Socialt företagande i Europa - - En fallstudie av Sverige och Storbritannien
ArbetslöshetEU2020 strateginSocialt företagandeSociala firmorUnemploymentEU2020 strategySocial enterpriseSocial firms
A relatively new sector in the world is the one concerning social enterprises and their development. Social enterprises are enterprises that are working with social objectives, their goal is not to make as much money as possible. This essay is looking at the development in social enterprises in two countries; Great Britain and Sweden and how the employee numbers in the enterprises have changed over time. The result shows a large increase in the number of employees in the enterprises in Sweden, however the enterprises in Great Britain does show a declining number of employees. This essay also tries to examine whether a couple of external factors, taken from a series of already existing theories, are affecting the possibility of development in these enterprises. However the result shows that no greater correlation can be found with the exception of Sweden and the number of employees which are correlating with the number of people living in the country with a membership in another country.