By Roger Spear, Chris Cornforth & Mike Aitken - Open University, UK
In Partnership with the Governance Hub and The Social Enterprise Coalition
This research was commissioned to:
Identify any characteristics of governance practices specific or distinctive to social enterprises.
Identify and examine the governance support needs of social enterprises, the specific sources of governance support they currently access and the limitations and gaps in this provision.
Explore how Governance Hub strategies, services and resources, and those of its successor, might be communicated, adapted, or extended to meet the needs of all types of social enterprises.
Although not all of these aspects are relevant for social enterprise practitioners, and some of the findings are specific to UK based social enterprises, the research on common problems provides some useful insights. Section 2, 4, & 5 are most relevant.