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Micro-prise de participation et entrepreneuriat social du point de vue du capital-risque :

Estapé-Dubreuil, Glòria; Ashta, Arvind; Hédou, … - HAL - 2012

Microequity may be the key to overcoming stress of micro entrepreneurs who are over-exposed to micro-credit. French microangels are willing to invest small amounts to help people start their own business and move out of poverty. The French microangels invest through syndication in...

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A mission-centric view of the firm: Lessons from Social Entrepreneurship

Levillain, Kevin; Segrestin, Blanche - HAL - 2012

Social Entrepreneurship causes increasing debate in the literature and represents a growing enigma for theories of the … common feature that cannot be satisfactorily described within the main existing theories. Indeed, social entrepreneurship is … with the study of two empirical cases that are successful long-lasting businesses related to social entrepreneurship: John …

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Mutual Organizations, Mutual Societies

Archambault, Edith - HAL - 2009

This article is an entry to be published in an International Encyclopedia of Civil Society in 2009. Mutual organizations exist everywhere in developed and developing countreies as well. After a definition founded on social economy principles, the paper gives the historical background of mutual...

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Classification of Social economy organizations

Archambault, Edith - HAL - 2013

International standard classifications were built to simplify the complex world of the business sector and analyse the international exchange of goods. Therefore they are less fitted to the classification of social economy organizations(SEO) and provision of services. Firstly this chapter...

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Social economy as social science and practice : historical perspectives on France

Demoustier, Danièle; Rousselière, Damien - HAL - 2004

This article aims to investigate the multiple meanings of "économie sociale" ("social economy"), a term which first appeared in France at the founding moment of modern capitalism, both as a concept in the framework for the creation of a social science in close relation with the tradition of...

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Social economy as social science and practice : historical perspectives on France

Demoustier, Danièle; Rousselière, Damien - HAL - 2004

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The Diversity of Capitalism and Heterogeneity of Firms - A Case Study of Japan during the Lost Decade

Lechevalier, Sébastien - HAL - 2007

Most institutional theories of the diversity of capitalism (at least implicitly) assume the existence of a representative firm in each type of capitalism. Based on a case study of Japan during the Lost Decade (1992-2005), this paper aims at showing that this assumption introduces severe...

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So little time and so much to change: a structurationist case study on the limitations of rationalization.

Peigné, Paul - HAL - 2012

In all the theories pertaining to organizations, the concept of time, also termed temporality, is often approached as a simple implicit framework of action. The notion of movement or change can only therefore be appreciated by its variation and rarely as an intrinsic dimension able to influence...

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Routines during an organizational change: a study on dynamics and its effects

Peigné, Paul - HAL - 2013

In their quest for deeper insight into organizations, for some years now a great deal of researchers have focused on the concept of routines. Routines enable researchers to make out some of the dynamics which govern the organization, by fostering stability or , on the contrary, favoring...

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The odyssey of "alternative firms": new organizational propositions from a case-study

Béjean, Mathias; Gand, Sébastien - HAL - 2010

Lately, "conventional" firms have been roughly criticized for both the legitimacy of shareholder value and the production of negative externalities that affect society. In the crisis context, "alternative" firms are often presented as candidates to design renewed organizations. However, there is...

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