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Governance in Social Enterprises

  • Social enterprises are organisations that pursue a social mission using market mechanisms. From a policy perspective, they are promising vehicles to create both social and economic value for society in times when public funds are shrinking and the financial viability of charities and non-profit organisations (NPOs) is increasingly at stake. From a civil society perspective, they are an important organisational form to ensure longevity, financial viability, and sustainability of mission-driven organisations. Social enterprises are neither typical charities nor typical businesses but combine aspects of both, using commercial activities as means toward social ends. They are often small or medium-sized1 and do not draw on highly elaborated governance arrangements as do larger for- or non-profit organisations. Governance often resembles a grey zone for these organisations, and the approach social enterprises adopt ranges from formal, legally binding arrangements to more flexible and context-based ones.

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Document Type:Part of a Book
Language:English
Author(s):Johanna MairORCiD, Miriam Wolf, Alexandra Ioan
Editor(s):Helmut K. Anheier, Theodor Baums
Parent Title (English):Advances in Corporate Governance: Comparative Perspectives.
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Place of Publisher:Oxford
Publication year:2020
Publishing Institution:Hertie School
First Page:180
Last Page:202
ISBN:9780198866367
Release Date:2021/02/15
Article Number:8
Licence of document (German):Metadaten / metadata
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