“…In a practical sense, the special issue also recognizes the new reality of convergence (Austin et al, 2007;Seitanidi, 2010), particularly that between ''what your shareholders want and what is best for millions of people the world over'' (Annan, 2001), which requires interdisciplinary understanding (Bendell et al, 2010), new skills (Waddock, 2009;Williams, 2010), and new organizational capacities (Seitanidi, 2008). New fields of enquiry thus might include studies of shifting boundaries of social sectors; the emergence of new organizational forms as a result of intense interactions; the development of constellations of entities that address pressing social problems; the legal and governance implications of intensified interactions; the intensity and consequences of social interactions in value creation processes; the consequences of such intense interactions on the socio-political environment; the effects of organizational and collective identities; the development of multilevel models that can be applied in different contexts; and change as a result of interactions between context and action.…”