IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/tvecsg/v111y2020i2p101-116.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Social Enterprise: A Study of Its Prevalence, Role and Characteristics in Swedish‐Speaking Regions of Finland

Author

Listed:
  • Helinä Melkas

Abstract

An increasing literature has emerged to examine development of social enterprises (SEs) in varying national or regional contexts. This paper presents empirical research on SEs in Finland’s Swedish‐speaking regions. Differences between Finnish speakers and Swedish speakers have been identified in studies on, for instance, social capital and communality. Both groups have equal constitutional status. This study focuses on the prevalence, role and characteristics of SEs in Swedish‐speaking regions. The research data consist of statistical and other background data, a survey and strategy documents. The study shows that SEs do not appear to be more common in the Swedish‐speaking regions, despite positive preconditions for SEs and their operations in those regions. At the same time, Finnish SEs still appear to face similar challenges in, for instance, their funding and management, and general prejudice and ignorance about SEs.

Suggested Citation

  • Helinä Melkas, 2020. "Social Enterprise: A Study of Its Prevalence, Role and Characteristics in Swedish‐Speaking Regions of Finland," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 111(2), pages 101-116, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:tvecsg:v:111:y:2020:i:2:p:101-116
    DOI: 10.1111/tesg.12366
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/tesg.12366
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/tesg.12366?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:tvecsg:v:111:y:2020:i:2:p:101-116. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0040-747X .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.