Despite the willingness of many educational institutions worldwide to embrace Education for Sustainable Development and Education for Sustainable Development Goals, critical scholars have pointed out that the very enterprise of sustainable development is not without its contradictions. Therefore, any …

After the arrival of refugees in the Netherlands, many citizens wanted to act and help the social inclusion of refugees. Community initiatives emerged where some of the initiatives even grew into potential Social Enterprises. In this research we investigated the main issues initiatives around refugees …

Inleiding op college van Renzo Deurloo

A case study on learning from the best practices and challenges of social entrepreneurship among women empowerment projects in tourism in order to create a sustainable business model. 

This paper focuses on the specifics of the relationships between social entrepreneurs and local civil servants and politicians in The Netherlands. Policy frameworks for social enterprises (SE) are relatively underdeveloped here, as the central government took little initiative in policy development, …

This book is a translation and extensive revision of the Dutch publication ‘Duurzaam Ondernemen 3.0, de strategische aanpak uit eigenbelang’, This version limited to part 1, chapter 1 till 5 and part 2 of that publication The original was published by Avans Hogeschool / University for Applied Sciences …

Social enterprises have become an important component in the economies of many countries. The purpose of this research is to provide crucial information that can help Happy Tosti expand to a new potential market environment. The research is conducted in two specific markets: Germany and the United Kingdom. …

Social enterprises received growing attention since the financial crisis started in 2008, due to severe public sector cut backs and the inability of current structures and policies to meet social problems. This development has also been accelerated by the dissatisfaction of consumers and society in private …

In dit onderzoek is het huidige gebruik van ECM binnen Azora onderzocht en er is onderzocht welke verbeteringen er mogelijk zijn aan het huidige ECM. Met betrekking tot de waargenomen nut en waargenomen gebruiksgemak wordt dit gemiddeld tot bovengemiddeld ervaren. Kosten en netwerkeffecten zitten weer …

In this colomn it is argued that investing in education, healthcare and construction is investing in local economy and society. At least, if education perceives "get ready for a smart world" (the credo of Saxion University) as more than an uncritical adaptation to the latest products of the high-tech …