Entrepreneurship in the Solidarity Economy: A Valuation of Models Based on the Quadruple Helix and Civil Society

Author(s):  
José Manuel Saiz-Álvarez ◽  
Jesús Manuel Palma-Ruiz
2020 ◽  
pp. 0094582X2097501
Author(s):  
Efrén Orozco López ◽  
Leonardo Nicolás González Torres

The indigenous community of Acteal in the highlands of Chiapas, Mexico, has been subject to both direct and structural violence in the form of the massacre that took place there in 1997 and the impunity that has persisted ever since. In response to the violence, the community has constructed political, social, and cultural alternatives through the movement known as the Las Abejas of Acteal Civil Society Organization. Its reconstruction of the social fabric has included participation in assembies, volunteer work for the collective, exchange of experiences, food production for subsistence, a solidarity economy, and the systematization and sharing of experiences. La comunidad indígena de Acteal en las tierras altas de Chiapas, México, ha sido objeto de violencia tanto directa y estructural a partir de la masacre que tuvo lugar allí en 1997, así como la impunidad que ha persistido desde entonces. En respuesta a la violencia, la comunidad ha construido alternativas políticas, sociales y culturales a través del movimiento conocido como Organización Sociedad Civil Las Abejas de Acteal. Su reconstrucción del tejido social ha incluido la participación en asambleas, el voluntariado para el colectivo, el intercambio de experiencias, la producción de alimentos para subsistencia, una economía solidaria, y la sistematización e intercambio de experiencias.


Economies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mona Roman ◽  
Henry Varga ◽  
Vladimir Cvijanovic ◽  
Alasdair Reid

Prior research has emphasized the importance of bringing together quadruple helix (QH) actors (academia, industry, government and civil society) to strengthen regional innovation. The QH model forms an integral part of European innovation policy, which aims to create sustainable and inclusive growth in Europe. As part of this policy, European Union (EU) regions are to design and implement research and innovation strategies for smart specialization (RIS3) through the participatory entrepreneurial discovery process (EDP). Despite the strong emphasis on the QH model, the model is still far from a well-established concept in innovation research and policy, and civil society participation in RIS3 has remained low. Our paper aims to support regional governments to engage with and facilitate the participation of civil society in a territorial EDP based on two case studies from Finland and Sweden. It contributes to the literature on regional innovation systems through identifying mechanisms to foster the QH model and suggests lessons learnt for the operationalization of the QH model as part of RIS3.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 108
Author(s):  
Kesi Widjajanti ◽  
Nuryakin ◽  
Eviatiwi Kusumaningtyas Sugiyanto

The aims of this research is to empirically testing the role of quadruple helix, consisting of government, academic, business sector, and civil society on developing Small Medium Industry (SMEs) through developing innovation ecosystem. This qualitative study employs a case study design. The samples are small industry in Kudus Regency, Indonesia. The result of this study shows that implementing quadruple helix’s role may present innovation to solve some problems in small industry. This role implementation depicts the existence of innovation ecosystem in attempt to develop small industry. This study recommends the necessity to improve synergy and collaboration between of government regulation, academic support, business sector, and civil society through intense communication.


2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 01 ◽  
Author(s):  
Etty Soesilowati

<p>There are many potentials in the sector of <em>silvoagriculture, silvopastura </em>and <em>silvoagrofisher</em>y at Kandri and Cepoko district as “green belt” areas of Semarang. Unfortunately, these potentials do not give a significant impact on society yet. This is due to the lack of farmer’s institution system, limited human resource, and infrastructure. The Triple Helix approach involving academician, businessman, and government is found to be less optimal. The study aims to assess the effectiveness of the model used for empowering the farmers at dry land area through the Quadruple Helix approach as the development of Triple Helix one involving academician, businessman, civil society, and government. The locus of the research area is Kandri and Cepoko district at Gunungpati subdistrict in Semarang City of Central Java Province, Indonesia. This research employed qualitative and quantitative approaches. In the qualitative approach, the data are analyzed using an interactive model. While the quantitative approach, Human Development Index (HDI) analysis is employed. The results find that farmers' empowerment program is conducted through the Quadruple Helix approach by involving academicians, businessmen, local governments and civil society groups at the villages. Then, the HDI calculation results show that the index of human development in Kandri has decreased 0.09444. Before the program, it was amounted from 0.82367 to 0.72923. Whereas, the human development index of farmers in Cepoko before the program has increased from 0.83142 to 0.84085. Its increase reaches 0.09425. This indicates that the farmer group at Cepoko district is more resistant to national economic issues such as the weak exchange rate than the farmers in Kandri disctrict. Therefore, this study makes recommendation that farmers should organize integrated farming by establishing integrated economic region so that they can make use of existing resources efficiently and effectively.   </p>


NATAPRAJA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 143-153
Author(s):  
Lely Indah Mindarti ◽  
Ajie Hanif Muzaqi

The research  purpose is to describe implementing of MSMEs empowerment in Batu using perspective of Quadruple helix model . This research using descriptive qualitative approach. Government of Batu through Department of Micro Enterprise Cooperatives and Trade of Batu implements MSMEs empowerment by relying on 4 main factors of empowerment: financial capital access, human resource, partnership, and market strengthening.  This government also established Integrated Business Service Centre (IBSC) as one of the commitments in empowering MSMEs and also making Batu as MSMEs centre. The result of analysis using the concept of Quadruple helix model  found that MSMEs empowerment in Batu involves collaboration of different sectors: the government of Batu, private/business institutions, academics, and civil society through communities, groups, and non-governmental organizations. Thus, the government of Batu plays dominant roles in the interaction synergies of different sectors and being responsible in equitable economic development. Private institutions play roles as production developer, academics play roles as knowledge and skill development transferor and civil society plays roles as creative economic agents and product users


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 877-898
Author(s):  
Rita Vilkė ◽  
Živilė Gedminaitė-Raudonė ◽  
Dalia Vidickienė

Purpose This paper aims to examine the collaboration of livestock farming business with other three groups of actors and explore the gap between expectations and reality concerning biogas production as collaborative innovation for the socially responsible development of rural regions in Lithuania. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on the concept of the Quadruple Helix, which focusses on innovation, viewed as a process involving increasingly closer interactions and coordination among the following four groups of actors of the helix: government, academia, industry and civil society. Scientific literature analysis and generalization, expert interview and focus group methods were used to generate data for analysis. Data were collected during the period of July-November 2018 in Lithuania. Findings The research results reveal that the greatest gap among expectations and the actual situation in collaboration for socially responsible innovation, biogas production – is observed among non‐governmental organizations as representatives of civil society and all other questioned Quadruple Helix actors, whereas the government had been recognized as a most isolated part of the collaboration for innovation in biogas in Lithuania. Research limitations/implications This paper presents empirical findings, based on qualitative data, collected in one EU new member state, i.e. Lithuania. International comparative perspectives are given in other related papers. Research findings are promising for further research in the field of socially responsible development of rural regions using the Quadruple Helix approach to foster collaboration for modern circular economy innovation both from theoretical and empirical points of view. Practical implications The methodology might be used for practitioners to research collaboration excellence/gaps in any field of activity. Social implications The research takes into account the public interest from a very broad point of view – how to develop rural regions in a socially responsible way by using already established innovations in biogas in livestock farms by giving another dimension of socially responsible collaboration for innovation. Originality/value The paper proposes using the original Quadruple Helix approach to foster the socially responsible development of rural regions, thus enlarging the scope of the theory of corporate social responsibility (CSR) with the newly emerged discourse in the field. Socially responsible development of rural regions with the use of collaboration for circular innovations has been absent from theoretical to empirical CSR research.


2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 849-865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oscar Afonso ◽  
Sara Monteiro ◽  
Maria Thompson

We develop a R&D-based growth model with productive public expenditure in order to frame the Quadruple Helix (QH) innovation concept, based on four helices: Academia & Technological Infrastructures, Firms, Government and Civil Society. Our motivation stems from acknowledgment that the relationship between these four helices and their joint impact on growth is in need of a theoretical framework. We aim to emphasise the importance to economic growth of innovation systems structured on these four helices. The introduced model confirms theoretically the notion that increases in: (i) complementarities between distinct productive units, or (ii) in productive government expenditure, lead to higher growth.


Author(s):  
Paul I. Singer ◽  
Heloisa H. Primavera

Rethinking the economy is at the core of transformations that intersect with every social activity: livelihoods, energy production, healthy food, protection of the environment - and of course, education. All over the world new models of development are trying to cope with the challenge of confronting financial capitalism, and in this context the Solidarity Economy has developed in Latin America. This chapter discusses how different innovations are transferred to other countries and contexts, such as the case of how social currencies from civil society in Argentina that have inspired new public policy in Brazil. It shows how governments can support and/or retard good ideas developing within civil society organisations being transmitted from their origins and finding new homes, on the way being adjusted to new conditions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-87
Author(s):  
Diki Suherman ◽  
Yogi Suprayogi Sugandi ◽  
Mohammad Benny Alexandri

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kolaborasi Quadruple Helix dalam pembentukan Daerah Otonomi Baru Kabupaten Garut Selatan, mengingat pembentukan kabupaten tersebut sudah sangat lama berusaha dibentuk namun kenyataannya hingga kini belum disahkan. Metode penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui wawancara dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan model interactive yang terdiri dari reduksi data, display data dan pemaparan hasil kesimpulan. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah bahwa terdapat aktor-aktor yang berkolaborasi secara Quadruple Helix untuk mendukung Pembentukan Daerah Otonomi Baru Garut Selatan, yang memiliki peran yang berbeda dalam mencapai tujuan yang sama untuk membantu mendukung pembentukan Kabupaten Garut Selatan. Penelitian kolaborasi Quadruple Helix ini dilihat dari 4 aktor politik yang memiliki kekuasaan dan pengaruh paling signifikan terhadap proses pembentukan kabupaten ini. Aktor yang dimaksud yaitu dari kalangan akademisi Garut Selatan (academian), Pelaku Usaha di Garut Selatan (businessmen), Tokoh masyarakat/Presidium masyarakat Garut Selatan (civil society) dan Pemerintah Kabupaten Garut dan Provinsi Jawa Barat (government). Rekomendasi dalam penelitian ini adalah Pemerintah Pusat sebagai pemangku kebijakan tertinggi memasukkan pembahasan pembentukan Daerah Otonomi Baru sebagai agenda kebijakan yang diprioritaskan untuk membantu menjalankan kewenangan pusat dalam melakukan pembangunan dan penyelenggaraan pemerintahan daerah. 


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