Citation
Doherty, B. (2015), ">Social Enterprise Journal 2015", Social Enterprise Journal, Vol. 11 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/SEJ-02-2015-0007
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Social Enterprise Journal 2015
Article Type: Editorial From: Social Enterprise Journal, Volume 11, Issue 1
I am delighted to introduce to you the Social Enterprise Journal’s (SEJ) first edition of 2015 published by Emerald publishers. First, I would like to thank the journal board, the selected reviewers and, of course, the authors for the papers enclosed.
Now to the papers for this issue of SEJ. The first paper is an excellent paper by Sandy Whitelaw (University of Glasgow) titled: Achieving Sustainable Social Enterprises for Older People. There is limited research on the role of social enterprise in delivering social and welfare needs for older people so this is a timely paper. The second paper by John Reed (Liverpool John Moores University) and Adam Richards (Social Impact Consultant) is titled Social Capitals Role in the Development of Volunteer-led Cooperatives and proposes a novel model for stakeholder involvement to build social capital.
The third paper is co-authored by Madeline Powell (The York Management School, the University of York) and Stephen Osborne (University of Edinburgh-Business School) and is titled Can Marketing Contribute to Sustainable Social Enterprise. This excellent paper shows how currently the application of marketing in those social enterprises delivering public services is currently undermined by focusing on a product-dominant business logic. Recommendations are provided to demonstrate how marketing could facilitate sustainability. The fourth paper by Andrea Chan (University of Toronto) is titled Social Support for Improved Work Integration: Perspectives from Canadian Social Purpose Enterprises. This interesting paper builds on previous theoretical and empirical research on social support and recasts worker integration as a form of social support.
The fifth paper co-authored by Kevin McKague (Cape Breton University-Shannon Business School) and Adam Camenzuli (York University, Toronto) is titled Team Microfranchising as a Response to the Entrepreneurial Capacity Problem in Low income Markets. This paper is a study set in a Tanzanian context which contributes to the literatures on microfranchising and the informal economy by identifying the conditions under which the benefits of a team-based approach to microfranchise ownership and management is likely to offset the risks.
I am also delighted to announce that the 7th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) 2015 will take place at The University of York, UK, 6-8th September 2015. The ISIRC is an open conference that brings together scholars (established and emerging) and leading practitioners from around the globe to discuss the role of innovation in social enterprise, social movements, not-for-profits, state actors and the broader social economy. This is an interdisciplinary conference with conference streams in: health and well-being, regional and geographical aspects, growth and scaling, social investment, politics and ethics, science and technology, food poverty and security (food banks), housing, critical theory and hybridity and governance, international trade and environmental innovation and economic underpinnings of social innovation.
We have a world-leading range of keynote speakers, including Professor Tom Lumpkin (The Chris J. Witting Chair in Entrepreneurship, Syracuse University, USA), Professor Alex Nicholls (Professor of Social Entrepreneurship, Said Business School, Oxford University), Dr Helen Haugh (University of Cambridge, Judge Business School and Centre for Social Innovation), Professor Jacques Defourny (University of Liege) – “Social enterprise models in a worldwide comparative perspective” and Dr Diane Holt (Essex Business School) – “Institutional influences on social entrepreneurship and social innovation in Africa”.
Abstracts are required by Tuesday 5 May: the conference Web site can be found at http://www.isircconference2015.com/, and it will be great to see you all in New York in September. This year there will also be paper development sessions at the end of each day for emerging ideas.
Bob Doherty