Businesses with a Difference : : Balancing the Social and the Economic /

Businesses with a Difference : : Balancing the Social and the Economic / / Laurie Mook, Jack Quarter, Sherida Ryan.

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 econom...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Mook, Laurie,
Quarter, Jack,
Ryan, Sherida,
MitwirkendeR:
Brouard, François,
Cid, Mikel,
Gruner, Sheila,
Halseth, Greg,
Hann, Jennifer,
Hebb, Tessa,
Larrabure, Manuel,
Macleod, Greg,
Macpherson, Ian,
Madill, Judith,
Metatawabin, Edmund,
Mook, Laurie,
Peredo, Ana María,
Quarter, Jack,
Restoule, Jean-Paul,
Ryan, Sherida,
Ryser, Laura,
Schugurensky, Daniel,
Sousa, Jorge,
Spear, Roger,
Vieta, Marcelo,
Whitman, John R.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2020]
©2012
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.) :; 9 figures; 1 table
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Historic Changes in the Canadian Credit Union Movement
  • 2. Non-financial Co-operatives in Canada: 1955 to 2005
  • 3. Leaving and Entering the Social Economy: Factors Associated with the Conversion of Organizational Form
  • 4. The Difference Culture Makes: The Competitive Advantage of Reciprocal, Non-monetary Exchange
  • 5. Community Business Development
  • 6. Social Businesses in Twenty-First Century Latin America: The Cases of Argentina and Venezuela
  • 7. Challenges for Engaging Social Economy Businesses in Rural and Small Town Renewal
  • 8. Land, Self-Determination, and the Social Economy in Fort Albany First Nation
  • 9. Social Entrepreneurship: A Comparative Perspective
  • 10. Exploring Social Transformation, Financial Self-Sufficiency, and Innovation in Canadian Social Enterprises
  • 11. Education for the Social
  • Contributors

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