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The Management of
Social Enterprises
Sybille Mertens
Cera Chair, Centre for Social Economy
Montreal, October 2, 2009

Introduction
•Personal story
•PhD in Economics
•The Satelllite Account of Nonprofit Institutions
•NPO as producers
•NPS as a relevant different sector
•From Macro to Micro
•The management of social enterprises - january 2010
•S. Mertens (editor), in collaboration with M. Boving, C. Davister, A. Henry,
M.Marée and J. Rijpens
•Master Students + Practionners

Introduction
•The current state of knowledge on the management of
associations
•Delimitation of the field
•Specificities
•Litterature review + focus groups + case studies
•The management of social enterprises
•Questions and first lessons

Plan
•Definitions : What are social enterprises ?
•Roles : Why do they exist ?
•Management : How different is it ?

Definitions
•Social Enterprises
•Private (control)
•Enterprises (risk, economic activity)
•Non-capitalist (not-for-profit, democracy)
•Other concepts : Nonprofit, OBNL, Associations, Social Economy Organisations,
Coop, Third Sector Institutions
•Corporate Social Responsibility
•Other conceptions of Social Enterprises
•Commercial activities of NPOs (financial autonomy)
•Social innovation / Social Entrepreneurship