DANCEST 805 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Intrapreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility, Economic Democracy
Document Summary
Social enterprise models and their mission and money relationships by s. k. Question: how did social enterprises emerge: cause: stake-holders have shifted their expectations of non-profit organization, they want to achieve larger social impact and diversified funding. Larger social impact: non-profit organization have come under heavy scrutiny, there is a lot of pressure to professionalize their services, increase social impact, and be accountable for results. Diversified funding: support from traditional, philanthropic, and government sources is declining, competition for available funds is increasing, result: funders are becoming savvier about treating grants as social investments for which they expect a quantifiable return. Programme benefit: depth and breadth of social impact to be realized. Monetary gain: amount of money to be earned. As a result, the decision to pursue a social enterprise is generally motivated by either the monetary gain or the programme benefit it renders.
