Management in social enterprises: the influence of the use of strategic tools in business performance

Palacio, Joan Ramón Sanchís; Climent, Vanessa Campos; Mohedano-Suanes, Antonia

doi:10.1007/s11365-013-0262-7

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“…The first model developed investigates the effect of IC sub-components on economic performance for fiscal year 2014. The dependent variable was represented by ROA, an operating profitability measure commonly used in financial analysis calculated as the ratio between operating profit and total assets (Kong and Thomson, 2009;Sanchis-Palacio et al, 2013). Although social cooperatives are NPOs, they must be able to operate in balance and effectively manage their assets in order to survive in the long term.…”

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confidence: 99%

Intellectual capital and financial performance in social cooperative enterprises

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Ciambotti

Palazzi

et al. 2018

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence of the relationship between intellectual capital (IC) and economic performance, with focus on social cooperative enterprises (SCEs) that work in non-profit sectors. Design/methodology/approach A survey was developed and administered in Italy. A final sample of 151 SCEs participated in the study. Data were collected on IC measures, social enterprise activities and economic and mission-based performance outcomes. Findings Two hypotheses that proposed a positive association between IC sub-components (i.e. human capital, structural capital and relational capital) and the economic and mission-based performance of SCEs were tested. Findings highlight that human capital contributes to explain economic performance which is positively affected by the presence of graduate employees and value added per employee. However, economic performance is negatively affected by the yearly training per employee. In addition, human and relational capital contribute to explain mission-based performance which is positively affected by yearly training, the value added per employee and the quality of relationships with customers. However, mission-based performance is negatively affected by the relationships’ quality with the reference territorial community. Therefore, relational capital would seem to affect only mission-based performance, and human capital influences both dimensions of corporate performance. Structural capital does not affect social cooperatives’ performance. Practical implications Some of the results in this study are particular to this research setting. It is therefore important for senior leaders of SCEs to take the results of general IC literature with a grain of salt. Whereas most of the academic literature generally supports the positive relationship of all IC sub-components (i.e. human, structural and relational capital) with performance outcomes, this is not the case in this particular study. Originality/value This is the first empirical study that has examined the linkages between IC sub-components and performance outcomes in SCEs in Italy.

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confidence: 99%

Intellectual capital and financial performance in social cooperative enterprises

Bontis

Ciambotti

Palazzi

et al. 2018

JIC

151

177

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“…In the micro‐view, entrepreneurship and innovation together are promoted as the most viable factors for success in today's companies, but the successful implementation of innovations is rather limited (Kuratko et al ., ). Hence, many companies look for attainable strategies to remain successful and competitive in the marketplace by increasing their entrepreneurial efforts (Sanchis‐Palacio et al ., ). Drucker () proposed four types of strategy for this task: (a) aiming at leadership positions, (b) creative imitation, (c) acquiring a practical monopoly, and (d) changing values and characteristics inside companies (Drucker, ; Schumpeter, ).…”

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Sustainable Corporate Entrepreneurship: Performance and Strategies Toward Innovation

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The field of sustainable corporate entrepreneurship is in a nascent stage. By developing a position matrix of companies with respect to their corporate entrepreneurship and sustainability performance, we make conceptual contributions to an integrated perspective on elements supporting a sustainable corporate entrepreneurship process. We propose that such a process without evolving corporate sustainability is misleading. Methodologically, we investigate publicly available index ratings to assess strategies for and qualitative measurement of the sustainable development and innovation performance of eight top‐ranked international companies. Findings show that the strategies of the identified companies correspond well to our typology and allow suggestions of where efforts for corporate sustainability and/or entrepreneurship could be reinforced to gain or maintain a benchmark position. The article will clarify underlying elements of, and help to advance strategies for the implementation of, a sustainable corporate entrepreneurship process. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

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“…; Sanchis‐Palacio et al. ; Tan and Yoo ). However, although ROA and ROE incorporate the idea of efficiency, they could be biased by the denominators.…”

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Social Investment in Spain: How Do Solidarity Mutual Funds Decide the Allocation of Solidarity Funding Between Social Economy Organizations?

Arceiz

Pérez-Grueso

Torres

2017

Ann Public Coop Econ

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Solidarity mutual funds (SMFs) are a financial product oriented toward funding social economy organizations (SEOs). The main characteristic of these mutual funds, known in other countries as social investment, is that part of their management fees is allocated to support SEOs. In Spain, the criteria used in the allocation process of these funds have not been studied. The aim of this paper is to analyze the decision model of SMFs. To this end, we developed a logit regression model. The obtained results show that the decision model of SMFs promotes the development of commercial activity and favors a specific ideology and values and an exclusive relationship with the main funders.

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Management in social enterprises: the influence of the use of strategic tools in business performance

Cited by 26 publications

References 32 publications

Intellectual capital and financial performance in social cooperative enterprises

Intellectual capital and financial performance in social cooperative enterprises

Sustainable Corporate Entrepreneurship: Performance and Strategies Toward Innovation

Social Investment in Spain: How Do Solidarity Mutual Funds Decide the Allocation of Solidarity Funding Between Social Economy Organizations?

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