@article{EbrahimBattilanaMair, author = {Ebrahim, Alnoor and Battilana, Julie and Mair, Johanna}, title = {The Governance of Social Enterprises: Mission drift and accountability challenges in hybrid organizations}, series = {Research in Organizational Behavior}, volume = {34}, journal = {Research in Organizational Behavior}, doi = {10.1016/j.riob.2014.09.001}, pages = {81 -- 100}, abstract = {We examine the challenges of governance facing organizations that pursue a social mission through the use of market mechanisms. These hybrid organizations, often referred to as social enterprises, combine aspects of both charity and business at their core. In this paper we distinguish between two ideal types of such hybrids, differentiated and integrated, and we conceptualize two key challenges of governance they face: accountability for dual performance objectives and accountability to multiple principal stakeholders. We revisit the potential and limitations of recently introduced legal forms to address these challenges. We then theorize about the importance of organizational governance and the role of governing boards in particular, in prioritizing and aligning potentially conflicting objectives and interests in order to avoid mission drift and to maintain organizational hybridity in social enterprises. Finally, we discuss future research directions and the implications of this work for rethinking traditional categories of organizations, namely business and charity.}, language = {en} } @article{MairBattilanaCardenas, author = {Mair, Johanna and Battilana, Julie and C{\´a}rdenas, Julian}, title = {Organizing for Society: A Typology of Social Entrepreneuring Models}, series = {Journal of Business Ethics}, volume = {111}, journal = {Journal of Business Ethics}, number = {3}, doi = {10.1007/s10551-012-1414-3}, pages = {353 -- 373}, abstract = {In this article, we use content and cluster analysis on a global sample of 200 social entrepreneurial organizations to develop a typology of social entrepreneuring models. This typology is based on four possible forms of capital that can be leveraged: social, economic, human, and political. Furthermore, our findings reveal that these four social entrepreneuring models are associated with distinct logics of justification that may explain different ways of organizing across organizations. This study contributes to understanding social entrepreneurship as a field of practice and it describes avenues for theorizing about the different organizational approaches adopted by social entrepreneurs.}, language = {en} } @incollection{SeelosMairBattilanaetal., author = {Seelos, Christian and Mair, Johanna and Battilana, Julie and Dacin, M. Tina}, title = {The embeddedness of social entrepreneurship: Understanding variation across geographic communities}, series = {Communities and Organizations}, volume = {33}, booktitle = {Communities and Organizations}, editor = {Lounsbury, Michael}, edition = {Research in the Sociology of Organizations}, isbn = {978-1-78052-284-5}, issn = {0733-558X}, pages = {333 -- 363}, abstract = {Social enterprise organizations (SEOs) arise from entrepreneurial activities with the aim of achieving social goals. SEOs have been identified as alternative and/or complementary to the actions of governments and international organizations to address poverty and poverty-related social needs. Using a number of illustrative cases, we explore how variation of local institutional mechanisms shapes the local "face of poverty" in different communities and how this relates to variations in the emergence and strategic orientations of SEOs. We develop a model of the productive opportunity space for SEOs as a basis of and an inspiration for further scholarly inquiry.}, language = {en} } @incollection{RimacMairBattilana, author = {Rimac, Tomislav and Mair, Johanna and Battilana, Julie}, title = {When Social Entrepreneurs Act as Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Case of Sekem.}, series = {Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations (Organization and Management)}, booktitle = {Using a Positive Lens to Explore Social Change and Organizations (Organization and Management)}, publisher = {Routledge}, isbn = {0415878861, 978-0415878869}, pages = {71 -- 89}, language = {en} } @misc{BattilanaKimseyZogbietal., author = {Battilana, Julie and Kimsey, Marissa and Zogbi, Priscilla and Mair, Johanna}, title = {Associa{\c{c}}{\~a}o Sa{\´u}de Crian{\c{c}}a: Trying to Break the Cycle of Poverty and Illness at Scale}, publisher = {Harvard Business School Case Study}, abstract = {Dr. Vera Cordeiro founded the NGO Associa{\c{c}}{\~a}o Sa{\´u}de Crian{\c{c}}a in 1991 to try to help poor families break the cycle of poverty and illness in Brazil. She and her team of employees and volunteers developed a holistic methodology to address the multidimensional sources of poverty based on the pillars of health, housing, citizenship, income, and education. After introducing the seeds of this approach, the case examines the evolution of the organization's attempts to grow its social impact in Brazil and beyond—including a loose network of sister organizations, social franchising, licensing agreements, and government adoption.}, language = {en} } @incollection{BattilanaButlerKimseyetal., author = {Battilana, Julie and Butler, Brittany and Kimsey, Marissa and Mair, Johanna and Marquis, Christopher and Seelos, Christian}, title = {Problem, person, and pathway: A framework for social innovators}, series = {Handbook of Inclusive Innovation}, booktitle = {Handbook of Inclusive Innovation}, editor = {George, Gerard and Baker, Ted and Tracey, Paul and Joshi, Havovi}, publisher = {Edward Elgar Publishing}, address = {Cheltenham}, isbn = {9781786436009}, doi = {10.4337/9781786436016}, publisher = {Hertie School}, pages = {61 -- 74}, language = {en} }