Boosting social enterprise start-ups : ingredients and conditions for an enabling ecosystem in Flanders and the Netherlands : a research outline

In order to boost social enterprise and to harness its potential, many countries are working at creating an enabling eco-system for social enterprises, that provides them with the power, means, opportunity and authority to fulfil their social and economic objectives. Also, Flanders and the Netherlands are discussing their social enterprise ecosystems. Both countries have no specific policy framework for social enterprise, but a Conservative/Corporatist welfare state with a long history of subsidiarity, i.e., the provision of welfare services through societal actors instead of government. They... Mehr ...