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Social enterprise: an appropriate model for a child and youth care organisation?
Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 2015 This article charts the journey of Kibble, from one of Scotland's oldest child and youth care charities, to an award-winning social enterprise. It explores the definition and history of social enterprise and how Kibble created a Victorian blended income ...
Graham Bell, Lesley Fuller
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Tūzī yǔ dàng’àn xuékān, 2019 Social enterprise (social entrepreneurship) is a new field that combines non-profit with for-profit organizational features. It develops innovative methods and strategies to improve profit for the purpose of creating and maintaining social value.
Yuan-Ho Huang
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Investigating an ‘institutional partnership’ collaborating to develop a funded project into a sustainable work-integration social enterprise (WISE) [PDF]
, 2012 This paper reports a research study that examined a partnership between a regional social enterprise development agency and a university as they collaborated to develop a work-integration social enterprise (WISE) in the UK.
Denny, Simon +2 more
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Liquid Metal Sensors for Soft Robots
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review thoroughly reviews liquid metal sensors in soft robots. Their unique material properties like high conductivity and good biocompatibility are analyzed. Working principles are classified, and applications in environmental perception, motion detection, and human—robot interaction are introduced.
Qi Zhang +7 more
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ReligionsThe commune and the parish are units of two divisions: government and church administration. Both were created for the better functioning of structures and the implementation of central activities: government and the mission of the Church.
Dorota Tokarska
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Aquaponics and Social Enterprise [PDF]
, 2019 AbstractThis chapter presents some examples of recent initiatives by social enterprises using aquaponics. Aquaponics offers an innovative form of therapeutic horticulture, which can provide employment and promote well-being for people with disabilities.
Milliken, Sarah, Stander, Henk
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The Future of Research in Cognitive Robotics: Foundation Models or Developmental Cognitive Models?
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Research in cognitive robotics founded on principles of developmental psychology and enactive cognitive science would yield what we seek in autonomous robots: the ability to perceive its environment, learn from experience, anticipate the outcome of events, act to pursue goals, and adapt to changing circumstances without resorting to training with ...
David Vernon
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BMC Public Health, 2019 Background Commissioning and monitoring of community-based interventions is a challenge due to the complex nature of the environment and the lack of any explicit cut-offs to guide decision making.
M. Bryant +6 more
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Social enterprise as a socially rational business [PDF]
, 2006 What is the goal of social enterprise policy? Is it the creation of a ‘not-for-profit’ or ‘more-than-profit’ business movement? In institutional policy circles, arguments are shaped by the desire to protect assets for the community, while entrepreneurial
Ridley-Duff, R.
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The tactical mimicry of social enterprise strategies: acting ‘as if’ in the everyday life of third sector organizations [PDF]
, 2015 Using England as a paradigmatic case of the „enterprising up ‟ of the third sector through social enterprise policies and programs, this article sheds light on resistance as enacted through dramaturgical identification with government strategies. Drawing
Benjamin W. +29 more
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