The theme of the Conference for ECIE 2014 is "Societal-driven innovation and entrepreneurship". At this conference we would like to underline an important European innovation and entrepreneurship challenge of enhancing the development of the social economy sector.

Social media is a field of growing importance in our understanding of society, business and education. Emerging from the rapid adoption of internet technologies social media is liable to grow even more ubiquitous, as the smart phone, tablet and other mobile platforms proliferate . Social media...