Social enterprises

Bandini, Federica

doi:10.9774/gleaf.9781783534067_8

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“…These organisations combine social and commercial logic to pursue the organisation’s objectives around social, economic and environmental impact (Boni et al , 2021). Their distinct focus from traditional non-profit and commercial organisations has attracted academic and practitioners’ enthusiasm to study their operations (Bandini, 2016) to understand the impact and unique approaches to solving the most challenging sustainable development issues and global problems of poverty, unemployment, climate change and inequality (Rygh et al , 2022; Sinkovics et al , 2022).…”

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Partnering for impact: unveiling the dynamics of collaboration between social enterprises and impact investors in emerging economies

Emmanuel,

Wijewardena,

Rammal

et al. 2023

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Purpose This study empirically aims to examine the collaboration between social enterprises (SEs) and impact investors (IIs), which are organisations with similar interests but with distinct logics, and in high demand in emerging economies with complex problems. Despite the significant economic contributions of these organisations, there have been limited studies examining how they collaborate in different contexts, including theoretical insights explaining how they gain partner fit from resource synergy. Design/methodology/approach Mainstream businesses use the compatibility and complementarity concepts to examine buyer–supplier strategic alliances. Using similar concepts in the context of hybrid organisations, the authors interviewed six pairs of SEs and IIs with dyadic relations in Nigeria, aiming to deeply understand how they align dissimilar logics in pursuing common goals in emerging economies. Findings The authors’ findings revealed how compatibility criteria from the institutional logics perspective and complementarity from social exchange theory guide collaboration between SEs and IIs in an emerging economy. Using these theories provides new insights that distinguish SEs and IIs collaboration from conventional theories on the internationalisation of businesses, which remained insufficient for understanding the cross-border operations of SEs. Practical implications The study holds practical implications for organisations, regardless of their size, international investors, governments, organisations and individuals desiring to pursue sustainable business agendas in emerging economies with huge impact opportunities and the process involved. Originality/value The outcomes of this study extend knowledge of the theoretical lens examining collaborative entrepreneurship from the perspective of hybrid organisations. It also challenged existing knowledge on collaboration between SEs and IIs, often characterised by potential tensions due to the dissimilarity of institutional logics of actors.

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