Unlike in the United States, laws for social enterprise as a unique entity have been devel- opedinanumberofWesternEuropeancountries–particularlywheretherearerestrictionson associations carrying out commercial activities (CEC, 2001). These laws aim to “encourage the entrepreneurial and commercial provision of social and welfare services and to increase the participation of women in labor markets, whilst involving various stakeholders (workers, voluntary workers, target groups, and municipalities) in the production process” (CEC, 2001, p. 25).