... and authors. The full terms of this licence maybe seen at Link to the terms of the CC BY 4.0 licence. United Kingdom Qualitative research Bricolage Social entrepreneur Social bricoleur Social entrepreneurship is increasingly important across the world, a fact that is reflected...

... trade United Kingdom Partnership Social enterprises are distinct from both for‐profit businesses and public agencies. Yet, they do of course establish partnerships and alliances with these key actors. The “cross‐sector” partnerships bringing together different types of organisations have...

... Sustainability Sustainable development United Kingdom Incredible Edible started with the guerrilla planting of herbs, fruit trees and vegetable plants in Todmorden on the Yorkshire‐Lancashire border in the UK when a local activist and environmental campaigner was motivated to start something that would...

..., and evaluate two theoretical perspectives on the form and practices of social enterprises. Peter Sunley can be contacted at: p.j.sunley@soton.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Finance Loans Bricolage Evolution Funding United Kingdom Social economics Urban communities...

... in the United Kingdom. It aims to posit that this debate is in fact detrimental to a more coherent and evenly distributed discourse. Furthermore, the ensuing ambiguities suit other, more powerful participants, and keeping this debate live allows the discourse to be shaped. Design/methodology/approach...

... Health Service Health services United Kingdom The RtR has now been superseded by the Right to Provide which applies to the public sector in general and not just community health services. For such initiatives to succeed they must motivate professionals who have generally spent their career...

.... This is, of course, happening in a climate of substantial cuts to public sector funding and so to some this new initiative will mean opportunity – but to others, threat. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 United Kingdom Social enterprise Politics Government policy Entrepreneurialism Big...

... of a multitude of economic practices, this emergent literature has begun to open up the future to alternatives and re‐signification (Chowdury, 2007 ; Gibson‐Graham, 2006, 2008 ; Williams, 2005). © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 United Kingdom Social enterprise Social entrepreneurship...

... potential NEET subgroups: Fred Seddon can be contacted at: frederick.seddon@northampton.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 United Kingdom Young people Unemployment Skills Evaluation Validity Enterprise skills Social enterprise NEETs Prior research has revealed...

... of the response, rather than to close a discussion down and move on to the next question: Timothy Curtis can be contacted at: tim.curtis@northampton.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Trust Social capital Non‐profit organizations Public sector organizations United Kingdom Poland...

... be contacted at: s.baines@mmu.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Public sector organizations Voluntary organizations Entrepreneurialism National Health Service Social care United Kingdom Under the national programme entitled World Class Commissioning (Department...

...) (Cloke et al., 2000 ; Fitzpatrick and Stephens, 2007). Non‐profit organized Homelessness United Kingdom Social enterprises must balance competing social and economic goals (Dart, 2004 ; Russell and Scott, 2007 ; Spear et al., 2009). Case studies have shown...

... Boards of directors United Kingdom In this study, the dependent variable (DV), legitimacy, represents degree of conformity between the actions of the Social Firm Board, and how they align with the expectations of key stakeholder groups (internal staff/primary beneficiaries). Legitimacy...

... welfare‐state regime. Social services Nonprofit organizations Japan United Kingdom Since the 1980s, public administrations have been viewed increasingly as inefficient in comparison with organisations governed through market principles, which are considered as being both more conducive...

..., increasing its impact and ultimately leading to better support for and understanding of social enterprises. Daniel Shah can be contacted at: daniel.shah@socialenterprise.org.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Government policy Enterprise economics United Kingdom Coalitions...

... partnership. One of the authors (Lamb) is closely involved from the organisational perspective. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Public procurement Partnership Disabilities Value chain Charities United Kingdom […] a cause of enormous human suffering and a threat...

... Publishing Limited 2009 Social economics Entrepreneurs Social welfare Labour Empowerment United Kingdom As capitalist crisis deepens around the world, so does the desire to think and practice the economy around diverse organisational principles, capitalist and non‐capitalist...

... interviews a focus group type discussions with policy makers involved in commissioning a mapping exercise in one region and 12 other interviews with people working within the social enterprise sector in the South East region of England. Enterpreneurialism Demographics Knowledge mapping United Kingdom...

... Experiential learning Communities United Kingdom The thing I hope the minister will take on board […] the climate debate […] there are going to be opportunities to set up new energy companies. Which will link agricultural production, which will link all other sorts of different aspects of the economy...

... Limited 2008 Uncertainty management Trust United Kingdom Social factors Business enterprise Social progress Social enterprise, in the UK, is promoted by stories of successful individuals and enterprises. Stories of success and growth have received much attention and have provided...