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The Meta-analysis of Bibliometrics Research and Exploration of Altmetrics for Social Enterprise Literatures

open access: yesTūzī 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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Feeling the squeeze? Tabbies or tigers: the case of social enterprises contracting in the fields of recycling and work integration [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Current UK policy is encouraging the identification, emergence, transmutation or invention of third sector organisations that will have a social enterprise orientation with a particular focus on them as vehicles for the delivery of public services (Audit
Aiken, M., Slater, R.
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Harnessing Ultrafast Optical Pulses for 3D Microfabrication by Selective Tweezing and Immobilization of Colloidal Particles in an Integrated System

open access: yesAdvanced Photonics Research, Volume 6, Issue 5, May 2025.
Microfabrication using nano‐ to micron‐sized blocks has transformative potential for next‐gen electronics, optoelectronics, and materials. Traditional methods are limited by scalability and precision. STIC, a single‐laser system for precise colloid manipulation and immobilization using femtosecond lasers, is introduced that enables efficient 3D ...
Krishangi Krishna   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social enterprise: an appropriate model for a child and youth care organisation?

open access: yesScottish 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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Maritime Piracy and Limitations of the International Law of the Sea

open access: yesHistoria i Polityka, 2019
The primary aim of this paper is to analyse the legal definition of piracy stipulated in Article 101 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Michał Wallner, Artur Kokoszkiewicz
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The tactical mimicry of social enterprise strategies: acting ‘as if’ in the everyday life of third sector organizations [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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The Future of Research in Cognitive Robotics: Foundation Models or Developmental Cognitive Models?

open access: yesAdvanced 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
wiley   +1 more source

Social Enterprise Compliance with Social Marketing Peculiarity

open access: yesEIRP Proceedings, 2013
A challenging approach for social enterprise is considered the marketing approach. The profile of social enterprise raises the question whether or not this type of organization can comply with social marketing peculiarity.
Cristina Sandu
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Strong‐Magnetic Flexible Composites for Magnetically Responsive Soft Robots

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This perspective provides an overview of the performance mechanisms, preparation methods, and applications of strong magnetic flexible composite materials in soft actuators (such as gripping, movement, and sensing), and further explores current opportunities and challenges.
Wenwen Li   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cooperation of the Commune and Parish in Poland in XXI Century as the Implementation of Community Activities

open access: yesReligions
The 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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