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Title:
Managing social businesses : mission, governance, strategy, and accountability
Author:
Jager, Urs.
ISBN:
9780230252547
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Publication Information:
Houndsmill, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Physical Description:
xxx, 285 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
The concept : the practice of complex decision making -- Managing at the interface of market & civil society -- Towards a "theory of social businesses" -- Framework for complex decision making -- The mission : balance of civil society and the market -- The origin of tensions -- Decision making despite multiple identities -- Governance : balance of solidarity and function -- Resource tension areas -- Impact tension areas -- Leadership tension areas -- Motivation tension areas -- Strategy : balance of past and future -- Screening for strategies -- Legitimization and strategic initiatives -- Strategy portfolio -- Accountability : balance of action and communication -- Accountability work -- Bargaining accountability.
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