The Misericórdias as Social Economy Entities in Portugal and Spain

Ruano, Antonio José Macías; Manso, José Ramos Pires; Valenciano, Jaime de Pablo; Rumí, María Esther Marruecos

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“…This study also enables a better understanding of the relationship between SEO and performance in other countries that culturally resemble Portugal, for example countries that were formerly its colonies or Spain, with the latter's non-profit sector displaying similarities with Portugal with the founding of the Santas Casas da Misericórdia charitable institutions in the late fifteenth century in Portugal even while in the current context both the Portuguese and Spanish institutions operate under different organizational and legal frameworks (Ruano et al, 2020).…”

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Social entrepreneurship orientation and performance in non-profit organizations

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With the downturn in the global socioeconomic panorama, the social entrepreneurship orientation (SEO) and the social performance of non-profit organizations (NPOs) have become subject to growing levels of attention. The objective of this study is to analyze the influence of SEO on the performance of NPOs. To this end, we deployed a quantitative methodology based on the application of a survey of NPOs, which received a total of 135 valid responses. Our results demonstrate a positive effect for the dimensions of social innovation and social proactivity even while reporting no effect for the acceptance of social risks on performance. These results hold important implications across two different levels: in terms of the NPOs and policy-makers.

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“…Secondly, the social economy must promote equality at all levels (labor, institutional, social, economic, and so on), making it easier for workers to balance their work and family life without loss of income, especially in the rural areas, where the wage gap between men and women is wider (Parvathi & Thamizhchelvi, 2020 ). In fact, social economy entities can reduce the development gaps between urban and rural territories by implementing projects based on endogenous resources of the territory, similar to the organization of the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain (Macías Ruano et al, 2020 ). Finally, the social economy must continue to advance along its conceptual path to stabilize, define and differentiate it from other similar concepts such as the solidarity or collaborative economy.…”

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Scientific Production on the Social Economy: A Review of Worldwide Research

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The aim of this article is to assess the use of the term Social Economy, while being aware of its lack of concreteness, and to analyze the level of scientific production by means of a bibliometric analysis using WoS (JCR) and Scopus (SJR) as sources. Starting in 2004 and related to the Charter of Principles of the Social Economy, the material development of articles began. The most receptive countries are Spain, the USA, China, the UK and Canada. In terms of the most productive journals, Voluntas in JCR and CIRIEC-Spain and REVESCO in SJR stand out. Scientific production on this issue is linked to university institutions, namely the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the University of Valencia and the University of Quebec. The most prevalent subject are Economics and Business in the case of JCR and Social Sciences in SJR. The most recognized term is that of cooperatives and the most prevalent keyword trends being related to sustainable development, climate change, urbanization, management and China.

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“…Regarding this exercise of influences in the management of these organizations, we can then start by addressing aspects such as the search for autonomy and financial sustainability and efficiency in the management of resources and services [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ], so that these institutions find a lasting, sustainable and stable path, such as the continuous improvement of their economic and social performance.…”

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“…These institutions have always played an important role in social care for local citizens, playing different roles in society, including health promotion, disease prevention and care from a curative perspective, rehabilitation and reintegration. “Their presence and performance have been, and are, fundamental to the Portuguese social security system” [ 2 ] (p. 1). With a strong social character, they continue to be relevant and present throughout the national territory, in the various decolonized countries of the old Portuguese empire and in other territories that were influenced by Portuguese emigration, playing an important role in social assistance to citizens [ 2 ].…”

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“…“Their presence and performance have been, and are, fundamental to the Portuguese social security system” [ 2 ] (p. 1). With a strong social character, they continue to be relevant and present throughout the national territory, in the various decolonized countries of the old Portuguese empire and in other territories that were influenced by Portuguese emigration, playing an important role in social assistance to citizens [ 2 ].…”

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Strategy and Human Resources Management in Non-Profit Organizations: Its Interaction with Open Innovation

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Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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The socioeconomic changes that many countries have been experiencing in recent decades, caused by structural factors or by specific circumstances, where the pandemic crisis of COVID-19 is only the most recent example, have posed challenges to organizations, which present themselves more and more and in various forms as threatened by the possibility of fulfilling their mission. Public and private sectors increasingly present themselves as insufficient to respond effectively to day-to-day requests. This context of instability and the resulting impacts for non-profit organizations pose serious problems to the way in which governance is exercised and served as a motivation for carrying out a study that aimed to understand the influence of strategy and human resources on the governance of these organizations. A review of the literature on the variables under study made it possible to identify the sub-dimensions associated with each one of them and the respective indicators. Thus, for a quantitative study, it was possible to apply a questionnaire to 242 Holy Houses of Mercy in Portugal to understand the direct and indirect influences of strategic management and human resources management on the governance of these institutions. The results obtained show the existence of a positive relationship between the variables under analysis, confirming that not only do these variables influence, by themselves and directly, the governance of the institutions studied, but also the strategy influences human resources policies, which in turn have implications for the way the Holy Houses of Mercy deal with aspects associated with governance. It is concluded that, in general, for these organizations to be more effective in efforts to improve their governance processes, they must focus on strategic management and human resources management instruments.

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The Misericórdias as Social Economy Entities in Portugal and Spain

Cited by 7 publications

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Social entrepreneurship orientation and performance in non-profit organizations

Social entrepreneurship orientation and performance in non-profit organizations

Scientific Production on the Social Economy: A Review of Worldwide Research

Strategy and Human Resources Management in Non-Profit Organizations: Its Interaction with Open Innovation

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