Combined Forces for Social Impact Investigating Partnership Dynamics between Social Ventures and Corporations /

• Main Author: Schirmer, Heike (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer VS, 2014.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Sociology.; Economic sociology.; Social Sciences.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.; Sociology, general.; Social Sciences, general.

For social entrepreneurs, who often operate under conditions of resource scarcity, building partnerships offers an effective way to gain complementary capabilities. Heike Schirmer investigates the dynamics of partnerships between social ventures and corporations. Based on four case studies from Germ...

Table of Contents:

• Social Entrepreneurship, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Socially-Oriented Partnerships
• Partnership Formation Processes: Means-Driven and Goal-Driven Partnerships
• Governance Mechanisms in Inter-Organizational Relations and Their Link to Partnership Formation Processes.