The paper considers the need of social enterprises development in Europe and their impact in the most important aspects in connection with sustainable development. Barriers to growth in social enterprising and social entrepreneurship enablers are presented. Recommendation and conclusions are...

Russian Abstract: Материал рассматривает сущность характера социального явления „контроль“. Анализ основания для возникновения контроля открывает две смысловых...

The paper presents some of the key implications on social enterprises and social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurs are presented in the context of social economy and social entrepreneurship. Different types of social enterprises are considered and main conclusions on the business model and...

Seen in historical perspective the main economic predicaments of the present world (such as poverty, inequality, backwardness) appear in a somewhat different light than in many current discussions, especially by sociologists, radical economists and political scientists. In the present paper the...

Technology and change have a great impact on every aspect of life, including education. Educational institutions are undoubtedly an important part of this whole process. Educational institutions are facing major cultural, demographic and, above all, technological changes. Today, teachers are...

Higher education today is associated with new topics, unthinkable for discussion even a decade ago, related to a new reality in social development that has emerged in the last few years. If so far we have been looking for options on how education can respond to the rapidly evolving high...

Formal private property rights (“FPPRs”) have been advocated as an important prerequisite to economic development: a legal right to property ownership motivates economic players to engage in economic activities when these activities yield property interests, and this, in turn, contributes to...

This paper projects the future of knowledge economy (KE) in SSA and MENA countries using the four components of the World Bank's Knowledge Economy Index (KEI): economic incentive, education, ICTs and innovation. The empirical evidence provides the speeds of integration as well as the time...

The goal of this paper is to assess how knowledge economy (KE) plays out in financial sector competition. It suggests a practicable way to disentangle the effects of different components of KE on various financial sectors. The variables identified under the World Bank's four knowledge economy...

Using Kauffman, Kraay, and Mastruzzi governance indicators, this article analyzes the impact of formal institutions on the knowledge economy - by assessing how the enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) through good governance mechanisms affects the knowledge economy. The article...