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What is Local Authorities

Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation in Family Businesses and SMEs
The organizations which is responsible for the government of a local area.
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Local Authorities' Incubator as a Tool Supporting the Synergies Between Companies That Apply Corporate Social Responsibility and Social Enterprises
Anastasios K. Sepetis (University of West Attica, Greece), Marilena G. Sanida (University of Piraeus, Greece), and George Pierrakos (University of West Attica, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3648-3.ch013
Abstract
The local authorities' incubator for social enterprises should be supporting the connection of local companies that apply CSR with social enterprises that are trying to succeed social value. The research in this chapter relied on a systematic literature review. After reviewing the literature, a methodology has been developed that describes the process of designing and implementing a local authorities' incubator and the synergies with social enterprises and CSR. The benefit of a local authorities' incubator in the field of social entrepreneurship is the facilitation of new social enterprises to overcome knowledge barriers and implement best business practices. Finally, in this chapter, it is suggested that the cooperation between local companies that apply CSR and local social enterprises under the guidance and support of local authorities' incubator could create synergies and produce new local certified PGI (protected geographical indication) or PDO (protected designations of origin) social/ethical/green/fair-trade products and services and promote the local economy.
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Fiscal Decentralization: Constraints to Revenue-Raising by Local Government in Zimbabwe
The lowest form of government organized at the local level in Zimbabwe. They are otherwise known as local government categorized into urban and rural local authorities (also known as urban and rural district councils).
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E-Government in Malaysia: A Decade After
Agencies that are the lowest tier in the Malaysian government structure.
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