Naslov
Negotiating multiple territories to achieve viability and impact: The case of Green Energy Co- operative

Autori
Račić, Domagoj ; Damaška, Paula

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Practicing Solidarity for the Future: Conference Program and Book of Abstracts / Orlić, Olga ; Jernej Pulić, Mirna - Zagreb : Institut za antropologiju, 2022, 27-27

ISBN
978-953-8092-00-8

Skup
Practicing Solidarity for the Future

Mjesto i datum
Zagreb, Hrvatska, 14.09.2022. - 16.09.2022

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Domaća recenzija

Ključne riječi
social enterprise ; entrepreneurial ecosystem ; stakeholder network

Sažetak
Social enterprises in many countries face the lack of legal recognition and insufficient institutional and financial support: ecosystems that support their emergence and development are thus weak. Social enterprises respond to important societal challenges that are relevant to multiple stakeholders at different territorial levels. This multi-territorial nature of stakeholder networks in which social enterprises are embedded often stems from the ecosystem gaps, which prompt social enterprise to overcome weaknesses at one territorial level by utilising opportunities at other levels - and thereby seek overall viability and impact. The paper outlines a conceptual framework of the process of managing stakeholder networks at local, national and international levels. Each territorial level entails identification of key stakeholders (defined by their level of salience - based on Mitchell, Age and Wood, 1997) and by the material and symbolic resources a social enterprise obtains from them and/or provides to them. The framework is developed on the basis of a case study of the Green Energy Co-operative (GEC) from Croatia. GEC was founded to facilitate local communities in planning, development, management and financing of renewable energy sources and energy efficiency projects. However, given the underdevelopment of the relevant ecosystem in Croatia, fulfilling this ‘localised’ mission also simultaneously required strategic engagement of GEC with policymakers at the national level, as well as with EU and other international funding sources and advocacy organisations. Each of these territorial dimensions (related to local projects, national policies and international funding and advocacy) involves relationships with multiple stakeholders which need to be developed and maintained over time, if viability and impact are to be achieved.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija, Politologija, Sociologija

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