Social enterprise as social
innovation
- Co-production and cross-sectoral
collaboration
Lars Hulgård, professor, Ph.D. Roskilde University, Denmark
hulg@ruc.dk
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President, EMES European Research Network
Centre for Social entrepreneurship, Roskilde University
Structure of speech
1. Two core themes in social innovation
2. Social Enterprise as social innovation
 Efficiency through co-production,
participation and cross-sectoral
collaboration
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1st core theme in social innovation:
Relation between state and civil society
Bringing the state back in
“The muscle of the state is what makes it
possible for a third sphere to have any
institutional power”
“Every single time the muscle of the state
is reduced what happens is that the
sphere of civil society, the sphere of a
positive, democratic impulse is
immediately devoured by the market”
Margaret Somers: The Great Dichotomy
MSE.IV.Sep.2011.LH.
2nd core theme in social
innovation:
Role and specificity of social
enterprise
http://www.emes.net/
Social enterprise as
social
innovation
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Economic criteria
Producing goods or services
Economic risk
Paid work (not only volunteers)
Limited profit distribution if any
Social criteria
Explicit aim to benefit community
Launched by a group of citizens
Decision-making not based on capital ownership
Governance criteria
High degree of autonomy
Participatory nature,
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Social enterprise as social innovation
• Social enterprise
– Economic
• Social innovation
– Process
• Goods or services
• Risks
– Social
• launched by
citizens
• serving community
– Governance
• participatory
• Co-production
• Participatory
governance
• Deliberation
• Changes in social
relations
– Outcome
• Social value
• End user
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Cross-sectoral social
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innovation
with SE
Co-production and hybrid organizations
Multiple goals
Multiple resources
Social enterprises in social service
Working with people
Serving people’s needs
Targetting people in difficult situations
Efficiency through
co-production, participation and crosssectoral collaboration
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Social innovation from the integrated
perspective
Elinor Ostrom
• User driven and citizen driven resource
management can be efficient,
transparent and fair
• Collective assets can be managed cost
effective and democratically by
associations and groups of citizens
• Co-production: Several actors contribute
to the production of public service
(professionals and volunteers)
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Social enterprise as cross-sectoral social
innovation
Public Policies
Institutional Welfare State
Parliamentary and legal initiatives (CICs, CSE)
Innovative social policy
Internal Market Act
Private
enterprises
SE
CSR / CSI
Sponsorships
Partnerships
Donation af actions and competencies
Civil society
Voluntary associatons
NGOs
Advocacy
Third sector
Solidarity economy
Social economy
SE as a means to
•Combat poverty
•Integration of excluded
•Innovate social services
•Community development
•Disaster reconstruction
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Cooperatives
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THANKS