SocialTech4EU

media type: Article

  • EPALE – Economic platform for adult learning in Europe

    A webpage with a large number of MOOCS and resources for organisation related to adult learning. It has a clear pedagogical dimension adding value to the Social entrepreneurs

  • Youth Social Entrepreneurship – Some learnings for success

    The UNDP article discusses the growth of social entrepreneurship among youth, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, driven by a desire to address societal challenges. It highlights the increase in social enterprise awareness and the significant role young entrepreneurs play in promoting social innovation and entrepreneurship. The Youth Co:Lab initiative, a collaboration between UNDP and the…

  • Case studies

    The Social Enterprise UK website features an article webpage with case studies on businesses addressing societal issues, such as employment for refugees and IT roles for neurodiverse individuals

  • Marketing strategies for social entrepreneurs

    The article outlines effective marketing strategies for social entrepreneurs, emphasizing the importance of understanding audience needs, leveraging social media, utilizing content marketing, investing in video marketing, and exploring paid marketing options for business growth.

  • Brand Storytelling for Social Enterprise

    The Acumen Academy blog on brand storytelling for social enterprises emphasizes the power of storytelling in building a social impact brand. It outlines six steps for defining brand elements and six story formats to effectively communicate a brand’s mission, showcasing how compelling narratives can inspire action and support from the target audience.

  • Cross-border Social Economy Magazine

    The Academia ADV website’s publications section features issues of the “Revista de Economie Socială” (Social Economy Magazine), offering insights, research, and articles focused on social economy, social entrepreneurship, and related fields. Each issue is designed to provide valuable content for professionals and enthusiasts in the sector, covering trends, case studies, and best practices in social…

  • Building brand meaning in social entrepreneurship organizations: the social impact brand model

    The article presents a social impact brand model (SIBM) for Social Entrepreneurship Organizations (SEOs), highlighting the importance of a dual-brand core focusing on impact mission orientation and entrepreneurial orientation. It emphasizes internal branding activities, the founder’s personal brand, and collaboration with brand co-creators to create authentic, stable brand meanings that align with stakeholders’ expectations.

  • Public Marketing: A Strategic Tool for Social Economy 

    The document examines public marketing as a strategic tool for social economies, detailing how it differs from classic marketing in addressing social goals with a focus on the marketing mix’s adaptation to social enterprise needs. It highlights public marketing’s role in promoting goods, services, and social change, underscoring its importance for social economy structures aiming…

  • Social Entrepreneurship Impact in Ten EU Countries with Supportive Regulations

    The study explores the impact of social entrepreneurship (SE) on sustainability and innovation in ten EU countries, showing positive relations with social and economic factors and highlighting SE’s role in promoting sustainable welfare and innovation, offering insights for policy design to support SE.

  • From servitization to digital servitization: How digitalization transforms companies’ transition towards services

    This paper explores digital servitization (DS), a concept arising from the convergence of servitization and digitalization in product companies, transforming their business models towards service-oriented operations with digital technologies. Through analyzing 180 articles from 2005 to 2020, the study offers a unified definition of DS, examines its impact across nine dimensions of servitization, and proposes…