...Francesco Perrini; Laura A. Costanzo; Mine Karatas-Ozkan Purpose There is currently a wide range of methods for measuring social impact. Each method uses specific indicators, mainly because of the diverse characteristics of social enterprises (SEs) and the type of impact that is analysed, thus...

... and one social enterprise. The case studies have explanatory and descriptive nature, and were aimed at enquiring how non-conventional organisations design their governance, achieve economic sustainability and show capacity to produce social value. Findings Findings highlight the most common elements...

...Justin Larner; Chris Mason Purpose – This paper aims to present the findings from a small study of social enterprise governance in the UK, taking a case study approach to uncover the experiences of internal actors who are involved in their board-level management. Design/methodology...

.... This is not to say that companies should approach poverty as a social enterprise where profits are unimportant, although successful examples of targeting the poor such as Aravind in India, HealthStore Foundation in Kenya, and the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh have been run on a not‐for‐profit basis, or involve some...