The Third Sector, Social Enterprise and Public Service Delivery

ISBN-13: 9781032616407 / Twarda / 2024 / 162 str.

Opis

This book discusses development of social enterprises in eight countries around the world, including China, India, Great Britain, the United States and the Czech Republic. 

Spis treści

Introduction: Research insights into the third sector, social enterprise and public service delivery 1.Responding to failure: the promise of market mending for social enterprise 2. Local government as a catalyst for promoting social enterprise 3. To measure or not to measure?An empirical investigation of social impact measurement in UK social enterprises 4. Examining the impact of control and ownership on social enterprises’ public value creation using integrative publicness theory 5. Institutional intermediaries as legitimizing agents for social enterprise in China and India 6. Revenue diversification or revenue concentration? Impact on financial health of social enterprises 7. The evolutionary trajectory of social enterprises in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

O autorze

Madeline Powell is Lecturer of Marketing in the School for Business and Society at the University of York, UK. She is on the editorial board for public management review and is an associate editor for the social enterprise journal. Her research specializes in social enterprises, public management and marketing.

Frances Stokes Berry is Professor of Public Administration and Askew Eminent Scholar Chair at Askew School of Public Administration and Policy, Florida State University, USA. She is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration and has served as President of the Network of Associated Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration; and the Public Management Research Association. Her expertise is in public policy, policy and management innovation and diffusion, programme evaluation, strategic and performance management, and state policy.