Networked social enterprises

The study at hand has as general objective to investigate the type of networks common in the social entrepreneurial sector in Romania. Networking is considered in the academic literature as an important means of information, of social capital creation, of competitive advantage, as well as of increasing resources. The qualitative research developed shows that the Romanian social enterprises tend to be part of small informal networks. The results also show that the main benefits associated with these networks are information and sharing of experience. Although willing to cooperate, social enterprises are oriented more on every-day activities, on solving the various problems they have.