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<p>Social enterprises have the potential to address diverse issues, even when they fall off the radar of formal institutions e.g., by establishing partnerships that are new locally and nationally. The analysis offers a conceptual description of a model of social enterprise established by a regional self-government authority, that blends dual education and social economy and serves as an innovative agent of change. Case research was the approach used. The research revealed that the motivation behind the enterprise was social integration, increasing attractiveness of agriculture for young people and regional self-sufficiency. The partnership was recognized as the key element of the model design. The model brings social, economic and environmental change to employees and students but also to the whole environment. Such a model could be replicated and such collaboration could be put on the map of social enterprises.</p>
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Social enterprises have the potential to address diverse issues, even when they fall off the radar of formal institutions e.g., by establishing partnerships that are new locally and nationally. The analysis offers a conceptual description of a model of social enterprise established by a regional self-government authority, that blends dual education and social economy and serves as an innovative agent of change. Case research was the approach used. The research revealed that the motivation behind the enterprise was social integration, increasing attractiveness of agriculture for young people and regional self-sufficiency. The partnership was recognized as the key element of the model design. The model brings social, economic and environmental change to employees and students but also to the whole environment. Such a model could be replicated and such collaboration could be put on the map of social enterprises.

Mixing Up Apples and Pears Can Work – Case Study of an Innovative Model of Social Enterprise From Slovakia

Faculty of European Studies and Regional Development

Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra

European Countryside

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Social enterprises have the potential to address diverse issues, even when they fall off the radar of formal institutions e.g., by establishing partnerships...

Mixing Up Apples and Pears Can Work – Case Study of an Innovative Model of Social Enterprise From Slovakia

Published Online: Oct 13, 2022

Page range: 475 - 496

Received: Dec 20, 2021

Accepted: Mar 30, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2022-0024

Keywords
social enterprise, social agriculture, dual education, partnership, business model

© 2022 Marcela Chreneková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mixing Up Apples and Pears Can Work – Case Study of an Innovative Model of Social Enterprise From Slovakia

Published Online: Oct 13, 2022

Page range: 475 - 496

Received: Dec 20, 2021

Accepted: Mar 30, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/euco-2022-0024

Keywordssocial enterprise, social agriculture, dual education, partnership, business model

© 2022 Marcela Chreneková et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
social enterprise, social agriculture, dual education, partnership, business model