GUZMÁN ALFONSO , Carmen

In recent years Social Economy has become more accepted in the current Economic System because capitalist economic system has been shown to be imperfect. In fact, in Spain a Social Economy Law was passed last March, and Andalusia is expected to sign up to the III Pact for Social Economy. Thus, this sector is seen as a possible alternative to...

La actual situación que estamos viviendo con la pandemia del Covid-19 está poniendo de manifiesto las debilidades del sistema económico vigente. En estas circunstancias, está surgiendo una demanda para un cambio de paradigma, y la Economía Social y Solidaria (ESS) y el emprendimiento social juegan un rol clave en dicho escenario. Este artículo...

Purpose This study aims to analyse the good practices developed by the Spanish Social and Solidarity Network (one of the leading networks in the country) regarding its social balance sheet, created under the perspective of social and solidarity principles. This social balance sheet is implemented by its members for their...

Ethical banking has developed considerably in recent years. However, neither a universally accepted definition, nor a consensus by academicians about its typical characteristics yet exists to differentiate it from conventional banking. The purpose of this article is to bridge this gap in the literature using the notion of organisational...

Social innovation and social enterprise are two major factors in addressing the challenges of population ageing since both are aimed at solving social problems. One of these challenges involves providing quality care services for the elderly. However, few studies have analysed how social enterprises can promote or manage social innovations in...

The digital transformation (DT) of companies implies the emergence of new business models based on the widespread use of digital technologies. Digital transformation is necessary to improve efficiency, productivity, and market access in a context of increasing competition. In the case of the agri-food sector, DT is also required to address the...

Cooperatives are enterprises characterised bycertain principles, such as cooperation, democratic de-cision-making, and training that define their entrepre-neurial behaviours. Several of these cooperative princi-ples appear to exert a positive influence on the perfor-mance of these firms and on the three dimensions thatdefine the entrepreneurial...

Although it is widely accepted that innovation plays an important role in economicgrowth and development, which factors influence innovation remains an importantquestion of debate in the economic literature. This article focuses on the influenceexerted by social capital (SC) and personal values (PVs), given the lack of studiesthat jointly...

Purpose – This study aims to understand the importance of participatory governance in the identity of social enterprises (SEs). To this end, this paper provides a framework by means of the value co-creation process and by drawing from the service-dominant logic perspective and the stakeholder theory. An explanation is also provided regarding...

Dados sus principios de funcionamiento, las cooperativas son consideradas por diversos estudios como una fórmula empresarial que puede contribuir de forma destacada a superar la crisis económica iniciada en 2008. Asimismo, existen numerosas investigaciones que señalan que estas entidades juegan además un papel muy relevante en el...

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