Management and Business

Welcome to the guide for the SEI Impact Internship Program! On this guide you will find links to resources that you can use to find journal articles, news, and statistics relevant to your internship. You'll also find a list of selected books and articles related to research methods and the social economy.

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• Business Source Complete
  Comprehensive database of business and management articles from scholarly and trade journals, working papers, market and industry reports.
• ABI/Inform
  Complimentary to Business Source Complete, with greater coverage of trade publications.
• Conference Board of Canada
  Reports and studies on the economy, organizational performance, and public policy in Canada.
• eMarketer: Reports and statistics related to ecommerce, technology, and social media.
• Academic Search Complete
  A scholarly, multidisciplinary database providing indexing and abstracts for over 10,000 publications, including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, and others.

• Factiva
  News articles from over 32,000 top news sources from around the world.
• Canadian Newsstream
  News articles from over 300 Canadian newspapers. English-language only. (Easier to use than Factiva.)
• Eureka.cc
  Change source from "all content" to "Canada (FR)" to search all major French-language newspapers in Canada

• Statista
• Montréal en statistiques* (Ville de Montréal)
• Vital Signs of Greater Montreal: Report on key factors impacting the quality of life of Montreal's communities.
• Institut de la statistique du Québec*
• Statistics Canada: browse by subject, province or territory, or metropolitan area (ex: Montreal)

See also: Data guide

The following is a selection of books and articles on case study research and qualitative research methods.

• Eisenhardt, K. M. (1989). Building Theories from Case Study Research. Academy of Management Review, 14(4), 532-550.
• Gerring, J. (2007). Case study research: Principles and practices. New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Gillham, B. (2000). Case study research methods. London: Continuum.
• May, T. (2002). Qualitative research in action. London: SAGE.
• Myers, M. D. (2013). Qualitative research in business & management. London: SAGE. (print book)
• Pettigrew, A. M. (1987). Context and Action in the Transformation of the Firm. Journal of Management Studies, 24(6), 649-670.
• Pettigrew, A. M. (2012). Context and Action in the Transformation of the Firm: A Reprise. Journal Of Management Studies, 49(7), 1304-1328.
• Qualitative research in organizations and management. (2006). Bradford: Emerald Group.
  Browse or search the journal for topics of interest (ex. case study research).
• Seidman, I. (2006). Interviewing As Qualitative Research : A Guide for Researchers in Education and the Social Sciences. New York: Teachers College Press.
• Yin, R. K. (2009). Case Study Research. Design and Methods. London: Sage Publications. (print book; click editions and formats for earlier editions)

The following is a selection of articles on social economy, social entrepreneurship and social innovation.

• Bouchard, M. J. (Ed.) (2008). Portrait statistique de l’économie sociale de la région de Montréal. Montréal: Conférence régionale des élus de Montréal et UQAM, Chaire de recherche du Canada en économie sociale.
• Bouchard, M. J., Cruz, F., P., & Zerdani, T. (2015). Social Enterprise in Québec: The Social Economy and the Social Enterprise Concepts. ICSEM Working Papers(23). 
• Bouchard, M. J., & Rousselière, D. (2016). Do Hybrid Organizational Forms of the Social Economy have a Greater Chance of Surviving? An Examination of the Case of Montreal. Voluntas, 27(4), 1894–1922. 
• Dancause, L. (2014). Guide pour développer vos indicateurs d’innovation sociale - Version 1. Montréal: Réseau Québécois en Innovation Sociale.
• Dart, R., Clow, E., & Armstrong, A. (2010). Meaningful difficulties in the mapping of social enterprises. Social Enterprise Journal, 6(3), 186-193. 
• Defourny, J., & Nyssens, M. (2010). Conceptions of Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneurship in Europe and the United States: Convergences and Divergences. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 1(1), 32-53.
• Elson, P. R., & Hall, P. V. (2012). Canadian social enterprises: taking stock. Social Enterprise Journal, 8(3), 216-236.
• Granados, M. L., Hlupic, V., Coakes, E., & Souad, M. (2011). Social enterprise and social entrepreneurship research and theory. Social Enterprise Journal, 7(3), 198-218.
• Lévesque, B., & Mendell, M. (1999). L’économie sociale au Québec : éléments théoriques et empiriques pour le débat et la recherche. Lien social et Politiques(41), 105-118.
• Mair, J., Battilana, J., & Cardenas, J. (2012). Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models. Journal of Business Ethics, 111(3), 353-373.
• McMurtry, J. J., Brouard, F., Elson, P. R., Hall, P. V., Lionais, D., & Vieta, M. (2015). Social Enterprise in Canada: Context, Models and Institutions. ICSEM Working Papers(4).
• Mendell, M. (2010). Reflections on the evolving landscape of social enterprise in North America. Policy and Society, 29(3), 243-256.
• Mendell, M., & Neamtam, N. (2008). The social economy in Quebec: Towards a new political economy. In L. Mook, J. Quarter, & S. Ryan (Eds.), Why the social economy matters (pp. 87-115). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
• Mertens, S., Xhauflair, V., & Marée, M. (2015). Questioning the social return on investment (SROI). SOCENT Publication, 2015(01).
• Neamtam, N. (2005). The Social Economy: Finding a Way Between the Market and the State. Policy Options, July-August, 71-76.
• Réseau Québécois en Innovation Sociale. (2011). Favoriser l’émergence et la pérennisation des innovations sociales au Québec. Synthèse des travaux de la communauté d’intérêt sur l’innovation sociale. Québec: Université du Québec.
• Roy, M. (2016). Synthèse de connaissances : L’entrepreneuriat social et l’entreprise sociale. Montréal: Territoires Innovants en Economie Sociale et Solidaire.
• Trellu-Kane, M., & Sibieude, T. (2011). L'entreprise sociale (aussi) a besoin d'un business plan. Paris: Editions Rue de l'Echiquier. This book is not yet available at McGill, but you can read the summary here: Chaptire 1: Synopsis.