Internetowa aktywność gospodarcza spółdzielni socjalnych na dolnym śląsku
On-line business activity of social cooperatives in Lower Silesia

Summary/Abstract: This article is an attempt to establish the level of Internet use in a business activity by managers of social cooperatives operating in Lower Silesia. Social cooperatives as a form of social enterprise must maintain a profitable business activity. Only this way they can provide jobs for people facing social exclusion, which is their primary objective. To make this possible it is necessary to take market orientation approach so also compete with other for-profit entrepreneurs. The article discusses the results of authors’ research about on-line business activity of social cooperatives in Lower Silesia and compares them to the results of an analysis carried out for the small and medium enterprises sector. This sector was chosen as a control group because of similarities between it and the social enterprises sector. The conducted analyzes show a lower level of social cooperatives on-line business activity especially among the newly created entities.

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