Social Enterprise Journal: Volume 14 Issue 2

Guest editorial

Chris Mason, Jo Barraket, Cristina Neesham

Financing social entrepreneurship: The role of impact investment in shaping social enterprise in Australia

Erin I-Ping Castellas, Jarrod Ormiston, Suzanne Findlay

This paper aims to explore the emergence and nature of impact investment in Australia and how it is shaping the development of the social enterprise sector.

Social enterprise accountability: directions, dominance and developments

Astrid Bradford, Belinda Luke, Craig Furneaux

This paper aims to explore social enterprise accountability with respect to their dual social and financial objectives. Drawing on theories of accountability, stakeholders and…

Legal models beyond the corporation in Australia: plugging a gap or weaving a tapestry?

Bronwen Morgan

This paper aims to explore the availability of new legal models for social enterprise development in Australia, asking the question: what does a distinctive focus on legal form…

Towards understanding social innovation in multicultural societies: Implications of Māori cultural values for social innovation in New Zealand

Anne de Bruin, Christine Read

The purpose of this paper is to argue, using the New Zealand context as reference, that heterogeneous societies with diverse cultures have an expanded space of possibilities for…

Contextualising social enterprise in Fiji

Heather Douglas, Buriata Eti-Tofinga, Gurmeet Singh

This study aims to examine the geographic, historical and institutional influences on social enterprise in a small Pacific island country.

Perspectives of people with intellectual disability about open, sheltered and social enterprise employment: Implications for expanding employment choice through social enterprises

Ariella Meltzer, Rosemary Kayess, Shona Bates

People with intellectual disability have a low rate of employment in Australia and internationally. Their low employment rate is set within a context of limited employment…