and to professional practices. The concept of sustainability then offers an alternative perspective on territorial development and transformation, which promotes innovation in social relations [11] (pp. [4][5].…”

Section: Introduction: Sustainability Reputation Of the Cities And mentioning

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The “Local Town Market Area” in Enna, Sicily: Using the Psychology of Sustainability to Propose Sustainable and Developmental Policies

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Ritualization operated by analyzing macro-sectors in a city (e.g., neighborhoods) has concluded irreversibly for condemning some dilapidated areas instead of others. Taking its cue from the scenario of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly Goal 11-Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable (United Nations)-the realized analysis links a sustainable urban design with the citizens' role in the city in a particular urban landmark, the "local town market area" (LTMA), with a focus on developing the well-being of the local community, also referred to as the psychology of sustainability and sustainable development. Principal methods of inquiry used, along a geospatial Google-driven investigation, were self-observation and self-assessment, which reflect both the study of self-organizing systems in the context of complexity and systemic theory, choosing to detect the spatial state of a specific area, as it has neither official nor institutional boundaries. The approach to crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) is therefore discussed through the maximizing of the LTMA functional urban unit in Enna, Sicily, to reach the idea of a community that is innovative and participatory.Keywords: sustainable urban environment; psychology of sustainability and sustainable development; systems theory; self-organizing systems; spatial crime attractors and detractors; geospatial investigation Google-driven; areas with no institutional boundaries; quadrant counts method

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Section: The Taxonomical Globality Of Cities and The Search For A Newmentioning

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Section: Introduction: Sustainability Reputation Of the Cities And mentioning

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The “Local Town Market Area” in Enna, Sicily: Using the Psychology of Sustainability to Propose Sustainable and Developmental Policies

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“…RJCP is a federal government program that started in 2013 to support unemployed people in building skills to become "work ready" or to participate in activities that contribute to the strength and sustainability of their community (Australian Government, 2015b) [2]. Importantly, these activities allow Nuwul to maximize community input into the environmental management of the northeast Arnhem Land region both directly through activities and indirectly through the influence and gained understanding from teaching other life skills:…”

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Australian indigenous social enterprise: measuring performance

Spencer

Brueckner

Wise³

et al. 2016

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Purpose Using an integrated framework for performance management of nonprofit organizations, this paper aims to present an analysis of the activities of an Indigenous social enterprise in the town of Yirrkala in northeast Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. The evaluation focuses on the social effectiveness of the organization and its ability to help generate income and employment and drive social capital creation. Design/methodology/approach The analysis is informed by data derived from “yarns” with social enterprise staff and semi-structured interviews conducted with key informants who were selected using snowball sampling. Data were transcribed and analyzed thematically. Findings The analysis reveals that the organization provides a successful community-based pathway for increasing Indigenous economic participation on local terms at a time of regional economic decline and high levels of Indigenous unemployment nationally. Practical implications The measured effectiveness of Nuwul highlights the need for targeted policy support for Indigenous enterprises and that social entrepreneurship is far more likely to be successful in a supportive government policy environment, a critical need for government-initiated policies to encourage the formation of Indigenous social enterprises that are entrepreneurial and innovative in their solutions to poverty and marginalization. Such policies should not only aid the establishment of Indigenous ventures but also facilitate their long-term growth and sustainability. Originality/value Although Indigenous entrepreneurial activities have been found to be effective in addressing Indigenous disadvantage in Australia, little is known about their community impact. The article provides original empirically grounded research on the measurement of Indigenous entrepreneurial activities and their wider community impact. The data show, against the backdrop of mixed results of government efforts to drive Indigenous economic mainstreaming, that the entrepreneurial activities analyzed in this paper are an example of more flexible and culturally appropriate pathways for achieving Indigenous equality in rural and remote regions of Australia.

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“…Other authors explicitly consider team production and collective action as founding principles of entrepreneurial action and innovation processes in new business environments, highlighting also the special role of intrinsic and prosocial motivations in innovation and growth processes [22,23]. However, to the best of the author's knowledge, no contribution has systematically analyzed the corporate patrimony within the common property approach, and explicitly discussed, in this line of enquiry, the specific features, sustainability (economic and social) and longevity of "alternative" or "heterodox" enterprise forms, such as co-operative and social enterprises [24][25][26]. Few exceptions of approaches similar to the one followed in this paper are found in some works concerning capital resources in worker co-operatives [27], and co-operative finance [28].…”

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The Firm as a Common. Non-Divided Ownership, Patrimonial Stability and Longevity of Co-Operative Enterprises

Tortia

2018

Sustainability

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Contemporary literature dealing with the governance and exploitation of common-pool natural resources was initiated by Elinor Ostrom in 1990, and has been growing fast ever since. On the contrary, within the same research stream, the study of the presence and economic role of common resources in entrepreneurial organizations is, to date, under-researched. This work endeavors to fill some theoretical gaps in this research perspective by: (i) spelling out a new-institutionalist framework for the analysis of the accumulation and governance of common capital resources within organizational boundaries; (ii) considering cooperative enterprises as the organizational form that, on the basis of historical record, and of behavioral and institutional characteristics, demonstrated to be most compatible with a substantial role for common and non-divided asset-ownership and with its governance thereof; and (iii) evidencing and explaining the theoretical connection between cooperative longevity and the presence of non-divided asset ownership. The economic forces influencing the optimal level of self-financed common capital resources in cooperatives are enquired. Conclusions to the paper evidence the main reasons why the new approach can better explain than preceding ones the economic sustainability and longevity of cooperative enterprises.

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Social Enterprise as a Catalyst for Sustainable Local and Regional Development

Cited by 66 publications

References 97 publications

The “Local Town Market Area” in Enna, Sicily: Using the Psychology of Sustainability to Propose Sustainable and Developmental Policies

The “Local Town Market Area” in Enna, Sicily: Using the Psychology of Sustainability to Propose Sustainable and Developmental Policies

Australian indigenous social enterprise: measuring performance

The Firm as a Common. Non-Divided Ownership, Patrimonial Stability and Longevity of Co-Operative Enterprises

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