{"title":"The Development of National Health Service Social Enterprises in England","authors":"S. Maher","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6298-6.CH005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6298-6.CH005","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this chapter is to examine government policy framework relating to the development of social enterprise within National Health Service providers. The number of social enterprises delivering public healthcare services is continually growing. This chapter discusses challenges and benefits for the government. Potential barriers to achieving this development are also evaluated. Although the focus is primarily upon the policy agenda in England, the chapter makes a useful contribution to the ongoing international debate on the development of social enterprises in primary and secondary care. This review identifies that National Health Service social enterprises responds to local needs, bring innovative, effective ways of managing heathcare in the community. It is clear from reviewing the literature that healthcare services are changing and being continually shaped by social enterprises providers.","PeriodicalId":337799,"journal":{"name":"Handbook of Research on Value Creation for Small and Micro Social Enterprises","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116774929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Managing Uncertainty in Small and Micro Social Enterprises","authors":"G. Kulothungan, Charles A. Oham, Puspa Jirel","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6298-6.CH017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6298-6.CH017","url":null,"abstract":"Small and micro social enterprises deal with meeting unmet or inadequately met needs of marginalized people and communities by creating values for them. While organizing and focusing their efforts on doing this entrepreneurially, they are constantly buffeted by complexities and uncertainties. Most of these enterprises are initiated and led by committed social activists who become ‘accidental managers.' In their attempts to continue being relevant and committed to their true mission, these social entrepreneurs resort to novel methods through a unique framework called the Cynefin-Bricolage Framework that is essentially an ‘analysis-solution' tool for solving critical problems associated with uncertainties in organizational contexts for small social enterprises. This chapter uses two case studies from Nepal which deploy this framework effectively, setting an example of good practice for other small and micro social enterprises, with significant relevance to the sector as a whole.","PeriodicalId":337799,"journal":{"name":"Handbook of Research on Value Creation for Small and Micro Social Enterprises","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127654221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relationship Between Mission Drift and Financial Strategies in Social Enterprises","authors":"Ramon Bastida, M. Mas-Machuca","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6298-6.CH008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6298-6.CH008","url":null,"abstract":"Social enterprises (SEs) have an important role in the social services provision. Many of those enterprises provide services, such as care services to elderly people and young people at risk of exclusion, work integration services, mediation, etc. In European Union (EU) countries, public administrations are obliged to provide these services to the citizens, although they externalize the provision to SEs. In this chapter, the financial strategies of SEs are analyzed in order to assess if they have any impact on mission drift. The analysis is based on the experiences of three SEs that provide social services in Catalonia, Spain. Several interviews with managers and board members of SEs were done. The results indicate that there is an important financial dependency of these SEs on the public administration. Therefore, SEs have problems to remain mission-focused, and a mission drift into market positions has been observed.","PeriodicalId":337799,"journal":{"name":"Handbook of Research on Value Creation for Small and Micro Social Enterprises","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132192387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Vargas-Hérnandez, Claudia Leticia Preciado Ortiz
{"title":"Social Capital as a Factor of Success in Mexican Cooperatives","authors":"J. Vargas-Hérnandez, Claudia Leticia Preciado Ortiz","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6298-6.CH016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6298-6.CH016","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of this chapter is to reflect the importance of social capital in the establishment and growth of cooperatives in Mexico, specifically the cooperative “Las Chiquihuitecas,” producer of cochineal insect (Dactylopius coccus Costa). The research method used was totally qualitative applying the documentary analysis and the interview in depth as an instrument for the collection of the information. As a result, it was obtained that social capital has been the key element in the formation and development of the cooperative.","PeriodicalId":337799,"journal":{"name":"Handbook of Research on Value Creation for Small and Micro Social Enterprises","volume":"258 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132519577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Small Social Enterprises and Online Advertising","authors":"Umefien Dakoru Epepe","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6298-6.CH012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6298-6.CH012","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter provides an overview of constraints of online advertising amongst small social enterprises in selected capital cities in Nigeria. The E-VALUE model and social bricolage theory provide theoretical background for developing a conceptual model of electronic social value (E-SOVAL). A survey of 120 social bricoleurs ascertained constrains and value creation opportunities of advertising on Facebook and Google AdWords. Descriptive statistics reveal important infrastructural, institutional, environmental, and experiential online advertising constraints. At significance level (p < 0.05), the t-statistic coefficients independently indicate a strong positive relationship between client relationship, visibility, and internet experience. The chapter recommends that for small social enterprises to create E-SOVAL in innovative ways there is the need to overcome identified constraints.","PeriodicalId":337799,"journal":{"name":"Handbook of Research on Value Creation for Small and Micro Social Enterprises","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128400641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Faith-Based Social Enterprise and Value Creation in Communities","authors":"Charles A. Oham","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-6298-6.CH006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-6298-6.CH006","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter explores the value creation activities of faith-based social enterprises (FBSE) in the economy. It discusses the challenges being faced by faith-based organizations (FBOs) from which FBSEs emerge. It makes the case for a coherent strategy in terms of a closer engagement of government with FBSEs that could scale up social impact and create systemic change. An account of FBSEs as a catalyst for value creation through economic and community development is presented using examples and case studies. It posits that a more precise engagement with this sector should be adopted to bring critical mass to society.","PeriodicalId":337799,"journal":{"name":"Handbook of Research on Value Creation for Small and Micro Social Enterprises","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128492632","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}