Social Economy – Added Value for Local Development and Social Cohesion

Social Performance through Value Added Statement

In a developing economy the real profitability of an industry needs to be assessed neither on the basis of its increasing rate of return nor on investment in relative terms. In recent decades another or additional approach has been used for measuring the success of an organisation i.e. “Value added statement” (VAS). The value added statement can be defined as a statement of the value created by...

Indicators for Social Cohesion

Social capital, the social economy and community development

Social capital is increasingly used in the field of community development and the social economy. This article describes some of the results to emerge from a three-year research project (CONSCISE Project), which looked at the contribution social capital can make to the social economy within local economic development. Following the definition of social capital, the article examines how it can b...

Social Cohesion

Investigators interested in developing a general theory of social cohesion are confronted with a complex body of work that involves various definitions of social cohesion, specialized literatures on particular dimensions of social cohesion (e.g., membership turnover, organizational commitment, categorical identifications, interpersonal attachments, network structures), and lines of inquiry focu...

Information analysis in mobile social networks for added-value services

The emerging evolution of technology has changed the role of mobile phones which apart from being communication devices are also powerful devices for uploading and consuming content. This fact poses new challenges for the mobile industry, which needs to develop and adapt useful and appealing services for the users in order to enhance the role of the mobile phone as a mainstream device. Adopting...