2019
DOI: 10.1177/1032373219856714
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Governance and accounting practices in hybrid organizations: Insights from a sixteenth-century charity in Venice

Abstract: This article explores governance and accounting practices in hybrid organizations. Currently, hybrid organizations represent an increasingly pervasive phenomenon, but their role has also been central in the past. To achieve this aim, we consider the case of a charity, the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, as its activity grew in scope and complexity during the sixteenth century in the Republic of Venice. The Scuole Grandi represents a form of hybrid organizations because these charities were privately managed, but p… Show more

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“…In other words, the dual or even multiple mission, the dual governance and its commercial business at the service of social goals came as "the normal" at CDD (and in similar charitable activities at that time), as if "hybridity" were the rule. This reinforces the evidence of pre-existing hybrids from the scant extant literature on hybrid organizations in historical perspective (Antonelli et al, 2017;Lusiani et al, 2019). Moreover, we find that these historical forms of "hybrid" organizing were not the endpoint of trajectories from commercial to social (Austin et al, 2006;Battilana et, al., 2012;Haigh & Hoffman, 2014), or from social to market (Reay & Hinnings, 2005;Christensen & Laegreid, 2011;Ebrahim et al, 2014): social care was organized in between different spheres from its birth.…”
Section: 1supporting
confidence: 87%
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“…In other words, the dual or even multiple mission, the dual governance and its commercial business at the service of social goals came as "the normal" at CDD (and in similar charitable activities at that time), as if "hybridity" were the rule. This reinforces the evidence of pre-existing hybrids from the scant extant literature on hybrid organizations in historical perspective (Antonelli et al, 2017;Lusiani et al, 2019). Moreover, we find that these historical forms of "hybrid" organizing were not the endpoint of trajectories from commercial to social (Austin et al, 2006;Battilana et, al., 2012;Haigh & Hoffman, 2014), or from social to market (Reay & Hinnings, 2005;Christensen & Laegreid, 2011;Ebrahim et al, 2014): social care was organized in between different spheres from its birth.…”
Section: 1supporting
confidence: 87%
“…Drawing on a case in the charity field in Renaissance Venice, Lusiani et al. (2019) argued that many organizations operate in a condition of established institutional complexity, where hybridity is an embedded feature of organizational action, even historically.…”
Section: The Historical Depth Of Hybriditymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As many charities nowadays, the Scuola Grande di San Rocco (SGSR) had an institutional complexity based on multiple logics, such as devotional, private and public, which required specific measures of governance and accounting. Lusiani et al (2019) demonstrate how the increasingly sophisticated accounting practices of the SGSR were the result of a strictly regulated governance system, which set the rules for the School's bookkeeping. The two systems are found to be co-dependent as they were shown to respond to the different concerns posed by the multiple logics of the SGSR.…”
Section: The 'Accounting and Governance' Contributions In This Issuementioning
confidence: 96%
“…Indeed, a charity is an institutionally complex organisation, with several converging and contrasting interests of different stakeholders. Lusiani et al (2019) explore the role of governance and accounting practices in the charity named Scuola Grande di San Rocco ( Great School of Saint Rocco ) – the most important charitable institution of sixteenth century Venice (Italy) – as a good example of a hybrid organisation of the past. In response to the increasing poverty occurring, this form of charity grew in number in the Republic of Venice, under the title of Scuole Grandi (Great Schools), though they had no educational purpose.…”
Section: The ‘Accounting and Governance’ Contributions In This Issuementioning
confidence: 99%
“…In other words, accounting is a tool to control resources and people in order to support the government in its goals in battling poverty and establishing equilibrium. In contrast, Lusiani et al (2019) explore the role of accounting in a charity in the sixteenth century with regards to change in the scope and complexity of its activities. They argue that accounting is more than just a technique; it is a mechanism that ensures that conflicting situations are managed appropriately.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%