A geographical analysis of social enterprises: the case of Ireland

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dc.contributor.authorOlmedo, Lucasen
dc.contributor.authorO’Shaughnessy, Maryen
dc.contributor.authorHolloway, Paulen
dc.contributor.funderDepartment of Rural and Community Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-31T11:35:01Z
dc.date.available2025-01-31T11:35:01Z
dc.date.issued2024en
dc.description.abstractPurpose: This study aims to conduct a geographical analysis of the distribution and type of activities developed by social enterprises in rural and urban areas of Ireland. Design/methodology/approach: The study analyses data of more than 4,000 social enterprises against a six-tier rural/urban typology, using descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests to test six hypotheses. Findings: The study shows a geographical rural–urban pattern in the distribution of social enterprises in Ireland, with a positive association between the remoteness of an area and the ratio of social enterprises, and a lack of capital-city effect related to the density of social enterprises. The analysis also shows a statistically significant geographical rural–urban pattern for the types of activities developed by social enterprises. The authors observe a positive association between the remoteness of the areas and the presence of social enterprises operating in the community and local development sector whereas the association is not significant for social enterprises developing welfare services. Research limitations/implications: The paper shows the potential of using recently developed rural–urban typologies and tools such as geographical information systems for conducting geographical research on social enterprises. The findings also have implications for informing spatially sensitive policymaking on social enterprises. Originality/value: The merging of a large national data set of social enterprises with geographical tools and data at subregional level contributes to the methodological advancement of the field of social enterprises, providing tools and frameworks for a nuanced and spatially sensitive analysis of these organisations. © 2024, Lucas Olmedo, Mary O. Shaughnessy and Paul Holloway.en
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Rural and Community Development (NUI Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Rural Development 2022)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationOlmedo, L., Shaughnessy, M.O. and Holloway, P. (2024) 'A geographical analysis of social enterprises: the case of Ireland. Social Enterprise Journal', 20(4), pp. 499-521. https://doi.org/10.1108/SEJ-09-2023-0105en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1108/SEJ-09-2023-0105en
dc.identifier.endpage521en
dc.identifier.issn17508614en
dc.identifier.issued4
dc.identifier.journaltitleSocial Enterprise Journalen
dc.identifier.startpage499en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16945
dc.identifier.volume20
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEmerald Publishingen
dc.rights© 2024, the Authors. This work is made available under the CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectGeographyen
dc.subjectQuantitative researchen
dc.subjectRural social enterprisesen
dc.subjectSocial economy organisationsen
dc.subjectUrban social enterprisesen
dc.titleA geographical analysis of social enterprises: the case of Irelanden
dc.typeArticle (peer reviewed)en
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