Eco-social enterprises in practice and theory - A radical versus mainstream view

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angličtina
Original language name
Eco-social enterprises in practice and theory - A radical versus mainstream view
Original language description
Social enterprises have been studied from various perspectives, which can roughly be collapsed under the "mainstream" and the "radical". From the "mainstream" perspective, social enterprises are seen as complements to mainstream enterprises, mitigating poverty and inequality and enhancing employment and growth. From the "radical" perspective they are seen as alternatives to mainstream enterprises and as part of an alternative non-growing economy, based on co-operation, sharing and equity. The definitionof eco-social enterprise depends on the definition of social enterprise, which in turn depends on authors perspectives. Based on research from Great Britain and the Czech Republic, we look at eco-social enterprises and discuss their forms and definitions from an explicitly "radical" perspective. We first give a generic overview of different types of eco-social enterprises, showing that not all of them exist primarily to provide goods and services and that many have combined ecological a
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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