The Social Economy and the Social Enterprise Concept in Québec
Paulo Cruz Filho
UQAM
Paulo Cruz Filho (born in Curitiba, Brazil) is an academic on business, management, strategy and social economy & nonprofit organizations. He is a professor at FAE Business School, where he is the coordinator of two post-graduation programs on "Social Entrepreneurship" and on "Sustainability and Governance". Paulo is also one of the coordinators of the Integral Leadership Program, and he teaches strategy and management on graduation, post graduation and MBA programs. He is currently a PhD student at Université du Québec à Montréal, studying the strategic positioning of social enterprises. Paulo works as a research assistant at the Canadian Research Chair on Social Economy, is a member of ICSEM-EMES team (International Comparative Social Enterprise Models), a member of RILESS (Red de investigadores latinoamericanos de economía social y solidaria) and a member of the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER). Paulo is also main partner of the strategic management consulting firm Brain - Bureau de Inteligência Corporativa.
Abstract
This article explores how the social enterprise concept is used in Québec. Focusing on the historical, institutional, and current conceptual understanding of the social economy in Québec, it explores the related definitions,... [ view full abstract ]
Authors
- Marie J. Bouchard (UQAM)
- Paulo Cruz Filho (UQAM)
- Tassadit Zerdani (UQAM)
Topic Area
Social enterprise models in an international perspectives
Session
E01 » Social enterprise models in North America (17:30 - Thursday, 2nd July, TBC)
Paper
Canada__Quebec__-_Bouchard_et_al_FINAL.pdf
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