Online Social Economy Enterprises Mapping Social Economy Organisations in Ontario Sherida Ryan

Online Social Economy Enterprises: What are they? Meet broad criteria applied to on-ground social economy enterprises Rely on internet-based technology to achieve their organizational objectives Online cooperatives, social enterprises, community development initiatives, mutual interest associations, including civil society organizations

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Challenges Traditional definition may not transfer to online milieu Limited to Ontario How to find them: Search engines Key informants Advertise Snowball method

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Timeline January – ongoing –Identify organizations April – May –Develop questionnaire May – July –Interviews –Revise questionnaire July – August –Develop report