Rural social enterprises in Europe: A systematic literature review

van Twuijver, Mara Willemijn; Olmedo, Lucas; O'Shaughnessy, Mary; Hennessy, Thia

Rural social enterprises in Europe: A systematic literature review

dc.contributor.author	van Twuijver, Mara Willemijn
dc.contributor.author	Olmedo, Lucas
dc.contributor.author	O'Shaughnessy, Mary
dc.contributor.author	Hennessy, Thia
dc.date.accessioned	2020-04-23T11:50:23Z
dc.date.available	2020-04-23T11:50:23Z
dc.date.issued	2020-03-02
dc.date.updated	2020-04-23T11:41:20Z
dc.description.abstract	There is a growing perception that social enterprises represent a significant solution to the range of contemporary challenges facing rural areas across Europe. However, while much of the existing studies of European rural social enterprises provide a rich insight into specific case studies, as of yet, there is no comprehensive review of the breadth of research currently published on rural social enterprises in Europe. We respond to this gap by providing a systematic literature review incorporating 66 studies of rural social enterprise in Europe. We highlight the range of research in this field and demonstrate how the organisations act as key actors in fulfilling needs of rural areas that are not met otherwise. This systematic literature review confirms that rural social enterprises are characterised by strong local involvement with an ability to combine different goals and resources. Based on this review, we suggest that the rural and local contexts, often combined with tailored external support, are important factors in enabling rural social enterprises. This review also indicates that the academic field is relatively young and rapidly growing, leaving room for new lines of potential research to improve our understanding of these enterprises and their contribution to the development of rural places.	en
dc.description.status	Peer reviewed	en
dc.description.version	Published Version	en
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf	en
dc.identifier.citation	van Twuijver, M. W., Olmedo, L., O'Shaughnessy, M. and Hennessy, T. (2020) 'Rural social enterprises in Europe: A systematic literature review', Local Economy, 35(2), pp.121-142. doi: 10.1177/0269094220907024	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1177/0269094220907024	en
dc.identifier.eissn	1470-9325
dc.identifier.endpage	142	en
dc.identifier.issn	0269-0942
dc.identifier.issued	2	en
dc.identifier.journaltitle	Local Economy	en
dc.identifier.startpage	121	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10468/9849
dc.identifier.volume	35	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications Inc.	en
dc.relation.project	info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020::MSCA-ITN-ETN/721999/EU/Social Enterpreneurship in Structurally Weak Rural Regions: Analysing Innovative Troubleshooters in Action/RURACTION	en
dc.rights	© 2020, the Authors. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).	en
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/	en
dc.subject	Community	en
dc.subject	Context	en
dc.subject	Local development	en
dc.subject	Rural	en
dc.subject	Social enterprise	en
dc.subject	Systematic literature review	en
dc.title	Rural social enterprises in Europe: A systematic literature review	en
dc.type	Article (peer-reviewed)	en