Chapter 1: An introduction to Social Entrepreneurship and Migrants' Inclusion in the Adriatic-Ionian Region -- Chapter 2: A socio-political perspective on the Adriatic-Ionian area -- Chapter 3: Socio-economic inclusion of migrants in the Adriatic-Ionian area: Dynamics, policies and challenges --...

Economic inequality has increased in many EU countries in the last decades. Yet, efforts assessing economic disparities across the EU regions mostly concentrate on convergence in average per capita incomes, offering little evidence on how regional income is distributed. Using data from...

Economic inequality has increased in many EU countries in the last decades. Yet, efforts assessing economic disparities across the EU regions mostly concentrate on convergence in average per capita incomes, offering much less evidence on how regional income is distributed. Using data from...

In recent years, a new form of co-operative business is taking shape in Italy: the community-based enterprise, a community acting collectively at both management and business level, to pursue common goals. Community-based enterprises grow on a system of networks of free relationships among the...

One of the aspects least focused upon in studies of Social Enterprises is governance, which is crucial when defining a type of governing system that could improve its efficiency and efficacy. The need to consider both social and economic aims in the decision-making process furthermore emphasizes...

Social Enterprise is increasingly becoming a pressing area of study in European faculties, and likewise, a broad range of literature has been produced on the various, relating arguments. One of the aspects least focused upon, however, regards the issue of governance; which is a fundamental aspect...

It is evident, also in light of the recent economic and financial crisis, that the general interest in the whole must be pursued not only by public institutions and nonprofit organizations or social enterprises but by businesses as well. It is therefore clear why the need to implement social...