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AUTHOR
Teresa Savall
Ethical Banking in Spain: Does an Organisational Identity Exist That Distinguishes It from Conventional Banking?
Ethical banking has developed considerably in recent years. However, neither a universally accepted definition, nor a consensus by academicians about its typical characteristics yet exists to diffe...
From entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems to the social economy ecosystem
Despite the broad academic and political interest aroused by the ecosystem concept, little scientific attention has been paid to its social dimension and especially to the social economy enterprises ecosystems. This paper aims to conceptualize the latter by establishing its defining features and its goals, and to provide empirical evidence from two worldwide known social economy ecosystems, one in the Valencia region of Spain and the other in the Emilia Romagna region of Italy. The results show that the balance between the economic objectives and the creation of social value and social innovation, collective social entrepreneurship and specific institutional components are key features of s…