Social economy science transforming the economy and making society more resilient

This text provides a comprehensive analysis of why and how social economy organizations create superior value for society. The chapters discuss the social economy's role in promoting innovation for impact, as well as its role as an agent of societal change and as a partner to businesses, govern...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Krlev, Gorgi, 1985- editor (editor), Wruk, Dominika, 1982- editor, Pasi, Giulio, editor, Bernhard, Marika, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press 2023.
Colección:Oxford scholarship online.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • Contributors
  • Introduction, overview and theoretical Anchors
  • 1 Why should we care about social economy science?
  • 2 Public policies to advance the social economy
  • 3 Social economy: Between common identity and accelerating social change
  • Part I. Innovation for impact
  • 4 The joint search for new approaches with a public good benefit: Four strategies and the role of social economy organizations
  • 5 The social economy and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: The risks of marginalization and how to avoid them
  • 6 Financial market transformations for investing in social impact
  • 7 How impact measurement fosters the social economy: From measurement of impact to learning and management for impact
  • Part II. Agents of change
  • 8 Beyond a niche approach: Could social business become the norm?
  • 9 Empowering knowledge and training in higher education to leverage social economy action on societal challenges
  • 10 Social economy resilience facing the COVID-19 crisis: Facts and prospects
  • 11 (Un)Successful scaling of social innovation: The role of local social economy actors in promoting development in emerging markets
  • 12 The centrality of social-tech entrepreneurship in an inclusive growth agenda
  • Part III. Partnerships
  • 13 Why and how to engage beneficiaries as co-(social) entrepreneurs? Considering hardware, software, and orgware for citizen engagement
  • 14 Civic leadership for a transformative social economy: A comparison of city leadership constellations in Italy and the UK
  • 15 Public structural funds as a catalyst for social innovation: The experience of Portugal Social Innovation
  • 16 Social procurement to promote social problem solving.
  • 17 Social outcomes contracting: Seeding a more relational approach to contracts between government and the social economy?
  • Lessons learnt and future agenda
  • 18 Conclusions: Where to with Social Economy Science?
  • Index.