Social Entrepreneurship & Network Management

The aim of this book is to discuss how the process of social management and development takes place on the basis of social networks, to verify the interests that led entrepreneurs to seek out the solidarity economy incubator of the Father Leo Commissari Association to start their companies and to identify the role of the network in the development of the incubated companies. The research, which was qualitative in nature, used secondary data to characterise the neighbourhood in which the social incubator is located, and primary data from two companies linked to it. The information collected and analysed made it possible to verify the entrepreneurs' perception of the incubator and to find out, from their perspective, whether being part of the social network has changed their lives. The theoretical framework of social management, development and social networks also made it possible to verify the entrepreneurs' perceptions of the incubator and the social network they are part of. Finally, we looked at some aspects related to learning and administrative management, continuity and the strengthening of incubated ventures.