3.5.5.1 Limitations and future research

The case study was subject to certain methodological limitations, namely: (i) it only examined one particular legal form of social enterprise, and was subject to the rules of one particular jurisdiction, i.e. the public limited CIC legal form in the UK; (ii) it lacked the input of interviews due to the young and incomplete organisational structure of the selected organisation; and finally (iii) it lacked my input of empirical observations regarding the processes conducted in the examined organisations. Consequently, the outcome of the examined case study was preliminary and immature. However, it could be further developed in future research, which could employ – in full – the replicated method used in other empirical studies. The foregoing could be done when Stratford PLCIC grows and fulfils its community aspirations, objectives and organisational structure largely.