Social enterprises in the EU
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Social enterprises in the EU (IVOR nr. 111) 2018/1.4.1.3:1.4.1.3 Selection of cases
Social enterprises in the EU (IVOR nr. 111) 2018/1.4.1.3
1.4.1.3 Selection of cases
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mr. A. Argyrou, datum 01-02-2018
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01-02-2018
- Auteur
mr. A. Argyrou
- JCDI
JCDI:ADS591638:1
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Ondernemingsrecht / Rechtspersonenrecht
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M.Q. Patton, Qualitative Research and Evaluation Methods: Integrating Theory and Practice (4th edn, Sage 2015).
J. Mason, Qualitative Researching (2nd edn, Sage 2002). Mason in p. 124 defines theoretical sampling as ‘constructing a sample (sometimes called a study group) which is meaningful theoretically and empirically, because it builds in certain characteristics or criteria which help to develop and test your theory or your argument’.
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The selection of cases, i.e. social enterprises employing tailor-made legal forms, for the case studies in Chapter 3, is based on a sampling logic that is both purposeful and theoretical. The purposeful selection constitutes an a priori strategic selection of certain social enterprises amongst others because they provide rich insights regarding the examined topic of participatory governance, while serving the purpose of the study.1 The selected social enterprises employ legal variations of the three tailor-made legal forms for social enterprises. They also constitute variations of social enterprises operating in different sectors.
Accordingly, the three examined social enterprises in Greece employ the legal variations of the Koinsep as dictated in the Greek tailor-made law for social enterprises, i.e. the Koinsep of Integration, the Koinsep of Care, and the Koinsep of Collective and Productive Purpose. The three examined social enterprises in the UK concern the legal variations of the CIC prescribed by the UK Companies (Audit, Investigations and Community Enterprise) Act of 2004 and the CIC Regulations of 2005, such as the CIC limited by guarantee, the CIC limited by shares and the public limited CIC. Finally, the three examined social enterprises in Belgium concern variations of the VSO legal label (applied in addition to the cooperative legal form) that originate from different sectors, e.g. VSOs in the housing sector compared to VSOs in the micro-finance and energy sector.
The theoretical selection logic regards the selection of social enterprises that exhibit rich theoretical insights, i.e. the selection of cases for testing and/or generating theory.2 The nine social enterprises that were selected for the case studies, exhibit rich theoretical insights for testing and/or improving the theory concerning stakeholder participation in social enterprises, but also concerning theoretical variations of the examined phenomenon, e.g. the concept of stakeholder membership in participatory governance.
In addition, the case studies provide in their methodological Sub-sections information concerning the research protocol that was applied for the collection of empirical data from various sources. The replicated research protocol involves: (i) the collection of data from in-depth semi-structured interviews; (ii) the use of observations from visits to the social enterprises; and (iii) the collection of data from various relevant documents and websites. The analysis of the collected data is based on the consistent application of certain qualitative techniques of data analysis developed in the social science discipline. This is explained in detail on a per case study level in the methodological Sub-sections of the case studies.