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Social Innovation and Social Enterprises

Toward a Holistic Perspective

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Editors:
  1. Antonino Vaccaro

    1. IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain

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  2. Tommaso Ramus

    1. Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics (CLSBE), Lisbon, Portugal

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  • Brings together contributions of the most established researchers in the field of social innovation and entrepreneurship
  • Addresses questions such as; What is social innovation? What is social enterprise? and many more!
  • Provides a critical analysis of the challenges and opportunities associated with social enterprises and innovation

Part of the book series: Issues in Business Ethics (IBET, volume 62)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Social Innovation and Social Enterprises: Acknowledging Ethical Roots to Boost Positive Societal Change

    • Antonino Vaccaro, Tommaso Ramus
    Pages 1-13

  3. Organizational Hybridity, Social Enterprise, and Social Innovation: Disentangling Concepts to Advance Theory and Practice

    • Marya Besharov
    Pages 15-33

  4. How Can Cross-Sector Collaborations Foster Social Innovation? A Review

    • Anne-Claire Pache, Anne-Laure Fayard, Marco Galo
    Pages 35-62

  5. A Behavioral and Cognitive View of Social Innovation

    • Anna Deréky, Stefano Brusoni
    Pages 63-82

  6. Leadership in Social Enterprises: A Paradigm for Purpose-Led Organizations

    • John Almandoz, Yih-Teen Lee
    Pages 83-108

  7. Spirituality and the Social Enterprise: A Paradox Lens

    • Miguel Pina e Cunha, Miguel Alves Martins, Arménio Rego, Ricardo Zózimo
    Pages 109-135

  8. A Holistic Perspective on Social Performance in Social Enterprises: Disentangling Social Impact from Operational Sustainability

    • Christina Hertel, Sophie Bacq, G. T. Lumpkin
    Pages 137-172

  9. The Adoption of Managerialist Practices in Social Enterprises

    • Karin Kreutzer
    Pages 173-186

  10. Being for Profit, Non-profit, or Both? The Risk Advantage of Social Enterprises in the Face of Shocks

    • Francesca Capo, Francesco Rullani
    Pages 187-214

  11. Scaling Enterprises: A Critique and Opportunity

    • Clodia Vurro, M. Tina Dacin
    Pages 215-242

  12. Select Conclusive Thoughts and Perspectives to Guide Further Research

    • Antonino Vaccaro, Tommaso Ramus
    Pages 243-250

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 251-251
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About this book

This book provides an exhaustive, critical analysis of the challenges and opportunities associated with social enterprises and social innovation.  More specifically, it addresses questions such as: What is a social innovation? Which are the best theories that explain how social innovations are generated and propagated in the global society? What is a social enterprise? Which are the theoretical perspectives that best describe the functioning of Social Enterprises , the threats and opportunities? How do social enterprises deal with the profit and non profit worlds and how these interactions affect their capability to be social innovators?The most recent literature has focused on strategies integrating conflicting logic, organizational practices or processes. In all these cases, the hybrid nature of the organization is implemented and sustained through original business models, new organizational arrangements and governance and novel strategies.  We believe that the hybridand institutional perspectives are just one of the many theoretical lenses that can be used to frame social innovation and social enterprises. Along this line, some have highlighted the inherent ethical nature of these phenomena, the critical role played by ethical values whose advancement go well beyond what expected by the corporate social responsibility, business ethics and institutional theorizing.

This book follows these perspectives exploring the link between social innovation and social enterprises, presenting them as a new  a new possible field of research that support new ways to understand and theorize individual, organizational and community behaviors.

Editors and Affiliations

  • IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain

    Antonino Vaccaro

  • Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics (CLSBE), Lisbon, Portugal

    Tommaso Ramus

About the editors

Antonino Vaccaro is a professor and the Academic Director of the Center for Business in Society at IESE Business School. He has authored over 20 papers in top journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Research Policy, Journal of Business Ethics, Business Ethics Quarterly, Ethics and Information Technology, etc. He serves as section editor of the Journal of Business Ethics and organizes regularly conferences, thematic symposia, workshops on social innovation and social entrepreneurship in Europe, US, Africa and Latin America.

Tommaso Ramus is an associate professor,  Fundaçao Amelia de Mello Faculty Fellow in Social Innovation and the academic director of the Center for Ethics in Business and Economics at Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics. His research focuses on hybrid organizations, social innovation and social enterprises. His publications have appeared in the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Studies, the Business Ethics Quarterly, the Journal of Business Ethics and Voluntas.   

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