The Current State of Social Entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic and Slovakia Cover Image

Současnost sociálního podnikání v České republice a na Slovensku
The Current State of Social Entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Author(s): Alexandr Asmalovskij, Tomáš Sadílek
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Business Economy / Management, Sociology, Economic development, Business Ethics, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: social entrepreneurship; Czech Republic; Ashoka

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with up-to-date situation in social entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic. The aim of the paper is to analyse the incidence of social enterprises in the given countries and analyse them based on chosen variables. In the theoretical part, literature review and various legal forms of enterprise are presented. The secondary data from the Czech Social Enterprise website are used. The sample consists of 219 companies registered in the website’s database by 22nd March 2016 and 44 enterprises in Slovakia. Social enterprises in both countries are analysed according to their distribution in regions, date of establishment, legal form, activity of social enterprise, and in the Czech Republic by frequency of providing facultative compensation.

  • Issue Year: 48/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 319-339
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Czech