These variations have contributed to ambiguity about the social economy as a sector, and social enterprises as distinctive forms, and this has compromised attempts to estimate the scale and potential of the sector in Ireland to date. In 2013, as part of the policy response to the unemployment ...
The future role of social enterprises in Northern Ireland’s economic recovery has been given a welcome boost by their inclusion in skills and innovation supports offered by the Department for the Economy. From the outset of the pandemic, Economy Minister Diane Dodds MLA has indicated her ambitions...
Social enterprises are similar to nonprofits in that they both aim to make the world a better place. However, social enterprises sell products and services to sustain themselves, while nonprofits mostly rely on donations. How do I start a social enterprise on Shopify?
论文原文: Olmedo, L., O. Shaughnessy, M. and Holloway, P.(2024), 'A geographical analysis of social enterprises: the case of Ireland', Social Enterprise Journal, Vol. 20 No. 4, pp. 499-521. 4. 影响台湾社会企业发展的政策驱动因素和工具 作者:成子昌、成芬 台湾台北国立师范大学 摘要:台...
Women-led social enterprises drive positive changes in societal and environmental issues, making significant impact on the lives of women. This paper presents the comparative analysis of challenges and opportunities for women to become social entrepreneurs in six European Union countries—Latvia, Ireland,...
This paper explores whether social enterprises are capable of fulfilling the public policy rhetoric surrounding them, to become sustainable providers of public services. It does this by examining their marketing activity within North-East England and focuses on social enterprises delivering adult social ca...
Last month I was delighted to attend a Social Enterprise NI event in Belfast City Hall. The event brought together enterprises which operate in very different markets, but which share a desire to trade ethically and reinvest their profits for the good of the community. Businesses such as Loaf...
while the world's 10m social enterprises create 200m jobs and US$2tn in annual revenue, thefunding gap is a “significant” $1.1tn.Most social enterprises need patient capital because it can take longer to generate profits; as a result, higher levels of investment from the likes of venture...
33 per cent of ACT employees earn above the Northern Ireland salary median of £20,200 and most trading is with other social enterprises outside north Belfast. Of the total expenditure of £5.88 million, £4.37 million (74 per cent) is spent within the social economy and £1.98 milli...
Social enterprises are required to scale their social impact in order to fight poverty, and this process is known as scaling. In fact, scaling social impact refers to an ongoing process of increasing the magnitude of both quantitative and qualitative positive changes in society by addressing ...