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Sustainable Infrastructure for the Social Economy: Cluster-based Social Enterprise Models
(2009-04-06)
The social economy is a mosaic of organizations, from credit unions and co-operatives to social enterprises and non-profit organizations. Many non-profit organizations and social enterprises work on shoestring budgets and ...
Foundations for the Social Economy
(2009-04-03)
At present the strategies, policies and tools employed by the social economy in most countries are diffuse. There is no integrated narrative to bring together the small parts to form a more cohesive whole. This cross-cutting ...
Land Tenure and the Social Economy
(2009-04-06)
This is a proposal and plan for a BALTA research project. Shared equity land ownership is important in the social economy. Examples of it can be found in a range of sectors including agriculture, housing (in rural and ...
Beyond Co-Location: Clustering the Social Economy
(2010-07-10)
This is the final report of BALTA research project D4 - Sustainable Infrastructure for the Social Economy: Cluster-Based Social Enterprise Models. Political and economic restructuring over the past 30 years has had a ...
Sustainable Infrastructure for the Social Economy: Cluster-based Social Enterprise Models
(2009-04-06)
The social economy is a mosaic of organizations, from credit unions and co-operatives to social enterprises and non-profit organizations. Many non-profit organizations and social enterprises work on shoestring budgets and ...
Credit Unions and the Social Economy: Being Competitive and Building Capacity
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2009-09)
The credit union sector occupies a significant place in both Alberta and British Columbia and credit unions are a prominent element of the social economy in the two provinces. This report examines the results of research ...
Credit Unions as a Financing Source for the Social Economy and Rural Community Re-investment
(2009-04-06)
This proposal/plan documetns a research project that examines the role of credit unions in supporting the social economy and is a second stage of research building on SERC 3’s research project C11. At the same time, this ...
Credit Unions and the Rural Social Economy
(2010-06-04)
This research project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) explored the unique role of credit unions
related to financing the social economy and contributing to rural revitalization. Several case ...
BALTA Project D11 – Role of Social Enterprise in Employment Services in the British Columbia Context
(2010-08-21)
This project proposal/plan outlines planned research of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The project is examining the growing sector of social enterprises providing employment for marginalized ...
BALTA Project D8 - Credit Unions and Rural Reinvestment – Phase B
(2010-08-21)
This project proposal/plan outlines planned research of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance that builds on the results of earlier research (Project D5) on credit unions and rural community reinvestment. This ...