The third sector’s influence on business performance to justify the need for social innovation (eBook)

Autor: María Alvarado Riquelme (IP) / María Auxiliadora de Vicente y Oliva / Alejandro Agafanow Cordero / Ricardo García Vegas / Jesús Llorente Márquez
Año de publicación: 2016
Editor: INAP
Edición: 1ª
Colección/es: Innap investiga
ISBN (e-book): 978-847-351-532-0
Número de páginas: 120

Social companies have hugely developed in producing goods and services, complementing Government work and the market by meeting the population’s needs in delicate areas such as: social and labour reinsertion, health, education, food production, support for the elderly, etc. The aim of our research is to model social companies’ business guidelines and identify the key variables that foster social innovation in order to define new governance mechanisms for producing goods and public services.

CONTENT: 1. REPORT OBJECTIVES / 2. INTRODUCTION / 3. THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE / 4. TOWARD A TYPE OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE / 5. APPROACHES TO STUDY SOCIAL ENTERPRISES / 6. SPANISH LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE SOCIAL ECONOMY AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISES / 7. SOCIAL ENTERPRISES AND SOCIAL INNOVATION / 8. VARIABLE SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL INNOVATION / 9. STUDY POPULATION / 10. METHODOLOGY / 11. SURVEY RESULTS / 12. EVALUATION OF SURVEY RESULTS / 13. SCORECARD FOR ASSESSING INNOVATION FACILITATORS IN ORGANISATIONS / 14. CONCLUSIONS / REFERENCES / APPENDIX I. SOCIAL INNOVATION SURVEY / APPENDIX II. LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF THE SOCIAL ECONOMY IN SPAIN / INDEX OF ILLUSTRATIONS / LIST OF FIGURES