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Social Enterprises: Creating Jobs and Community Wellness One Small Business at a Time
(ISIS Research Centre, University of British Columbia, 2010-11)
The social enterprise business model has become increasingly prevalent in recent years; in particular, many social enterprises in British Columbia, Canada, (B.C.) have evolved with a social mission offering employment to ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
Seeking Pathways to Sustainable Food - Chapter 6 of The Resilience Imperative: Co-operative Transitions to a Steady State Economy
(New Society Publishers, 2012)
This book chapter explores a range of models around the world for seeking pathways to sustainable food production and consumption. It addresses this theme from the overall perspective of the book, which explores a more ...
Den stora omställningen: en seglats genom en turbulent tids sociala, ekonomiska och ekologiska förändringar
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2009-10)
Swedish translation of an original paper in English. Trans-disciplinary thinking by evolutionary, social, and ecological economists from the mid-1970s pointed to a new paradigm from which working models are emerging. This ...
La grande transition : maintenir le cap sur le changement social, économique et écologique en périodes de turbulence
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2010-02)
French translation of an original paper in English. Trans-disciplinary thinking by evolutionary, social, and ecological economists from the mid-1970s pointed to a new paradigm from which working models are emerging. This ...
La Gran Transición: Navegando por un Cambio Social, Económico y Ecológico en Tiempos Turbulentos
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2010-01)
Spanish translation of an original paper in English. Trans-disciplinary thinking by evolutionary, social, and ecological economists from the mid-1970s pointed to a new paradigm from which working models are emerging. This ...
The Great Transition: Navigating Social, Economic, Ecological Change in Turbulent Times
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2009-10)
Trans-disciplinary thinking by evolutionary, social, and ecological economists from the mid-1970s pointed to a new paradigm from which working models are emerging. This paper illustrates their relevance to a context where ...
Community reinvestment and the challenges of scaling up the social economy
(2007-10)
This presentation to the 2007 CIRIEC International Research Conference provided an overview of results from initial literature reviews conducted on behalf of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The ...