Social E-Enterprise: Value Creation through ICT

Torres-Coronas and Vidal-Blasco (management, U. Rovira i Virgili, Spain) compile 15 chapters by business, economics, strategy, information systems and technology, sociology, and other researchers from Europe, North America, Morocco, and Australia, who describe applications of information and communications technology (ICT) in the social enterprise world and the role of ICT in the promotion and development of this non-profit sector, which addresses social needs such as the advancement of people and the inclusion of vulnerable groups. The book aims to show the power of ICT for the social economy and provide research on ICT and the social enterprise, the experiences of social enterprises using ICT for higher levels of social and economic performance, the use of technology to make new configurations of the social enterprise value chain, processes used to support the technological aspect of a new social e-enterprise model, and how social e-entrepreneurship is a source of growth and wealth creation in emerging, developing, and developed economies. Chapters discuss business intelligence tools, technology to engage individuals with disabilities in society, the role of telework in social enterprise activities and the creation of networks and links between social organizations, technological innovations and mobile social networks in social e-enterprise, social entrepreneurship promotion organizations, the benefits of e-learning programs, the role of ICT in fostering transnational diaspora entrepreneurship by reducing obstacles, and cases on internet usage and electronic commerce in agri-food cooperatives, a non-profit special employment center for social integration through employment of disabled people, the role of ICT in sports fan management, and other topics.

This book provides valuable insights about the key opportunities of social e-enterprises and the implementation of ICT. Chapters of the book reflect the value added power of ICT. This is the power of transforming business relationships, business processes and collaborative networks between social enterprises and stakeholders through IT transformative communication processes.