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Social enterprise management
Doherty, Bob (contributor); Thompson, John (contributor) - 2006
Social enterprises are organisations seeking business solutions to social problems. This e-book looks at social enterprises around the world in terms of governance, corporate social responsibility, entrepreneurship, sustainability and in the public sector
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012673450
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Green community entrepreneurship: creative destruction in the social economy
Gliedt, Travis; Parker, Paul - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) August, pp. 538-553
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the process of green community entrepreneurship in the social economy by studying creative responses among environmental non-profit organizations to an external fiscal shock. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 12 managers of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081368
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Sustainable livelihood approaches and soil erosion risks: Who is to judge?
Forsyth, Tim - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) February, pp. 88-102
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to debates about environmental policy in developing countries by examining how far sustainable livelihoods approaches (SLAs) to development may allow an alternative and less universalistic approach to environmental changes such as soil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081381
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Sustainable livelihood approaches and soil erosion risks
Forsyth, Tim - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) 1/2, pp. 88-102
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to debates about environmental policy in developing countries by examining how far sustainable livelihoods approaches (SLAs) to development may allow an alternative and less universalistic approach to environmental changes such as soil...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805374
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Green community entrepreneurship: creative destruction in the social economy
Gliedt, Travis; Parker, Paul - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) 8, pp. 538-553
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the process of green community entrepreneurship in the social economy by studying creative responses among environmental non‐profit organizations to an external fiscal shock. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 12 managers of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805404
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Epstein on alienation: a rejoinder
Block, Walter - In: International Journal of Social Economics 33 (2006) March, pp. 241-260
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to counteract Epstein's views on the alienability of property. Epstein favors limitations of laissez-faire capitalism regarding such things as guns, liquor, narcotics, certain books and voting and this paper aims to criticize them from the perspective of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081271
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Epstein on alienation: a rejoinder
Block, Walter - In: International Journal of Social Economics 33 (2006) 3, pp. 241-260
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to counteract Epstein's views on the alienability of property. Epstein favors limitations of laissez‐faire capitalism regarding such things as guns, liquor, narcotics, certain books and voting and this paper aims to criticize them from the perspective...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805326
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Wasting time and wasting the earth
Tiemstra, John P. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 29 (2002) 4, pp. 260-270
Recycling is typically advocated on economic grounds, yet at current prices, it does not pay. There are some reasons to … think that some of these prices are inefficient, but the main problem is that recycling substitutes labor for energy, virgin … materials, and landfill space. Advocates of recycling argue that this use of labor has environmental consequences that are less …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805066
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Should we replace the environment?: Limits of economic growth in the presence of self-protective choices
Antoci, Angelo; Borghesi, Simone; Galeotti, Marcello - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) March, pp. 283-297
Purpose – To protect against the increasing environmental degradation many agents choose today to replace consumption of depleted environmental goods with that of privately produced substitute goods. The present paper aims to highlight how this “self-protective” behaviour that is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081335
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CO2 emissions and GDP
Lane, Jan-Erik - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) October, pp. 911-918
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show how CO2 equivalent emissions are closely linked with economic development, over time and also across countries. Design/methodology/approach – Emissions data from energy information administration were subjected to macro analysis, regressed upon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320538