caa a22 4500 606152245 CHVBK 20210128100548.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11266-014-9459-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11266-014-9459-9 "The Most Supportive Environment in the World”? Tracing the Development of an Institutional ‘Ecosystem' for Social Enterprise [Elektronische Daten] [Michael Roy, Neil McHugh, Leslie Huckfield, Alan Kay, Cam Donaldson] While numerous accounts of policy frameworks associated with country-level support for social enterprise activity exist, explanations for when, why and how policy interventions in support of social enterprise have been adopted have been, to date, much more thin on the ground. This paper aims to contribute to addressing this perceived gap by presenting the case of Scotland, recently hailed by First Minister Alex Salmond as "the most supportive environment in the world for social enterprise”. Historical Institutionalism is used to explain how such a ‘supportive environment' might have come about and, looking at, in turn, when, why and how the conditions for social enterprise in Scotland have developed, we attempt to contribute to the ongoing international debate concerning the importance of the policy environment to fostering the conditions for social enterprise activity not only to emerge, but also to thrive. International Society for Third-Sector Research and The Johns Hopkins University, 2014 Socialenterprise nationallicence Scotland nationallicence Historical institutionalism nationallicence Political devolution nationallicence UK nationallicence Roy Michael Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK aut McHugh Neil Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK aut Huckfield Leslie Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK aut Kay Alan Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK aut Donaldson Cam Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK aut VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/3(2015-06-01), 777-800 0957-8765 26:3<777 2015 26 11266 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9459-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11266-014-9459-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Roy Michael Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McHugh Neil Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Huckfield Leslie Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kay Alan Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Donaldson Cam Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 26/3(2015-06-01), 777-800 0957-8765 26:3<777 2015 26 11266