The social enterprise a form of innovated organization

Abstract

With a theoretic approximation to the innovation and to the social enterprises, it is analyzed some relevant experiences arisen at the social enterprise; with this it seeks to establish if the social enterprise can be considered as an innovated organization form. The experiences in the world take form from contributions arisen on the XIX century; being the Robert Owen’s ideas the starting point for the conformation of the first consumption cooperative, which was integrated by entrepreneurs men known as the Rochadale’s pioneers. Shortly thereafter, arising the savings established by Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen and Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch in Germany. During the XX century are located in Canada two relevant experiences: the Antigonish movement and the Desjardins savings and credit cooperatives. Equally, at Spain arises the important experience from the Mondragon enterprises. More recent enterprises arise in Brazil with the cooperative’s technologic incubators; in Bangladesh include the social enterprises of Yunus; at Argentine and Uruguay it is situated the retrieved enterprises and in Mexico the credit and savings and production cooperatives. Concluding that by themselves the social enterprises are an example of innovation, creating economic value and social value for their members and the communities where they are developed. Besides that in different epoch, with its conformation has contributed to the solution of common problems that have distressed different sectors from the world population.