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Zeszyty Naukowe. Organizacja i Zarządzanie / Politechnika Śląska, 2021

Social impact investments are essential to support and promote social entrepreneurship developmen... more Social impact investments are essential to support and promote social entrepreneurship development. This article aims to identify the factors that could develop the local impact investment market in Sri Lanka as a tool for funding social enterprises. Design/methodology/approach: The methods of research are an analysis of scientific literature, experts' interviews, and generalization. Findings: In order to accelerate the impact investment as a tool of funding, the impact investors, social enterprises, government and society must work collectively. Necessary social, cultural, and policy changes should be carried out, and specific recommendations have been made accordingly. Originality/value: This research study is essential in terms of sustaining and promoting impact investments in Sri Lanka as a tool of funding social enterprises and developing the ecosystem.

WISEs devote most of their time and resources to working with the target group-not only organizin... more WISEs devote most of their time and resources to working with the target group-not only organizing their employment activities and developing skills, but also adapting their work environment, improving the psychological climate, organizational culture, etc. Thus, the implementation of the social mission of this type of social enterprise requires a particularly large amount of time and other resources. In addition, they have to take care of the financial sustainability of their organization. However, WISEs as all social enterprises face the pressure from the society and other stakeholders to measure their social impact. Nevertheless, it is also important to note that scientists still disagree on the definition of social impact. It is noteworthy that there are no common criteria for measuring social impacts and there are many different methods and tools for impact assessment and measurement (Arena et al. al., 2015; Hadad and Găucă, 2014). Thus, it remains unclear what and how WISEs should measure their social impact. However, it can be argued that social impact measurement it's very important for the WISE itself. The aim of this article-to identify what and how WISEs should measure their social impact in the organization. The methods of the research are an analysis of scientific literature and experts' interview. The results of the research disclosed the possible measurement framework and indicators.

The concepts of Social entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility have similar values f... more The concepts of Social entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility have similar values from the social value perspective. Social entrepreneurship focuses on solving social issues, creating a positive social impact in an innovative entrepreneurial way, and profit maximization is not the primary target. Corporations focus on creating economic values and profit maximization; and use the CSR concept as a tool to maintain socially responsible business conduct. Both CSR and social entrepreneurship concepts represent the same sustainable values in different ways. Thus, finding effective methods for accelerating social entrepreneurship through CSR activities will be fruitful for the betterment of the corporation's stakeholders, social entrepreneurs, and society at large. This paper aims to explore the current CSR activities of corporations that influence social entrepreneurship development and to identify the most effective methods/practices to accelerate social entrepreneurship. This study follows the qualitative inductive research methodology; and, the content analysis method has been used to analyze the collected data through the in-depth semi-structured expert interviews. It has been found that the current CSR practices for social entrepreneurship development are comparatively less than other community development and philanthropic considerations. Moreover, the challenges for social entrepreneurs and the expectations of corporations have been thoroughly discussed. The effective methods

Disertacijoje analizuojamas užimtumo srityje veikiancių socialinių įmonių kuriamo socialinio pove... more Disertacijoje analizuojamas užimtumo srityje veikiancių socialinių įmonių kuriamo socialinio poveikio vertinimo įgyvendinimas Baltijos salyse. Mokslinėje literatūroje ir Europos Sąjungos lygmens teisės aktuose vis labiau akcentuojama socialinių įmonių poveikio vertinimo įgyvendinimo svarba. Taciau socialinio poveikio vertinimo įgyvendinimą stabdo organizacijos vidinėje ir isorinėje aplinkoje esancios kliūtys ir apribojimai. Be to, užimtumo srityje veikiancių socialinių įmonių, socialinės misijos įgyvendinimas reikalauja papildomų isteklių ir laiko. Socialinio poveikio vertinimo praktika organizacijose yra menkai paplitusi, todėl siekiant tvaraus socialinių įmonių sektoriaus vystymo, sėkmingos socialiai pažeidžiamų asmenų integracijos, efektyvaus lėsų panaudojimo svarbu nustatyti, kaip įgyvendinti sistemingą, reguliarų socialinių įmonių, veikiancių užimtumo srityje, socialinio poveikio vertinimą, esant kliūtims ir apribojimams vidinėje ir isorinėje organizacijų aplinkoje. Socialinio poveikio vertinimo įgyvendinimo problema reikalauja holistinio požiūrio, atsižvelgiant į vidine ir isorine organizacijos aplinką. Disertacijoje analizuojami teoriniai socialinio poveikio vertinimo įgyvendinimo aspektai ir atliekamas socialinio poveikio vertinimo įgyvendinimo Baltijos salyse tyrimas. Teorinio ir empirinio tyrimo pagrindu parengta užimtumo srityje veikiancių socialinių įmonių kuriamo socialinio poveikio vertinimo įgyvendinimo koncepcija leidžia geriau issiaiskinti Baltijos salių vertinimo proceso įgyvendinimo aplinkos sąlygas, kliūcių ir apribojimų įveikimo prielaidas, veiksmus ir priemones, kurie yra reikalingi įgyvendinant sistemingą, reguliarų socialinio poveikio vertinimą socialinėse įmonėse.

Eurasian Journal of Social Sciences, 2018

The article analyses the aspects of provision of social services, reducing social exclusion, in t... more The article analyses the aspects of provision of social services, reducing social exclusion, in the view of rational choice theory. This approach was selected due to the fact that provision of social services often leads to discussions explaining the appropriate and rational choice of assistance for the socially excluded members of society. The authors discuss the key aspects of provision of social services, considering the dimensions and factors of social exclusion in the context of rational choice theory.

Robežu drošība un pārvaldība, Jul 5, 2018

This article analyses the problem of immigration. In the process of globalization, the countries ... more This article analyses the problem of immigration. In the process of globalization, the countries are forced to solve the issues of emigration, declining birth rates, and populating ageing. Therefore, immigration may be beneficial as the immigrating people help to create economic potential by filling vacancies. However, the acceptance of immigrants and their integration often leads to debates and confronts the members of society. The methods of research: analysis of scientific literature and documents, expert interview, analysis and interpretation of the research results. The review of scientific literature and the research data, presented in this article, may be adapted for improvement of the social integration factors, while considering the way the needs of immigrants are met and the integration measures that are provided. The research has revealed the key factors, influencing the social integration of immigrants in social enterprises.

Routledge eBooks, Feb 25, 2021

Sabiedrība, integrācija, izglītība, May 26, 2016

The European Union's education and lifelong learning policy stresses informal learning within the... more The European Union's education and lifelong learning policy stresses informal learning within the society. The article aims to review the concept of lifelong learning and to analyze opportunities for continuous learning process in organizations. New technologies, innovations in the workplace and professional training encourage employees to improve constantly and awareness of the importance of lifelong learning can help to secure their future in a changing labor market. Research methods applied were as following: literature and document analysis, expert interviews, analysis of the results and interpretation. The article presents a review of scientific literature and research data reveals leaders' approach to employees' willingness to raise their qualification constantly and the organization's opportunities. The survey showed that employers want to have a highly qualified staff meeting the requirements of the organization, but do not always have sufficient funds for professional development.

Social Entrepreneurship Review

Background: All three Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, faced similar historical ... more Background: All three Baltic countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, faced similar historical contexts and challenges. Currently, Baltic countries have created a favourable environment for entrepreneurship and have an active civil society sector. However, the social enterprise sector in the Baltic states is very young and still developing. Baltic countries have great potential for developing and expanding social enterprises through various support infrastructures. The solutions implemented to support the development of social enterprises differ in all three countries. Research objectives: This article aims to identify social entrepreneurship support incentives in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Research design and methods: The paper uses literature review, document analysis, and comparative analysis results. Results: The study revealed that all three Baltic states are gradually taking steps towards establishing a social enterprise ecosystem. However, Estonia and Lithuania lack supportive legal frameworks and tax support systems for SEs. The development of supportive regulatory environments could help to grow the sector and solve many conceptual issues. Conclusions: The governments could, therefore, adopt a legal regulation and a clear definition of SEs to build a shared understanding of the field between all sectors and to implement future governmental strategies with identified coordinating structures, roles, and missions of SEs for far more successful collaboration.

Sustainability, Feb 28, 2023

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY

Management & Marketing. Challenges for the Knowledge Society

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted higher education worldwide. Higher education institutions needed ... more The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted higher education worldwide. Higher education institutions needed to adapt very rapidly to the crisis and a new environment, and also needed to revise their role in society. Higher education institutions can contribute to social innovation through research, education and helping to address citizens’ issues and communities’ needs, which is why the creation of social labs by higher education institutions has increased in the last decades. Social labs are spaces where higher education institutions experiment and test new ideas. However, social labs at higher education institutions are still a relatively new phenomenon and have not yet been examined sufficiently. Moreover, it is not fully known how COVID-19 affected social labs’ activities and impacted their establishment. To reflect on the current reality, this article focuses on two research questions: (1) How were social lab activities and partnerships affected during the pandemic? and (2) What impact h...

Purpose – to analyze the peculiarities of implementation of social impact assessment in social en... more Purpose – to analyze the peculiarities of implementation of social impact assessment in social enterprises

Purpose – Social entrepreneurship is recognized as one of the ways to solve social problems in ru... more Purpose – Social entrepreneurship is recognized as one of the ways to solve social problems in rural areas. It is also known that social entrepreneurship plays an important role in local communities as it increases the welfare of the local community, the social capital and solves the issues of exclusion. In addition, it helps to raise the employment rates by offering jobs to those who are experiencing difficulties in the labor market. Communities have been increasingly taking initiatives to solve these issues by themselves. However, there is a lack of research on how social business works and what social impact it has on the development of local communities, thus, it is important to reveal the aspects of social business organization cooperation and to identify the social impact on local community

Revista Iberoamericana de Economía Solidaria e Innovación Socioecológica

Social enterprises from government, society, and financiers are under increasing pressure to demo... more Social enterprises from government, society, and financiers are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their social impact. To do this, social enterprises need to implement social impact assessments in their organizations. It is noteworthy that there are many different methods and tools for impact assessment and measurement, which often make it unclear to social enterprise managers what is best for their enterprise. Also, many social impact assessment and measurement methodologies are complex enough and require specific competencies, time, and other extra costs. However, social impact assessment is an essential process, as it helps to build trust in these organizations by the public, state institutions and investors, to ensure the transparency of their activities and to meet their goals. Social enterprises are a new phenomenon in the Baltic States, so it is essential to clarify the attitude of the leaders of the organization to the social impact assessment and what practices they ...

Social enterprises are a new phenomenon in the Baltic States. In order to create a substantial so... more Social enterprises are a new phenomenon in the Baltic States. In order to create a substantial social impact in society and scale their business for a growing sector of social enterprises in Baltic states it is important to create partnerships and collaborate with different sectors 'organizations: NGO, private, and public. By forming partnerships with different participants, social enterprises can contribute to a more effective solution to social problems. The aim of this article is to identify the main factors for social enterprises to create successful collaboration and partnerships with NGO, private, and public sectors. The methods of research are an analysis of scientific literature, multiple case study analysis, content analysis. The study also analyzed the main obstacles for social enterprises to collaborate with different sectors 'organizations. The study results of the study disclosed how to improve partnerships development with NGOs, private, and public sectors. Fol...

WISEs devote most of their time and resources to working with the target group - not only organiz... more WISEs devote most of their time and resources to working with the target group - not only organizing their employment activities and developing skills but also adapting their work environment, improving the psychological climate, organizational culture, etc. Thus, the implementation of the social mission of this type of social enterprise requires a particularly large amount of time and other resources. In addition, they have to take care of the financial sustainability of their organization. However, WISEs as all social enterprises face the pressure from society and other stakeholders to measure their social impact. Nevertheless, it is also important to note that scientists still disagree on the definition of social impact. It is noteworthy that there are no common criteria for measuring social impacts and there are many different methods and tools for impact assessment and measurement (Arena et al. al., 2015; Hadad and Găucă, 2014). Thus, it remains unclear what and how WISEs shoul...

Purpose: Social impact investments are essential to support and promote social entrepreneurship d... more Purpose: Social impact investments are essential to support and promote social entrepreneurship development. This article aims to identify the factors that could develop the local impact investment market in Sri Lanka as a tool for funding social enterprises. Design/methodology/approach: The methods of research are an analysis of scientific literature, experts’ interviews, and generalization. Findings: In order to accelerate the impact investment as a tool of funding, the impact investors, social enterprises, government and society must work collectively. Necessary social, cultural, and policy changes should be carried out, and specific recommendations have been made accordingly. Originality/value: This research study is essential in terms of sustaining and promoting impact investments in Sri Lanka as a tool of funding social enterprises and developing the ecosystem.