Social Enterprises in Rural Areas A Comparative Study of the Baltic States

• Published in: Social Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe pp. 252 - 272
• Main Authors: Evans, Roger, Raudsaar, Mervi, Līcīte-Ķurbe, Lāsma, Butkevičienė, Eglė, Erpf, Philipp, Urmanavičienė, Audronė, Raišienė, Agota Giedrė
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 2021
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: SE Model; SE Mission; SE Network; Rural Areas; Local Municipality Politicians; Conventional Enterprises; Baltic Countries; Formal Bureaucratic Attitudes; SB Model; SE; Public Limited Liability Company; SE Concept; Social Business; Small Social Enterprises; Employ Job Seekers; UN; Baltic States; Local Public Bodies; SE Development; Latgale Region; Local Community Residents; Social Entrepreneurs; EU Definition

This chapter provides information about the earlier issues by presenting a cross-case analysis of rural social enterprises from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. Social enterprises seek to produce goods and services with a social or environmental purpose, and they pursue the general interest of local c...