Working Papers
El enfoque EMES de empresa social desde una perspectiva comparada
J. Defourny and M. Nyssens
The first EMES Working Paper of 2013 is authored by Jacques Defourny and Marthe Nyssens and it is the Spanish version of the working paper published in 2012 (WP 12. 03) entitled "The EMES Approach of Social Enterprise in a Comparative Perspective". The title is Spanish is "El enfoque EMES de empresa social desde una perspectiva comp
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The EMES Approach of Social Enterprise in a Comparative Perspective
J. Defourny and M. Nyssens
The first objective of the present paper is to deepen the transatlantic dialogue between social enterprise debates as embodied in their respective European and US contexts, as well as to underline distinct developments they now tend to experience. However, what seems really at stake, beyond conceptual debates, is the place and the role of social e
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Full paper guidelines
Liege (Belgium), July 1-4, 2013
To the largest possible extent, authors are invited to respect the following minimal guidelines: Papers’ length: full papers should not exceed 12,000 words, including references. Characters’ type: Arial 10. Use one line space between paragraphs. Title styles: maximum 4 levels, numbered (1. , 1. 1. , 1. 1. 1. and 1. 1. 1. 1. ). Boxes, tab
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Practical information
Liege (Belgium), July 1-4, 2013
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4th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise
Univ. of Liege (Belgium), July 1-4, 2013
4th EMES International Research Conference on Social Enterprise
Preliminary Program Schedule
Liege (Belgium), July 1-4, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013 (HEC building - city center) 09:00 Semi-plenary sessions A 10:30 Break 11:00 Semi-plenary sessions B 12:45 Lunch 14:00 Semi-plenary sessions C 16:00 Break 16:30 Opening plenary session 19:00 Walking dinner Tuesday, July 2, 2013 (Sart-Tilman campus) 09:00 Parallel paper session 1 10:30 Break 11:00 Parallel paper sessi
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Thematic lines
Liege (Belgium), July 1-4, 2013
1. Concepts and models of social enterpriseIn the last two decades, research efforts have been undertaken to conceptualise the phenomenon of social enterprise/social entrepreneurship. This has been done at different levels of analysis: at the level of individuals (social entrepreneurs, volunteers, etc. ), of organisations (different types of soci
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Scientific Committee
Liege (Belgium), July 1-4, 2013
Chairs of the Conference Jacques DEFOURNY (University of Liege, Belgium) Dennis YOUNG (Georgia State University, USA) Academic Members Avner BEN-NER (University of Minnesota, USA) Carlo BORZAGA (University of Trento and EURICSE, Italy) Marie BOUCHARD (Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada) Taco BRANDSEN (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, The Net
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View MoreWILCO aims to examine through cross-national comparative research how local welfare systems affect social inequalities and how they favour social cohesion with a special focus on the missing link between innovations at the local level and their successful transfer to and implementation in other settings. The results will be directly connected
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View MoreThe "REScoop 20-20-20 project" aims to improve social acceptance of RES-e generation ("RES-e" standing for "electricity from renewable energy sources") with its proven model of local cooperative citizen involvement. RES-e projects face manipulation by associations that fight the common good for their activists’ (per
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View MoreFunding "Interuniversity Attraction Poles" (IAP) has been the major type of support provided by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO) for the last 25 years. Proposals for IAP are submitted every five years by networks formed by several research teams from various Belgian universities across all disciplines; they aim to foster interu
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Master in Management of Social Enterprises
Centre d'Economie Sociale (CES), University of Liege, Belgium
HEC-ULg sets itself as a pioneer among French-language Belgian universities by proposing, from the 2010-2011 university year onward, a special orientation on the "Management of social enterprises" within its two-year Master programme in Management Sciences. This orientation provides students with three main elements First, the Master in
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View MoreThe aim of this Forum is to foster the development of high-quality and accessible (inter-) university educational programmes in the field of social enterprise / social entrepreneurship (SE). In order to achieve this goal, FETSE will focus on the following three objectives: Promote and strengthen the existing higher-education programs in social entr
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