The dynamics and long-term stability of social enterprise

Dennis Young; Janelle Kerlin; Simon Teasdale; Jung In Soh

The dynamics and long-term stability of social enterprise

Dennis Young, Janelle Kerlin, Simon Teasdale, Jung In Soh

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Abstract

The research literature pays relatively little attention to the long term dynamics of social enterprises. This is an especially important lacuna because all social enterprises contain intrinsic tensions that can lead to long term instability, fundamental transformation or demise. In particular, social enterprises try to balance market success with social impact, and a host of different organizational forms have been devised to achieve different versions of this balance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Patterns in Social Entrepreneurship Research
Editors	K. Jill, B. Sophie
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Pages	217-240
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Print)	9781781003589
Publication status	Published - 2012

Keywords

social enterprise
social entrepreneurship
stability
sustainability
organisational behaviour

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Business,Management and Accounting

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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