Social Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe: Theory, Models and Practice

The ICSEM Project aimed to link conceptualization efforts to the diversity of social enterprises, using bottom-up approaches to capture the phenomenon in local and national contexts. The book Social Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe will serve as a key reference and resource for those interested in understanding the social enterprise and social entrepreneurship phenomena in the region.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 306 pages
Publication date: 29 August 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

In recent years, the pursuit of a widely accepted definition of social enterprise has emerged as a central theme in numerous publications. The primary objective of the ICSEM Project, upon which this book is grounded, was to demonstrate that the social enterprise field would greatly benefit from integrating conceptualization efforts with the vast diversity of social enterprises rather than embarking on an additional and ambitious endeavor to provide a comprehensive definition.

Beginning with a hypothesis that could be labeled as the impossibility of a unified definition, the ICSEM research strategy adopted a bottom-up approach to capture the essence of the social enterprise phenomenon in its local and national contexts. This approach allowed for the consideration and validation of locally embedded approaches, while simultaneously enabling the identification of major social enterprise models to establish common grounds for the field on a global scale.

Social Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe, the concluding volume in a series of four ICSEM-based books on social enterprise across the globe, will serve as a valuable reference and resource for educators, researchers, students, experts, policymakers, journalists, and individuals seeking a comprehensive understanding of the social enterprise and social entrepreneurship phenomena as they emerge and evolve in this region.

Weight: 600g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367747312