2014年12月
An alternative framework for the analysis of social enterprises
Journal of Co-operative Organization and Management
- 巻
- 2
- 号
- 2
- 開始ページ
- 92
- 終了ページ
- 97
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.jcom.2014.03.005
- 出版者・発行元
- Elsevier Ltd
Enterprises are usually classified according to two criteria: ownership (public or private) and objectives (for-profit or not-for-profit). Social enterprises, such as nonprofit organizations, cooperatives, and mutual societies, are categorized under the private, not-for-profit sector (the third sector), in contrast with the public sector (the first sector) and the private, for-profit sector (the second sector). In this study, we reconsider this traditional trichotomy and modify it to develop an alternative characterization of social enterprises, along with for-profit and public enterprises, on the basis of a single criterion, i.e., ownership of enterprise. As a tentative conclusion, we argue that the characteristics of social enterprises are not uniform, and that the differences of social enterprises from for-profit and public enterprises are not necessarily qualitative but more often a matter of degree.
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1016/j.jcom.2014.03.005
- ISSN : 2213-297X
- SCOPUS ID : 84936947459