... of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/ Social entrepreneurship Social enterprise Social value Social impact Motivation Entrepreneurial life More than ever, it’s clear that sustainability must be addressed in every aspect of our lives – as consumers, voters...

...Evangelos Pavlis Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the social impact of the social cooperative enterprise ( SCE ) “Modousa” in a marginal agricultural area of Lesvos Island, Greece. Focusing on post-productive agriculture and collaborative rural development, the study investigates...

...Claire Hutchinson; Leanne Lester; Veronica Coram; Paul Flatau; Ian Goodwin-Smith Purpose Though qualitative evidence of social impact exists for disability-inclusive social enterprise, there is a dearth of quantitative economic impact on their social impact. This study aims to address this gap...

... to achieve further funding (Peña-Longobardo et al., 2019). SROI Social impact Literacies Mental health is becoming a serious public health problem worldwide (Wongkoblap et al., 2017). The number of patients with mental health disorders (MHD) has increased in society in recent...

... 2024 06 02 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Social enterprise Economic growth Social impact Design Social enterprise ecosystem Social enterprises produce benefits across economic, social and environmental...

... rights only Social innovation Action research Scaling Social impact There is widespread agreement within the social innovation literature that social innovations can be defined through three dimensions, namely, a product, process and empowerment dimension. The way different authors...

... they touch (Edgar, 2011). Scaling social impact has been divided into two categories: breadth and depth (Desa and Koch, 2014). Social enterprises focused on scaling the breadth of their impact seek to increase the number of people impacted, their geographic coverage or their working budgets to create...

...Judith Cavazos-Arroyo; Rogelio Puente-Diaz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of structural and relational network capabilities on trust, and its effect on pricing and selling capabilities, as well as their influence on the enterprise social impact. Design/methodology...

...Argyrios Loukopoulos; Dimitra Papadimitriou Purpose The repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the organizational scaling strategies of the social impact are still under-researched and remain one of the most significant issues in the social entrepreneurship field, with scarce empirical...

... in SE. Social implications This study highlights the risk regarding the legitimacy of social impact ventures since, without the due causal inferences, it is not easy to prove the impact they claim to achieve. This situation conducts to the weakening of the ecosystem leading to the emptying...

...Sally Kah; Temidayo Akenroye Purpose In spite of the availability of metrics for measuring social impact (SI), it can be difficult for organisations to select tools that fit their precise needs. To address this challenge, this study conducts a systematic literature review by using legitimacy...

...Marco Bellucci; Carmela Nitti; Serena Franchi; Enrico Testi; Luca Bagnoli Purpose This study aims to assess the effectiveness of social return on investment (SROI) as a measure of the social impact produced by non-profit organisations and social enterprises that support family-centred care...

... for Social Impact (I-Corps SI), extends the for-profit canonical model to include mixed revenue and non-profit business models, to help researchers generate social impact. Design/methodology/approach A research team of policy and non-profit experts observed and adapted a canonical I-Corps process...

... to isolate social impact to attract funding for social enterprise. Research limitations/implications – Limitations of the paper relate to the authors' own inability, at this stage, to test out their solutions to these technical challenges with case studies. Practical implications – The practical...

.... Case study Social value Health and social care Social impact SROI © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Council funding, if it was to be approved, was towards the capital costs of restoration. In terms of numbers of volunteers and people accessing the boat, the real benefits...

... purposefully to represent a cross section of types of organisation. In the detailed case study, interviews were conducted with ten nursery managers, four of the senior management team and other key stakeholders. Findings This paper examines alternatives for scaling up social impact ranging from maximising...

... and empirical work. Findings Early work in SEV performance measurement shows consensus that social impact is at least as important as organizational viability, albeit more difficult to measure. The SEV measurement framework developed herein creates the link between firm viability (Survival), direct social...