Abstract
AbstractThis chapter concerns the role and characteristics of social enterprises (SEs), within nonprofit organizations, and it describes their legal evolution as well as their main dimensions (i.e., entrepreneurial, social, and inclusive ownership governance). Social cooperative enterprises (SCEs), as the most adopted legal form for SEs, represent one example of hybrid organizations that blur the boundaries between the non-profit and for-profit sectors by adopting social missions while generating profit to sustainably accomplish that missions. Therefore, the development of SCEs, both internationally and in Italy, has been highlighted; as well as their evolution in the literature on economics and management studies has been presented.
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