The impacts of the global economic crisis of 2008, the intractable problems of persistent
poverty and environmental change have focused attention on organizations that combine …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of business growth as it applies
to the social enterprise. It examines if social entrepreneurs have a growth agenda, how this …

Those who opt to make history and change the course of events themselves have an
advantage over those who decide to wait passively for the results of the change.(Arizmendi …

This study aims to present an integrated theoretical framework of sustainable local and
regional development with an emphasis on social economy theory. The theoretical literature …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine social enterprise sustainability by
comparing recent international research with prior findings seeking to identify the important …

Purpose This paper draws upon prior research that built a theoretical framework for the
emergence of social enterprise ecosystems based upon the biological evolutionary theory …

Purpose–This paper seeks to examine the strategies social enterprises can use to scale up
their impact. A traditional view has been for growth to occur through expanding operations or …

El objetivo de este estudio es realizar una aportación teórica a la literatura existente sobre
emprendimiento social e innovación social. En este sentido, la primera de las …

Integrated hybrid organizations, for instance social enterprises that pursue both social and
economic goals through a single activity, are seen by many as promising vehicles to create …

Background Social enterprises must balance between profitability and sustainability. The
impetus on sustainability grew further after the adaption of the SDG agenda by the United …