Circular economy, sharing and sustainability - Challenges for the social economy in a territory that wants to become a Smart Region

2022 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Investment Project ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Knowledge Assets ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sustainability Challenges ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to analyse the predisposition of social economy agents to resource sharing. To achieve this, it was chosen to implement an exploratory qualitative approach directed to managers and an exploratory quantitative approach directed to employees. The results allowed to estimate that they do have a significant economic impact on number, paid work and business volume. It was shown the relationship between the interest demonstration on sharing and the appropriate qualification for the jobs of managers and employees. It was demonstrated the practice of informal and non-regulated sharing of own and third parties’ resources, among close partners, without the existence of a management model of knowledge, assets, time, use/reuse and exploitation. It is anticipated that the study could serve as scientific/methodological basis for a regional investment project, R&D and establishment of partnerships, reconciling interest in a smart region, as well as the application of circular economy principles.

Social Entrepreneurship and Related Concepts

2021 ◽  
pp. 273-294
Author(s):  
Cristina López-Cózar-Navarro ◽  
Tiziana Priede-Bergamini
Keyword(s):  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
New Ventures ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Environmental Problems ◽  
Social Value ◽  
Social Entrepreneurs ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship

In the past few decades, a new way of responding to social and environmental problems has emerge: the social entrepreneurship. It is presented as a special type of venture, in which the creation of social value prevails over the maximization of profits. Thus, the main objective of these types of ventures is to serve the community and to search for a positive social change. In this chapter, in addition to presenting the concept of social entrepreneurship and its various approaches within the so-called third sector and the emergent fourth sector, the main sources of funding that can be used by social entrepreneurs are also presented, especially business angels and crowdfunding, are detailed. New paradigms such as the collaborative economy and the circular economy are also addressed within social economy, highlighting the relationship with social entrepreneurship and the path of opportunity to foster new ventures in these fields.

Hours of Paid Work and Volunteering: Evidence From Danish Panel Data

2021 ◽  
pp. 089976402199166
Author(s):  
Hans-Peter Y. Qvist
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Time Constraint ◽  
Integration Theory ◽  
Paid Work ◽  
Constraint Theory ◽  
The Social ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Relationship

The nature of the relationship between the time people spend on paid work and volunteering remains debated in the social sciences. Time constraint theory suggests a negative relationship because people can allocate only as much time to volunteering as their work responsibilities permit. However, social integration theory suggests a more complex inverse U-shaped relationship because paid work not only limits people’s free time but also plays a key role in their social integration. Departing from these competing theories, this study uses two-wave panel data from Denmark to examine the relationship between hours of paid work and volunteering. In support of time constraint theory, the results suggest that hours of paid work have a significant negative effect on the total number of hours that people spend volunteering, not mainly because paid work hours affect people’s propensity to volunteer but because they affect the number of hours that volunteers contribute.

scholarly journals Understanding and Managing Vacant Houses in Support of a Material Stock-Type Society—The Case of Kitakyushu, Japan

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 5363
Author(s):  
Wendy Wuyts ◽  
Raphael Sedlitzky ◽  
Masato Morita ◽  
Hiroki Tanikawa
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Gis Analysis ◽  
Spatial And Temporal Patterns ◽  
Material Management ◽  
Temporal Dimension ◽  
The Social ◽  
Management Perspective ◽  
Stock Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

From a sustainable material management perspective, vacant houses represent material stock and still have potential in the circular economy. This article addresses two aspects of understanding and managing vacant houses: the difficulty of understanding their spatial and temporal patterns and the management of the social costs behind the phenomenon of vacant houses. These aspects are approached by combining a 4D GIS analysis with expert interviews and additional qualitative tools to assess the spatial and temporal dimension of vacant houses. Furthermore, this manuscript presents a tool to estimate the obsolete dwelling material stock distribution within a city. The case of the city of Kitakyushu demonstrates the relationship that exists between the historical trajectories of housing norms and standards, such as comfort, cleanliness, safety, and convenience, and the dynamics of the built material stock and demography for three selected neighbourhoods. The results show that the more locked-in a district is in terms of “obsolete norms and codes”, the more likely it is that the obsolete stock is dead, and consequently, urban mining should be considered. The article concludes that a revisiting of the norms and standards of convenience and other domains is one of the prerequisites of the transition toward a circular built environment and the prevention of obsolete stock accumulation.

Supervision Organization Design of Government Investment Project Based on Multi-Agent Technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 328 ◽  
pp. 343-347
Author(s):  
Hao Bo Zhang ◽  
Shuo Zhang ◽  
Ze Zhong Li
Keyword(s):  
Resource Sharing ◽  
Investment Project ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Organization Design ◽  
Agent Technology ◽  
Government Investment ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Organization Mechanism

The agent construction system (ACS) in non-profit government investment project has developed very well. Because of the supervision content involved many government departments and need multisectoral coordinated supervision, the supervision becomes very complexity and disordered. And the dramatic changing supervision environment, supervision subject and supervision object make the supervision work became more uncertainty. Based on multi-age technology (MAT) this paper proposes to construct a new supervision organization mechanism, which could coordinate the relationship between government and agent, agent and construction side and government departments better. The new supervision organization mechanism also helps supervision parties for the effective communication and resource sharing.

Conclusion: Theology as Failure

2019 ◽  
pp. 175-182
Author(s):  
Marika Rose
Keyword(s):  
Social Economy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Christian Theology ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theology And Philosophy ◽  
The Church ◽  
Is Failure ◽  
Body Theology

This conclusion draws together the themes of the book, exploring what a theology of failure looks like in relation to four overarching themes: freedom, materiality, hierarchy, and universalism. This account of ontology, desire, and Christian theology suggests not only that completeness is impossible but also that purity is impossible. The internal rupture that both constitutes and disrupts every individual economic identity is also the rupture between the social economy of the relationship between the individual and others, language and the body, theology and philosophy, God and the created order. Theology can no more remain immune from its others than it can completely encompass them. Once there was no secular; and yet the genealogy of the church, of Christian theology, is constantly interrupted, contaminated, and enriched by the profane, the abject, and the horrific. Theology is failure; the task, then, is to fail better, to liberate our others in order to begin the difficult work of learning how to love them.

ICT and Agricultural Cooperatives

2013 ◽  
pp. 180-199
Author(s):  
Yolanda Montegut-Salla ◽  
Eduard Cristóbal-Fransi ◽  
Maria Jesús Gómez-Adillón
Keyword(s):  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Business Models ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Relationship

New technologies in information and communication technology are significantly impacting traditional business models, demonstrating how the relationship between the company and its corresponding value chain is changing in recent years due to the new possibilities they offer. The aim of this chapter is to analyze the current situation of Internet usage and electronic commerce in agri-food cooperatives in the province of Lleida, Spain. To this end, a questionnaire was completed by olive oil and sweet fruit cooperatives in 2010 that addressed the following aspects: computer equipment, Internet connection and presence, and finally, the level of electronic commerce. The results provide information on aspects to consider for ensuring that agricultural cooperatives take full advantage of the opportunities offered by new technologies, resulting in a useful tool for the managers of these organizations as well as for policy makers concerned with encouraging and promoting the social economy.

scholarly journals The activation of industrial heritage: Transformation in the Petite Ceinture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengyang Wu ◽  
Honghao He ◽  
Bálint Bachmann
Keyword(s):  
Social Economy ◽  
Activation Method ◽  
Dimensional System ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
Boundary Setting ◽  
The Social ◽  
Layout Structure ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City ◽  
Internal Potential

AbstractThe development of the social economy has led to the reorganization of the original layout structure and spatial functions of the city. Based on the development background of the Petite Ceinture railway space, this article conceives the attribute transformation and activation method of this industrial heritage. The proposed methodology, applied to the leftover spaces in Paris: integrating the biodiversity; softening the boundary; setting up installations. This paper investigates the relationship between the vitality of leftover space and the texture of the cities. It is proposed to try to reconnect the leftover space with the city through a multi-dimensional system corresponding to the diversified space and make good use of its unique location and internal potential.

scholarly journals Changes In Education, Religion, Social, Economic, Culture, And Politics In Egypt Post-Napoleon Invasion

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Hatib Rahmawan
Keyword(s):  
Military Training ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Napoleon Bonaparte ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Culture ◽  
Cultural Sphere ◽  
Republican Government ◽  
Changing Times ◽  
The Relationship

The important role of Egypt in the Resurrection of the Islamic world is did not happen suddenly, but he had to go through a dark history, that was colonialized by Napoleon Bonaparte. Even though Napoleon ruled Egypt for three years, but his presence woke the Egyptian consciousness to progress and change. This paper aims to uncover the changes that occurred in Egypt in the fields of education, issues, economy, culture, and politics post-Napoleon invasion. From this, a main problem can be formulated as follows; How was the change in education, religion, social, economy, culture, and politics post-Napoleon invasion? This paper uses the liberary research method, which is combined with the model of writing history to reveal the relationship between historical facts with changes that occured. The important information obtained from this post-Napoleon study include; (1) in the field of education raises awareness of the underdevelopment of science, the development of various educational infrastructure, recognizing the importance of freedom and independence in the development of science; (2) Encouraging changes in perspectives and models of religion towards a more rational and solutions to the changing times; (3) in the social and cultural sphere the idea of equality (legalite) and equality between rulers and people was born and the development of war technology, weapons and military training adopted from France; (4) in the political field gave rise to the idea of nationalism and republican government; and (5) in the economic field to encourage the development of industrialization and agrarian reform.

Water Systems in a Circular Economy

2021 ◽  
pp. 195-206
Author(s):  
Arvind Deshmukh
Keyword(s):  
Water Management ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
Foundation Design ◽  
Natural Systems ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Macarthur Foundation

The circular economy is based on three fundamental principles as defined by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation: design out waste and pollution, keep products and materials in use, and regenerate natural systems. This chapter explores the relationship between the circular economy principles and the water management systems to identify the integration points where the water systems can be aligned with the circular economy. The chapter also ascertains the impediments which hinder this transition and identifies the opportunities that will present themselves in this endeavor. This chapter aims to help the readers understand the social, economic, and environmental impacts that will be created when water systems get integrated into the circular economy framework.

scholarly journals ‘Workable utopias’ for social change through inclusion and empowerment? Community supported agriculture (CSA) in Wales as social innovation

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 1241-1260
Author(s):  
Tezcan Mert-Cakal ◽  
Mara Miele
Keyword(s):  
Food Systems ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Community Supported Agriculture ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Alternative Food Movement ◽  
The Social ◽  
Innovation Approach ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract The focus of this article is community supported agriculture (CSA) as an alternative food movement and a bottom-up response to the problems of the dominant food systems. By utilizing social innovation approach that explores the relationship between causes for human needs and emergence of socially innovative food initiatives, the article examines how the CSA projects emerge and why, what is their innovative role as part of the social economy and what is their transformative potential. Based on qualitative data from four different models of CSA case studies in different regions of Wales, UK, and by using concepts from an alternative model for social innovation (ALMOLIN) as analytical tool, the article demonstrates that the Welsh CSA cases play distinctive roles as part of the social economy. They satisfy the needs for ecologically sound and ethically produced food, grown within communities of like-minded people and they empower individuals and communities at micro level, while at the same time experiment with how to be economically sustainable and resilient on a small scale. The paper argues that in order to become ‘workable utopias’, the CSA initiatives need to overcome the barriers that prevent them from replicating, participating in policies and decision-making at macro level, and scaling up.

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