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Do employment-focused social enterprises provide a pathway out of disadvantage? An evidence review
Social enterprises are businesses led by a social mission that derive the majority of their income from trade and...
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Jo Barraket
Distinguished Professor Jo Barraket is the Director of the Centre for Social Impact Swinburne. A political sociologist, Jo is Australia’s premier researcher of social enterprise. Her work focuses variously on: the macro policy conditions that support social enterprise and social innovation; the social impacts of social enterprise; and the organisational elements that generate positive social progress.
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Research by Jo Barraket
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Pulse of the for-purpose sector: Wave 2 report
Launched in mid-2020, the Pulse of the For-Purpose Sector research program has multiple aims in the context of...
Academic article
Navigating network governance: the role of social enterprise in local employment services
Neoliberalisation of welfare has stimulated growth of hybrid organizational forms – including social enterprises – that...
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A baseline study of Australia's community recycling enterprises (CRE)
This report focuses on community recycling enterprises (CREs) - organisations that exist for the pruposes of reducing...
Academic article
Evaluating the labour productivity of social enterprises in comparison to SMEs in Australia
This paper explores the productivity of social enterprises in Victoria, Australia, in terms of their profitability and...
Academic article
Measurement as legitimacy versus legitimacy of measures: Performance evaluation of social enterprise
This paper explores what measures are valued and prioritised by third sector organisations in their performance...
Academic article
Purchasing social good(s): a definition and typology of social procurement
This paper responds to the divergent understandings of social procurement in the public management sphere. It proposes...
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Social enterprises in rural community development
Social enterprises are hybrid organizational forms that combine characteristics of for-profit businesses and community...
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Improving Health Equity of Young People? The Role of Social Enterprise: Green Connect Case Study
This case study report examines the role of social enterprise, Green Connect, in producing health equity and wellbeing...
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Social Enterprise: A people-centred approach to employment services
This report outlines why employment-focused social enterprises offer an alternative people-centred approach to...
Academic article
Resourcefulness of locally-oriented social enterprises: Implications for rural community development
Entrepreneurial theories of resourcefulness consider the ways in which organisations generate value in...
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Understanding legitimacy formation in multi-goal firms: An examination of business planning practices among social enterprises
The value of business planning to new business ventures and small firms has been the subject of debate among...
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Evaluation and social impact measurement amongst small to medium social enterprises: Process, purpose and value
In recent years, the imperative to communicate organisational impacts to a variety of stakeholders has gained...
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Mapping social enterprise in Australia: Conceptual debates and their operational implications
In the last ten years, there has been growing interest in social enterprise by governments, the not for profit sector...
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Improving Health Equity for Young People? The Role of Social Enterprise (TRY Build Case Study Report)
This case study report examines the role of TRY Build in producing health equity outcomes for young people and their...
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Improving Health Equity for Young People? The Role of Social Enterprise (WorkVentures Case Study Report)
This case study report examines the role of WorkVentures in producing health equity and wellbeing outcomes for young...
Academic article
Integration and segregation for social enterprise employees: A relational micro‐geography
Geographers have highlighted the role of spaces and places in realising or discouraging social integration for...
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Map for Impact - Research Findings Brief
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The role of intermediaries in social innovation: The case of social procurement in Australia
Social procurement is receiving renewed attention in new public governance regimes that seek to increase social value...
Insight
75% of Victorian social enterprises think their biggest opportunity for growth is social procurement.
Map for impact - Social procurement
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84% of the social impact of Victorian social enterprises is within Victoria.
Map for Impact - Local impact
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60,000 jobs are created by Victorian social enterprises, including 12,000 jobs for people with disability, and 4,000 jobs for people who have been long-term unemployed.
Map for Impact - Job creation
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Victorian social enterprises contribute $5.2 billion to the Victorian economy.
Map for Impact - Economic impact
Academic article
Classifying social enterprise models in Australia
This paper aims to document the nature of social enterprise models in Australia, their evolution and institutional...
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Finding Australia’s Social Enterprise Sector 2010
This document reports on the research findings of the Finding Australia’s Social Enterprise Sector (FASES) project....
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Finding Australia's Social Enterprise Sector 2016
This document reports on the research findings of the Finding Australia’s Social Enterprise Sector (FASES) 2016...
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Community Recycling Enterprises: NSW Impact Measurement Project
This project was initiated by representatives from community recycling enterprises (CREs), who expressed interest in...
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Improving Health Equity of Young People? The Role of Social Enterprise (STREAT Case Study Report)
This is one of four case study reports prepared for the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage project: Improving...