Efficient and sustainable enterprises
A recently debated thesis discusses major contemporary topics related to production organisations
Running a company well, with increased attention to how its activities affect environmental and social sustainability this entails multiple courses of action, which could blend into a single goal able to, amongst other things, change production culture itself.
This is what asserts Manuel Perrenchio in “Imprenditoria, occupazione e sostenibilità: la nuova frontiera del business sociale” (“Entrepreneurship, employment and sustainability: the new frontier of social business”), a thesis debated at the University of Valle d’Aosta, Department of Human and Social Sciences, which provides an interesting snapshot of a complex and constantly evolving topic.
As Perrenchio himself explains: “This study is based on the analysis of characteristics, potential and margins for growth of social business’ new entrepreneurial model within the contemporary social and economic framework”. Indeed, the main goal of the study is to “pay attention to the phenomenon’s social dimension and to the particular relationship existing between the latter and its surrounding environment”. The investigation blends different themes and contexts: environmental and economic sustainability, employment, technology and the development of entrepreneurship. Another aim is to illustrate how compatible a company’s social ends and its own good management are. Thus, Perrenchio goes through three stages: first of all, he aptly frames the meaning of social business; then he explores its potential, linking it to technology, employment and environmental sustainability; and finally he ends with a real corporate case study that provides the chance for a first practical testing of the theoretical concepts put forward.
In his conclusions, Perrenchio writes: “The new model of social business entails a type of enterprise with great operational and functional potential, especially when looking to the future, when finding prompt and tangible solutions to the threats involved in human evolution will be of imperative significance. In particular, the model shows incredible technical efficiency in dealing with and resolving social issues, more than any other non-profit organisation, which by its nature requires to be greatly adaptable to social needs. The dynamism of a social business, situated in a transversal position that allows it to assimilate the more functional characteristics of other types of enterprises, becomes a very appealing operational tool within an economic eco-system in constant evolution and entails a number of profitable and innovative features”.
Manuel Perrenchio’s research study does not include much that is new about this topic, but has the great merit of providing a useful framework to better understand it.
Imprenditoria, occupazione e sostenibilità: la nuova frontiera del business sociale (“Entrepreneurship, employment and sustainability: the new frontier of social business”)
Manuel Perrenchio
Thesis, University of Valle d’Aosta. Department of Human and Social Sciences. Three-year programme in Languages and Communication for business and tourism, 2022
A recently debated thesis discusses major contemporary topics related to production organisations
Running a company well, with increased attention to how its activities affect environmental and social sustainability this entails multiple courses of action, which could blend into a single goal able to, amongst other things, change production culture itself.
This is what asserts Manuel Perrenchio in “Imprenditoria, occupazione e sostenibilità: la nuova frontiera del business sociale” (“Entrepreneurship, employment and sustainability: the new frontier of social business”), a thesis debated at the University of Valle d’Aosta, Department of Human and Social Sciences, which provides an interesting snapshot of a complex and constantly evolving topic.
As Perrenchio himself explains: “This study is based on the analysis of characteristics, potential and margins for growth of social business’ new entrepreneurial model within the contemporary social and economic framework”. Indeed, the main goal of the study is to “pay attention to the phenomenon’s social dimension and to the particular relationship existing between the latter and its surrounding environment”. The investigation blends different themes and contexts: environmental and economic sustainability, employment, technology and the development of entrepreneurship. Another aim is to illustrate how compatible a company’s social ends and its own good management are. Thus, Perrenchio goes through three stages: first of all, he aptly frames the meaning of social business; then he explores its potential, linking it to technology, employment and environmental sustainability; and finally he ends with a real corporate case study that provides the chance for a first practical testing of the theoretical concepts put forward.
In his conclusions, Perrenchio writes: “The new model of social business entails a type of enterprise with great operational and functional potential, especially when looking to the future, when finding prompt and tangible solutions to the threats involved in human evolution will be of imperative significance. In particular, the model shows incredible technical efficiency in dealing with and resolving social issues, more than any other non-profit organisation, which by its nature requires to be greatly adaptable to social needs. The dynamism of a social business, situated in a transversal position that allows it to assimilate the more functional characteristics of other types of enterprises, becomes a very appealing operational tool within an economic eco-system in constant evolution and entails a number of profitable and innovative features”.
Manuel Perrenchio’s research study does not include much that is new about this topic, but has the great merit of providing a useful framework to better understand it.
Imprenditoria, occupazione e sostenibilità: la nuova frontiera del business sociale (“Entrepreneurship, employment and sustainability: the new frontier of social business”)
Manuel Perrenchio
Thesis, University of Valle d’Aosta. Department of Human and Social Sciences. Three-year programme in Languages and Communication for business and tourism, 2022