 THE GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES: EVIDENCE FROM A UK EMPIRICAL STUDYRoger Spear, Chris Cornforth and Mike Aiken Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 2009, vol. 80, issue 2, 247-273 Abstract: ABSTRACT: The social enterprise sector in the UK is going through a period of rapid growth, and is being seen by government as another important vehicle for delivering public services. As a result the issue of public trust in social enterprise is of growing importance. While there is a growing literature on the governance of voluntary and non‐profit organizations, with some exceptions (e.g. co‐operatives) there has been little research on the governance challenges and support needs of social enterprises. The research reported here aimed to help fill that gap. Based on interviews and focus groups with governance advisers, board members and chief executives it explores the typical governance challenges faced by social enterprises. Based on the research the paper develops a new, empirically‐grounded typology of social enterprises based on their origins and development path, and presents findings about some of the governance challenges that are common across the sector and some that are more distinctive to the different types of social enterprise. Date: 2009 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bla:annpce:v:80:y:2009:i:2:p:247-273 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics is currently edited by Marco Marini More articles in Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics from Wiley Blackwell |
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