LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Baltijos šalys (Baltic states); Estija (Estonia); Latvija (Latvia); Socialinės įmonės; Kaimo vietovės; Bendradarbiavimas; Social enterprises; Rural areas; Collaboration.
ENThis research aims to explore the evolution of rural social enterprises in the Baltic states by highlighting the factors that influence their development and the interplay among their different stakeholders. Specifically, the article addresses the following aspects: processes and factors that facilitate or hinder the development of rural social enterprises, financial and policy challenges and barriers encountered and ways in which social enterprises overcome them; collaborations developed between social enterprises and their stakeholders and clients; development support needs of social enterprises; rural SE models. This chapter provides information about the earlier issues by presenting a cross-case analysis of rural social enterprises from Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. [Extract, p. 252-253]