...Giulia Guazzaroni; Marco Giuliani Purpose This paper aims to review and critique governance literature within social enterprises (SEs), offer an overview of the state of research and outline a future research agenda. Design/methodology/approach Seventy-eight refereed journal articles...

...Cyrille Ferraton; Francesca Petrella; Nadine Richez-Battesti; Delphine Vallade Purpose This paper aims to analyze the “crafts” of governance within social and solidarity economy (SSE) cultural organizations, considering formal and informal rules, to support their project of democratization of arts...

... of Germany in the past decade – offer the opportunity to examine social innovation processes. This cross-case study reveals the broad range of activities in which such cooperatives are active and analyses their social innovation processes. Findings The study shows that the social innovation governance...

... plus international differences. The paper shows that in the early years, SEJ was dominated by conceptual work aiming to understand SE plus their governance and performance management, which was mainly based on UK descriptive case studies and uncritical. By 2010, SEJ became established...

... 03 2017 15 07 2017 12 09 2017 17 11 2017 Governance Social enterprise Leadership Leadership practice Grint By virtue of its relatively novel, marginal and cross-sectoral nature, the task of leading a social enterprise is riddled with complexity. As a “hybrid...

... public commitment to eliminating hunger and reducing poverty in the wealthy states, there is an urgent need for governments to think and act outside this charitable food box. Sharon Zivkovic can be contacted at: Sharon.Zivkovic@unisa.edu.au 10 11 2016 01 03 2017 08 05 2017...

...Elizabeth A. Bennett Purpose This paper aims to explain why Fairtrade International (FI), an organization committed to empowering the producers of Fairtrade certified products, at times (paradoxically), excluded them from its highest bodies of governance. A within-case study of Fairtrade’s...

... – The paper highlights how high dependence on a resource provider and the demands of “competing” institutional environments can lead to mission drift. Based on this analysis, the paper sets out various governance mechanisms and management strategies that can be used to combat mission drift. Practical...

...Xiaomin Yu Purpose – This paper aims to examine the governance structures and models adopted by diverse types of social enterprises (SEs) in China, a rarely studied topic of theoretical and practical importance. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is based on a comparative case study...

...Bob Doherty; Benjamin Huybrechts; Shannon Sutton Purpose While recent changes to Fairtrade's governance structures aim to facilitate “stronger voices” for producers, relatively little is known about the impact on individual farmers. This paper aims to consider the nature of participation...

... Globalization Strategic management Governance HRM Employee relations The crisis of capitalism that broke in 2008 makes apparent the need for fundamental changes to the way we organise our economy. For those of us who have recognised this for a long time, this comes as a relief. More disappointing...

...Chris Mason; Benjamin Huybrechts Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the governance of “fair trade social enterprises” (FTSEs), i.e. the organisations exclusively dedicated to the import, distribution and/or labelling of fairly traded products. The aims are to describe and categorise...

... understanding of social enterprise governance. In particular, it highlights the influence of governance on entrepreneurship and goal achievement among newly formed social purpose organizations. When viewed through a social constructionist lens, the results indicate that while organizations strive to achieve...

...Chris Mason; Joanna Overall; Paul Tapsell; Christine Woods Purpose The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the importance of taking into account contextual factors when building governing mechanisms, so that the subsequent processes and structures are appropriate and sustainable. Design...

...Chris Mason; Rory Ridley‐Duff Purpose Prevailing concepts of corporate governance that are based on external shareholder interests have been challenged by a number of authors over the last three decades. The purpose of this paper is to outline the core assumptions of communitarian philosophy...

... developed from a review of the social enterprise (SE) governance literature, the paper adopts a quantitative, survey‐based approach. The survey compared attitudes to governance issues among managers and board members in the UK‐based Social Firms. Findings Statistical analysis of the findings highlighted...

..., focusing on the goals and the governance structures of FTOs. Findings All the FTOs combine in some way economic, social and sometimes also political goals. FTOs are thus coherent to the “hybrid goals” nature of SEs. FTOs' governance is also quite specific and often innovative in terms of organisational...