Social Enterprise Journal: Volume 17 Issue 2

Guest editorial

Artur Steiner, Jo Barraket, Francesca Calo, Jane Farmer, Simon Teasdale

Collaborative governance platform for social innovation in Brussels

Laura Temmerman, Carina Veeckman, Pieter Ballon

This paper aims to share the experience of a collaborative platform for social innovation (SI) in urban governance in Brussels (Belgium) and to formulate recommendations for…

The Dumfries Arts Award Project: towards building a programme theory of innovation transfer across two social organisations

Sandy Whitelaw, Isla Gibson, Annie Wild, Heather Hall, Heather Molloy

The purpose of this paper is to critically understand a programme theory of the “transfer” of work in one social organisation and sector (an innovative and successful social…

The roles of social enterprises in a Swedish labour market integration programme – opportunities and challenges for social innovation

Helena Kraff, Eva Maria Jernsand

The purpose of this paper is to explore the roles of work integration social enterprises (WISEs) in the Swedish establishment programme for newly arrived refugees, and how its…

Understanding social innovation processes in rural areas: empirical evidence from social enterprises in Germany

Katrin Martens, Anke Wolff, Markus Hanisch

Against the background of increasing infrastructure loss in many rural areas, this study aims to contribute conceptually and empirically towards better understanding of rural…

Exploring social innovation through co-creation in rural India using action research

Souresh Cornet, Saswat Barpanda

Social innovation (SI) has been promoted by policymakers for addressing all kinds of social issues in the context of diminishing government resources. It is, however, difficult to…

Global trends in a fragile context: public–nonpublic collaboration, service delivery and social innovation

Aleksandar Bozic

This study aims to enhance the understanding of the nature of collaboration between public and nonpublic actors in delivering social services and achieving social innovation in a…

The role of business advisers in supporting social entrepreneurship

Cecilia Dalborg, Yvonne von Friedrichs

In many regions, the potential of social entrepreneurship and social innovation are not fully used. The purpose of this study is to explore issues and challenges in the business…

Using the social return on investment (SROI) as a measure of the effectiveness of social innovation projects implemented under public policies

Dorota Moroń, Monika Klimowicz

This paper aims to contribute to the on-going debate about the best way to measure the economic effectiveness of public policies, as well to explore the possibility of using the…