Mixing Up Apples and Pears Can Work – Case Study of an Innovative Model of Social Enterprise From Slovakia

Chreneková Marcela (), Bumbalová Monika () and Jarábková Jana ()
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Chreneková Marcela: Institute of Regional and Rural Development, Faculty of European Studies and Regional Development, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra
Bumbalová Monika: Institute of European Policies and Public Administration, Faculty of European Studies and Regional Development, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra
Jarábková Jana: Institute of Regional and Rural Development, Faculty of European Studies and Regional Development, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra

European Countryside, 2022, vol. 14, issue 3, 475-496

Abstract: Social enterprises have the potential to address diverse issues, even when they fall off the radar of formal institutions e.g., by establishing partnerships that are new locally and nationally. The analysis offers a conceptual description of a model of social enterprise established by a regional self-government authority, that blends dual education and social economy and serves as an innovative agent of change. Case research was the approach used. The research revealed that the motivation behind the enterprise was social integration, increasing attractiveness of agriculture for young people and regional self-sufficiency. The partnership was recognized as the key element of the model design. The model brings social, economic and environmental change to employees and students but also to the whole environment. Such a model could be replicated and such collaboration could be put on the map of social enterprises.

Keywords: social enterprise; social agriculture; dual education; partnership; business model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.2478/euco-2022-0024

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