How context shapes the character of cooperative social enterprises: Insights from various countries

Nicole Göler von Ravensburg; Richard Lang; Simone Poledrini; Marzena Starnawska

doi:10.4324/9780429055140-19-22

How context shapes the character of cooperative social enterprises: Insights from various countries

Nicole Göler von Ravensburg, Richard Lang, Simone Poledrini, Marzena Starnawska

Institute of Innovation Management

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Abstract

The question why social enterprises (SEs) adopt particular governance structures and legal forms is tremendously complex, and the state of literature on the institutional choice and comparative advantages of the cooperative form is still somewhat poor in several respects. The identification of critical factors determining the attractiveness and relative performance of cooperative social enterprises (CSEs) has remained national and largely monodisciplinary. This chapter tackles the following question: “Which elements of the institutional context shape the characteristics of CSE?”. It aims to generate preliminary propositions about how contextual elements interact with certain characteristics of CSE, and how such contextual elements might influence the choice of the cooperative form.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social Enterprise in Western Europe: theory, models and practice
Editors	Jacques Defourny, Marthe Nyssens
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	316-332
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Print)	978-0-367-15118-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429055140-19-22
Publication status	Published - 2021

Fields of science

502 Economics
502015 Innovation management

JKU Focus areas

Digital Transformation
Sustainable Development: Responsible Technologies and Management
Transformation in Finance and Financial Institutions

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How context shapes the character of cooperative social enterprises: Insights from various countries. / Göler von Ravensburg, Nicole; Lang, Richard; Poledrini, Simone et al.
Social Enterprise in Western Europe: theory, models and practice. ed. / Jacques Defourny, Marthe Nyssens. New York: Routledge, 2021. p. 316-332.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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