List of Figures List of Tables Contributors' Biographies Chapter 1 -- An introduction to social entrepreneurship in Europe; Enrico Testi, Mario Biggeri, Marco Bellucci, Roel During, H. Thomas R. Persson Chapter 2 -- Research background, theoretical frameworks and methodologies for social...

In this paper, we analyse the costs and benefits of the investments that non-profit organizations (NPOs) make for the recruitment, training and management of volunteers. Our main research question is whether we can apply the Social Return on Investment (SROI) to the identification and...

In this paper we analyse both positive and negative aspects of an emerging civil economy’s district. We consider the problems that arise in two of the principal “third sector” economic activities (the non-profit enterprise and the co-op) and we highlight both advantages and rationality of...

The paper investigates whether and to what extent European Community national legislators have decided to regulate accountability and transparency for financial and social reporting of social enterprises. The aim is to describe the basics of the outlined reporting systems, pointing out the...

Il lavoro analizza il processo di riallocazione della proprietà nei settori manifatturieri di 16 paesi europei nel biennio 2006-2007, concentrandosi sullo studio dei fattori istituzionali, settoriali e tecnologici alla base di fusioni ed acquisizioni. In particolare si esaminano le determinanti...