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Managing Hybrid Organizations

Governance, Professionalism and Regulation

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Editors:
  1. Susanna Alexius

    1. Score, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
      Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden

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  2. Staffan Furusten

    1. Score, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
      Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden

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  • Develops theory based on studies of ‘old’ and well established hybrid organizational and forms
  • Includes multidisciplinary perspectives from scholars in management, organization studies, social anthropology, economic history, sociology and political science
  • Sets out the future research agenda for this growing topic of study

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Exploring Constitutional Hybridity

    • Susanna Alexius, Staffan Furusten
    Pages 1-25

  3. Variations and Dynamics of Hybridity in Different Types of Hybrid Organizations

    • Staffan Furusten, Sven-Olof Junker
    Pages 27-48

  4. ‘Same same but different’: Trust, Confidence and Governance Among Swedish Mutual Insurers

    • Mats Larsson, Mikael Lönnborg
    Pages 49-72

  5. Governance Structures in Customer-Owned Hybrid Organizations: Interpreting Democracy in Mutual Insurance Companies

    • Tiziana Sardiello, Susanna Alexius, Staffan Furusten
    Pages 73-94

  6. Having It Both Ways: Managing Contested Market Money in a Civil Society Organization

    • Ola Segnestam Larsson, Susanna Alexius
    Pages 95-108

  7. Hybridity as Fluid Identity in the Organization of Associations

    • Anna Fyrberg Yngfalk, Carl Yngfalk
    Pages 109-128

  8. The Importance of the Owner Relationship in Shaping Hybrid Organizations

    • Anna Thomasson
    Pages 129-155

  9. Logics and Practices of Board Appointments in Hybrid Organizations: The Case of Swedish State-Owned Enterprises

    • Susanna Alexius, Jenny Cisneros Örnberg, Giuseppe Grossi
    Pages 157-178

  10. Hybrid Organizations in the Italian Regional Context: A Case Study from the Cultural Heritage Industry

    • Paolo Canonico, Mario Pezzillo Iacono, Marcello Martinez, Gianluigi Mangia, Stefano Consiglio
    Pages 179-197

  11. Problematic Outcomes of Organization Hybridity: The Case of Samhall

    • Mats Jutterström
    Pages 199-214

  12. Governance Implications from a Re-Hybridizing Agricultural Co-Operative

    • Stefan Einarsson, Filip Wijkström
    Pages 215-241

  13. ‘Becoming a co-operative?’: Emergent Identity and Governance Struggles in the Context of Institutional Ambiguity in a Citizen-Led Health-Care Cooperative

    • Mirjam D. Werner, Sylke F. Jellema
    Pages 243-265

  14. Hybrid Challenges in Times of Changing Institutional Conditions: The Rise and Fall of The Natural Step as a Multivocal Bridge Builder

    • Susanna Alexius, Staffan Furusten
    Pages 267-285

  15. Revenue Diversification in Different Institutional Environments: Financing and Governing the Swedish Art Promotion Movement, 1947–2017

    • Martin Gustavsson
    Pages 287-304

  16. A Legislator’s Inability to Legislate Different Species: A Swedish Case Study Concerning Mutual Insurance Companies

    • Jan Andersson
    Pages 305-320

  17. New International Rules for Corporate Governance and the Roles of Management and Boards of Directors

    • Alexander R. Besher, Staffan Furusten
    Pages 321-332

  18. Managing Hybrid Organizations

    • Staffan Furusten, Susanna Alexius
    Pages 333-360

  19. Back Matter

    Pages 361-364
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About this book

A much-needed addition to literature, this timely edited collection aims to provide clarity and understanding on how modern organizations work. The authors explore the characteristics of hybrid organizations in contemporary society, taking into account the complex societal challenges that face businesses today. Arguing that hybrid organizations are in fact not a new phenomenon, this thought-provoking collection goes beyond existing research and re-evaluates our traditional understanding of this concept. Scholars of organization, management and innovation will find this book an insightful read, as it sheds light on the fundamental aspects that shape today’s hybrid organizations. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Score, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

    Susanna Alexius, Staffan Furusten

  • Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden

    Susanna Alexius, Staffan Furusten

About the editors

Susanna Alexius is Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research at Stockholm University, Sweden.


Staffan Furusten is Associate Professor of Management and Director in the Stockholm Centre for Organizational Research at Stockholm University, Sweden.


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