Social cohesion is an important priority of the development both on Lithuanian and EU level. It is addressed to a human being, to the reduction of social differences between people, their groups and regions. Elaboration of tourism, including adaptation of the manors for tourism needs, is one of the priority directions of Lithuanian countryside development in order to ensure economical welfare and social cohesion. Elaboration of the manors as tourism objects must be linked with their integration into society life of local community. The goal of this research project was to define key principles of modern manor development strategy – principles, that would ensure, besides economical aspects of the manor elaboration, satisfying of social and cultural expectation of local society, would set grounds for an manors to became an example of most advanced forms of economical activities and social policy application. In this work an exploratory, qualitative research aiming to estimate relations between the manor and local society and their expectations towards the manor, was carried out. As a result, two possible alternatives for the manor development were settled and based on this a vision of the modern manor future and main strategic development principles to strive for this vision presented. The research has proved, that at present time the main expectation of the local society related to the manor is a minimum – that is, to have former facilities and parks of the manor rebuilt... [to full text]

There is a growing need to better understand environmental decision making in the context of climate change and limited renewable resources. This dissertation deepens our understanding of such decision making by focusing on strategic green decisions, which can be defined as the individual and collaborative green decisions within or between organizations that help organizations improve their operating position, adapt to changes in their external institutional environments, and simultaneously generate environmental benefits. The particular focus is on decisions related to energy in the North American context. The research draws on and contributes to organizational theory with the aim of better understanding those factors that motivate and/or facilitate green decisions by organizations, especially social economy organizations—an area of only limited research to date. Two complementary empirical studies address the overarching research goal. The first study focuses on understanding the nature and extent of the association between organizational attributes and those factors that motivate and/or facilitate a green energy decision. Insights are based on a bi-national survey of 212 organizations that voluntarily began to purchase green electricity between 1999 and 2008. Findings indicate that important influences are similar across organizational types. Survey results highlight the importance of organizational culture and internal champions—both individually and in combination—in making the initial decision to purchase green electricity, despite its relatively higher price. These two factors, as well as strategic benefits, emerge as the dominant explanations for why organizations expand their green energy purchases. The relative importance and particular roles of these factors vary across organizational and decision types. The second empirical study extends our understanding of how organizations adapt to external changes while maintaining the capacity to innovate in order to address their core objectives. The focus is on the residential energy services market, and is based on 12 interviews with the executive directors of non-profit environmental service organizations (ESOs) that are part of a national network called Green Communities Canada. These organizations survived a funding shock by creating new services and diversifying funding sources with actions that collectively can be referred to as ‘green collaborative entrepreneurship’; collaborative because it was facilitated by strategic partnerships with businesses and local governments, as well as the cross-national social capital network connecting the ESOs. The important motivating factors of green collaborative entrepreneurship were the green values and objectives that drive these organizations. The facilitating factors of green collaborative entrepreneurship included human capital, social capital and strategic partnerships, which acted as dynamic capabilities because of their flexibility to help increase the level of entrepreneurship when necessary for organizational survival, and yet, scale-up and deliver core programs during stable funding periods. The dissertation provides important insights into broad questions related to green decisions, especially for organizations that are affected by political policy cycles. The findings highlight that organizations are able to be more environmentally sustainable while also improving their own strategic performance by making green decisions that either provide the capacity to adapt to exogenous change for survival, or to create endogenous change for competitive advantage. The research contributes to our understanding of societal transitions to sustainable development by highlighting two green decisions that are occurring in the social economy. The dissertation contributes to organizational theory and in particular the traditional corporate literature by including multiple organizational types. Sustainability researchers should focus on green decisions that both enhance organizational stability and ecological sustainability if they wish to better understand creative green solutions from organizations.

This diploma thesis deals with the topic of social business in the South Bohemian and Pilsen Region, its development and possibilities for further development. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the state of social business in both regions and to recommend possible steps that would lead to a greater development of social business in the Czech Republic. The theoretical part deals with the history of the social economy and its subjects. Attention is also devoted to social entrepreneurship, its development and the principles that social enterprises must follow. Further, there is described the development of social entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic, legislation and support possibilities for social enterprises. In this section, there are also examples of countries where social enterprises is working successfully. These are Great Britain, Italy and Poland. The practical part deals with the evaluation of the questionnaire survey, which took place among managers of social enterprises in both regions. Questions in the questionnaire were very broad. There were questions about the size of the enterprises , the cooperation, the problems that enterprises face or the benefits of doing business for the company. Based on the results of this survey, research questions were answered. Further, recommendations are described in this part, which could help to further develop social entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic. This is rather a nationwide recommendation. In this case, the empirical investigation is rather supplementary.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-04-15Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:59:35Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveirafilho_mamb_me_arafcl.pdf: 992065 bytes, checksum: 312aca3f28bcd08bba714acf7864ed12 (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / É observada, no atual contexto da sociedade capitalista, a manifestação em escala crescente de empreendimentos cooperativos baseados na autogestão. Tendo surgido e se desenvolvido no movimento operário em meados do século XIX, na perspectiva de uma sociedade mais justa e igualitária, com base socialista, essa forma de organização do trabalho tem sido adotada (e adaptada) pelo movimento da Economia Solidária após o contexto de crise instaurado por volta da década de 1970. O caráter voluntário da adesão aos empreendimentos coletivos fica comprometido em contextos de crise econômica, nos quais as possibilidades de ocupação são reduzidas. Deste modo, grande parte das pessoas acaba ingressando nos empreendimentos alheias ao seu projeto ideológico. A proposta desta pesquisa é sistematizar informações acerca da rotatividade de sócios em uma cooperativa de trabalho, com dez anos de existência, 327 sócios e 271 ex-sócios. A falta de um quadro estável de sócios pode conferir ao empreendimento um caráter de trabalho paliativo e lhe trazer uma série de problemas. Por meio de análises documentais e de entrevistas com atuais e ex-cooperados, analisou-se variáveis que poderiam estar relacionadas ao alto índice de rotatividade de sócios. O pouco tempo de permanência como sócios na cooperativa e a preferência pelo trabalho com relação de emprego representaram uma influência significativa na questão da alta rotatividade. Com base na pesquisa, foram ainda indicados alguns fatores que poderiam auxiliar na permanência do sócio na cooperativa por um tempo prolongado, durante o qual possa se envolver mais ativamente e absorver melhor a proposta do empreendimento / It is observed, on the current context of capitalist society, the manifestation of a growing scale of cooperatives enterprises based on self-management. Emerged and developed on labour movement in the mid-nineteenth century, on a perspective of fairest and more egalitarian society, with socialist base, this kind of working organization has been adopted (and adapted) by the movement of Social Economy after the crises circumstance around the decade of 1970. The voluntary character of adhesion to collective enterprises becomes implicated on economics’ crises context, on which the possibilities of occupations are reduced. Therefore, a large number of people join enterprises inattentive to their ideological project. The purpose of this research is to systematize information about the rotating of members on a worker cooperative, which has ten years of existence, 327 members and 271 ex-members. The lack of a stable working staff members can confer to the cooperative enterprise a palliative working character, bringing to it series of problems. Through documental analyses and interview with the actual and ex-members, it was observed variables that could be related to the high rate of rotating of members. The little time of permanence as members in a cooperative and the preference to the jobs which have an employ bond represent a significant influence on the rotating of members. According to the research, it was indicated some factors that could support the permanence of the members on the enterprises for a prolonged period of time, in which they could get more actively involved and absorb in a better way the proposal of the enterprises

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T18:10:05Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Tassio.pdf: 1337132 bytes, checksum: b769e80ab15a1010a6d3b986321f3389 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-25 / FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA E AO DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTIFICO E TECNOLÓGICO DO MARANHÃO / This work seeks the emergence of the Solidarity Economy in Brazil as an alternative proposal for production of existence due to the loss of formal jobs for workers. The use of new technologies that save labor, work in the productive sectors of the economy and the opening of the internal market to competition with foreign companies resulted in loss of formal jobs and a challenge for workers seek alternatives for the production of their material existence . The solidarity economy is then presented as alternative proposal of another economy, based on values and principles antagonistic to capitalism, given the inability of traditional programs for generating employment and income to solve the unemployment crisis. This proposal gains relief from the encouragement received by intellectuals and rulers and shall be incorporated within the state, trade unions and civil society organizations. Expose the appearance of the phenomenon of solidarity economy, presented mainly by its greatest representative in Brazil. Paul Singer, as this phenomenon is in some of its main tangible in Brazil and Maranhão; investigate how Marx treated the phenomenon of recovered factories and cooperatias, and analyze, under this perspective, what elements in these experiments indicate points of overcoming and limits to the capitalist mode of production. / Este trabalho pretende situar a emergência da economia solidária no Brasil como proposta alternativa de produção da existência diante da perda de empregos formais por trabalhadores. O emprego de novas tecnologias poupadoras de mão-de-obra nos setores produtivos da economia e a abertura do mercado interno à concorrência com as empresas estrangeiras acarretou em perdas de empregos formais e um desafio para os trabalhadores buscarem alternativas para a produção da sua existência material. A economia solidária se apresenta então como proposta alternativa de uma outra economia, pautada em valores e princípios antagônicos ao capitalismo, diante da incapacidade dos programas tradicionais de geração de emprego e renda em resolver a crise do desemprego. Esta proposta ganha relevo a partir do fomento recebido por intelectuais e governantes e passa a ser incorporada dentro do Estado, sindicatos e sociedade civil organizada. Exporemos a aparência do fenômeno da economia solidária apresentada, principalmente, pelo seu maior representante no Brasil, Prof. Paul Singer; como este fenômeno se apresenta em algumas de suas principais manifestações concretas no Brasil e no Maranhão; investigaremos como Marx tratou o fenômeno das fábricas recuperadas e cooperatias; e analisaremos, sob esta perspectiva, quais elementos nestes experimentos indicam pontos de superação e de limites ao modo de produção capitalista.

Orientador: Rodrigo Lanna Franco da Silveira / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T19:49:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ribeiro_ThiagoFigueiredoFonseca_M.pdf: 1716047 bytes, checksum: 7a37a5051c411a0c149faddf9641b56f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Os processos de criação e destruição de empresas são inerentes aos ciclos econômicos capitalistas. Diariamente, criam-se novas empresas, e se encerram outras. Parte dessas teria condições de continuar operando. O Direito Falimentar brasileiro atua como instrumento de proteção e busca preservar as atividades empresariais, recuperar o empreendimento em crise, salvaguardar os interesses dos credores e maximizar o valor dos ativos da empresa falida. Para cumprir seus objetivos, prevê-se o instrumento da recuperação judicial, abrindo-se também aos trabalhadores (enquanto credores) alternativas distintas para o encaminhamento da situação. O presente trabalho objetiva avaliar se a autogestão dos trabalhadores se constitui em uma alternativa viável à recuperação de empresas falidas ou em processo falimentar no Brasil / Abstract: The processes of creation and destruction of firms are inherent to capitalist economic cycles. Every day, new companies are created, while others are terminated. Part of these companies may have conditions to continue in operation. The Brazilian Bankruptcy Law acts as an instrument of protection and seeks to preserve the business activities, recovering the enterprise in crisis, safeguard the interests of lenders and maximize the value of the assets of the bankrupt company. To fulfill its objectives the instrument from bankruptcy, opening up also to workers (as creditors) distinct alternatives for the referral of the situation. This study aims to evaluate if the self-management of workers constitutes a viable alternative to the recovery of failed businesses in Brazil / Mestrado / Economia Social e do Trabalho / Mestre em Desenvolvimento Econômico

臺東孩子的書屋及水牛書店，分別代表非營利組織及社會企業，作為社會團結經濟組織中的兩種型態，組織當初如何做出型態選擇的決定，在決定後，對於社會問題治理的可行性有何不同，本文運用比較個案研究，發現兩個案選擇組織型態的過程受到組織的先決條件如財務能力、社群連結、歷史因素、領導人等的影響，本文也從組織服務項目如教育、社區服務及財務穩定性進行比較分析，發現非營利組織或社會企業，若擁有足夠的資金及人力，對其社會治理的可行性是肯定的，差別在於獲取資源的難易程度，非營利組織只是單純依賴政府補助，穩定性不高，因此必須取得個人、企業等的捐款，但募款活動宗旨、服務對象、總體形象等都會影響募款成果，因此非營利組織能利用特色回饋方式，如兩天一夜生活體驗活動，創造大眾募款誘因，也能利用企業化創造獨立的資金來源，以減少對於募款的依賴；社會企業雖然也能對外募款、運用政府補助款，但若要以偏向純企業的運作，就得在經營面下功夫，運用創新的營銷手法販售品質良好的產品，社會企業有穩定營收才能確保教育運作。不管組織型態為何，領導者若能建立社會網絡，降低獲取各種資源的成本，對於組織運作勢必有所幫助，針對組織型態的選擇並沒有誰好誰壞的問題，本文只是希望能透過臺東孩子的書屋及水牛書店，進一步比較及分析並提供一個作為特別經營模式策略的參考。 / The Children’s Book House in Taitung as a nonprofit organization and Buffalo Bookstore in Taoyuan as a social enterprise represent two organization forms of social and solidarity economy. Why they choose respective form in the first place and how they might fare as the consequence of their initial choice are something interesting to know. This research applies comparative case study to identify the factors that have contributed their organizational choice. The factors include financial capacity, personal networks, leader’s preference, and so on. This study also points out how different forms of choice might be able to keep sustainable. As more literature on social and solidarity economy has accumulated in recent years, this study provides two successful cases to illustrate their strategic reactions to problems they face respectively. It is expected that systematic surveys of such cases would contribute to effective theory building in this field.

The thesis looks at the process of setting up a platform between civil society and public sector where the intention is for stakeholders to have a dialogue around different solutions to societal issues. The second component involves the legal arrangement where government uses public procurement to buy a service from a civil society organisation. The thesis explores what motivates this process and what some of the consequences are for the stakeholders. The discussion takes its stance in the conflict between civil society as a voice bearer of specific societal issues or as a service deliverer towards government. It also looks at whom partake in this process and whom gets left out. The thesis looks at the policy documents at a national and regional level and as well compare two regions with one being considered the “best practice” region. Informants from the Värmland region where interviewed and their impressions where compared to the policy documents and some keywords.  The thesis concluded that the stakeholders partaking in general are positive towards the process but that there are institutional setups that could be better dealt with to handle issues of power imbalances and exclusion.

Ecological economics has arisen over a period of three decades with a strong emphasis on the essential need to recognise the embeddedness of the economy in the biophysical. However, that element of realism is not matched by an equally well informed social theory. Indeed the tendency has been to adopt mainstream economic concepts, theories and models formulated of the basis of a formal mathematical deductivist approach that pays little or no attention to social reality. Similarly mainstream economic methods are employed as pragmatic devices for communication. As a result ecological economics has failed to develop its own consistent and coherent theory and failed to make the link between the social and the economic. In order to reverse this situation the social and political economy must be put to the fore and that is the aim of social ecological economics. This paper provides a brief overview of the arguments for such a development. The prospect is of unifying a range of critical thought on the social and environmental crises with the aim of informing the necessary social ecological transformation of the economy. / Series: SRE - Discussion Papers

The diploma thesis "Social economics and a treatment of unemployment in towns and regions" addresses on an area of social enterprise and also has an ambition to proof, that in this area is hidden a huge potential for future resolutions of unemployment of specific group of people. The thesis is divided into two main parts. First which is theoretic and methodical is based on explanation of a basic terms, a description of previous development of this phenomena in Czech Republic and in selected european countries. It also deals with definitions of basic relationships occuring in this economic area. An essential component is also a legal basis and an explanation of a regularization of social enterprise. The second part is focused on an established and efficient subject in an area of the social enteprise in Czech republic. There are calculated all pros and cons of a given organization with a consideration of theoretical knowledge from first part of the thesis. The main target is to proof, that those companies, organizations and firms which are based on "social-economical" aproach should be maintained not only for their social aspects, but also for their financial assets for public sector and private sector aswell.