What does «empresa social» mean in Spanish?
- In a social enterprise, the goal is to generate revenue and profit, and to use innovative and creative means (such as collaboration with all sectors of the economy) to move forward. Social enterprises can take many different forms, from museum gift stores, institutions of higher education and not-for-profit opera companies to socially conscious enterprises such as Google, cooperatives such as Florida Natural, or social enterprise projects such as Newman's Own Food Products. London Social Enterprise defines social enterprise as "a business with primarily social objectives whose surpluses are primarily reinvested for that purpose in the business or community, rather than being driven by the need to maximize profit for shareholders and owners" and also uses three main characteristics to define social enterprises: 1. Business orientation: They are directly involved in the production of goods or the provision of services to a market. They seek to be viable commercial organizations, with an operating surplus.