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Social Enterprise Journal | Guest Editor: Janelle A. KerlinIncreasingly, research on social enterprise shows that individual countries and regions identify different definitions and concepts with the social enterprise phenomenon in their areas. Though some few regional proposals have attempted to align understandings of the concept, little has been done to create an operating framework that allows countries to retain their unique understanding and practice of social enterprise while at the same time provide a bridge to a broader international discussion on the topic.To address this problem, Kerlin, in a 2013 study, draws on the theory of historical institutionalism to examine how institutional context influences the development of social enterprise across different countries.  Using socioeconomic datasets on societal institutions and descriptive accounts of country contexts for social enterprise, she constructs a conceptual framework for large institutional processes shaping social enterprise that  points to a preliminary typology of social enterprise models. Thus, rather than a restrictive definition of social enterprise, the study leads to an initial conceptual framework that spans regional differences in the term and allows for a wide range of social enterprise activity to be understood. While broad connections between levels of civil society, government, market and international aid have been associated with variance in social enterprise, this research identifies specific institutional pathways to unique social enterprise models in different geographic areas.More research on individual country experiences with social enterprise is needed to refine, broaden, and validate the framework for it to contribute on a practical level to the facilitation of cross-regional dialogue and research, the transfer and replication of social enterprise ideas, and the identification of structures and resources for their support. (...)Lire la suite : http://www.emeraldinsight.com/authors/writing/calls.htm?id=4954Deadline: 15 January 2014