Businesses with a Difference
Balancing the Social and the Economic
Published on 25. May 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-4426-1147-4 (ISBN)
Description
Market-based social economy firms such as social enterprises, social purpose businesses, co-operatives, credit unions, and community economic development corporations aim to meet distinct social needs while making money. Do these types of businesses have the potential for growth in the modern economy? Are they destined to function only in areas where conventional firms cannot achieve a sufficient rate of return? Or will the role of social economy organizations change as businesses begin placing more emphasis on corporate social responsibility?
Building on the popular 2010 collection Researching the Social Economy, Businesses with a Difference explores the challenges and opportunities faced by firms that seek a genuine balance between their social and economic objectives. Through international case studies, including comparative analyses, this innovative collection highlights the unique issues that must be addressed when associations are accountable not to investors and shareholders, but instead to ordinary people.
Building on the popular 2010 collection Researching the Social Economy, Businesses with a Difference explores the challenges and opportunities faced by firms that seek a genuine balance between their social and economic objectives. Through international case studies, including comparative analyses, this innovative collection highlights the unique issues that must be addressed when associations are accountable not to investors and shareholders, but instead to ordinary people.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
9 figures; 1 table
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
420 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4426-1147-4 (9781442611474)
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Persons
Laurie Mook is an associate professor in the School of Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University.
Jack Quarter was a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.
Sherida Ryan is a post-doctoral fellow, co-director of the Social Economy Centre and faculty member with the Adult Education and Community Development Program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
Jack Quarter was a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto.
Sherida Ryan is a post-doctoral fellow, co-director of the Social Economy Centre and faculty member with the Adult Education and Community Development Program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.
Content
Preface
Introduction: Businesses with a Difference (Laurie Mook, Jack Quarter, and Sherida Ryan)
Chapter 1: Historic Changes in the Canadian Credit Union Movement (Ian MacPherson)
Chapter 2: Non-Financial Co-operatives in Canada: 1955 to 2005 (Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook and Jennifer Hann)
Chapter 3: Co-operatives: Demutualization and Mutualization (Jorge Sousa)
Chapter 4: The Difference Culture Makes: The Competitive Advantage of Reciprocal, Non-Monetary Exchange (Ana Maria Peredo)
Chapter 5: Community Business Development (Greg MacLeod)
Chapter 6: Businesses with a Difference in Latin America: Argentina's Worker-recuperated Enterprises and Venezuela's Socialist Production Units (Marcelo Vieta, Manuel Larrabure, and Daniel Schugurensky)
Chapter 7: Top-Down and Bottom-Up: Challenges for Engaging Social Economic Businesses in Rural and Small Town Renewal (Laura Ryser and Greg Halseth)
Chapter 8: Land, Self Determination and the Social Economy in Fort Albany First Nation (Jean-Paul Restoule, Sheila Gruner, and Edmund Metatawabin)
Chapter 9: Social Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Perspective (Roger Spear)
Chapter 10: Exploring Social Transformation, Financial Self Sufficiency and Innovation in Canadian Social Enterprises (Tessa Hebb, Judith Madill, and FranCois Brouard)
Chapter 11: Education for Social Economy (John Whitman)
Introduction: Businesses with a Difference (Laurie Mook, Jack Quarter, and Sherida Ryan)
Chapter 1: Historic Changes in the Canadian Credit Union Movement (Ian MacPherson)
Chapter 2: Non-Financial Co-operatives in Canada: 1955 to 2005 (Jack Quarter, Laurie Mook and Jennifer Hann)
Chapter 3: Co-operatives: Demutualization and Mutualization (Jorge Sousa)
Chapter 4: The Difference Culture Makes: The Competitive Advantage of Reciprocal, Non-Monetary Exchange (Ana Maria Peredo)
Chapter 5: Community Business Development (Greg MacLeod)
Chapter 6: Businesses with a Difference in Latin America: Argentina's Worker-recuperated Enterprises and Venezuela's Socialist Production Units (Marcelo Vieta, Manuel Larrabure, and Daniel Schugurensky)
Chapter 7: Top-Down and Bottom-Up: Challenges for Engaging Social Economic Businesses in Rural and Small Town Renewal (Laura Ryser and Greg Halseth)
Chapter 8: Land, Self Determination and the Social Economy in Fort Albany First Nation (Jean-Paul Restoule, Sheila Gruner, and Edmund Metatawabin)
Chapter 9: Social Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Perspective (Roger Spear)
Chapter 10: Exploring Social Transformation, Financial Self Sufficiency and Innovation in Canadian Social Enterprises (Tessa Hebb, Judith Madill, and FranCois Brouard)
Chapter 11: Education for Social Economy (John Whitman)