Innovation and scaling for impact : how effective social enterprises do it /

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Author / Creator:Seelos, Christian, author.
Imprint:Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2017.
©2017
Description:1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11384803
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Other authors / contributors:Mair, Johanna, 1967- author.
ISBN:9781503600997
1503600998
9780804797344
080479734X
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:Innovation and Scaling for Impact forces us to reassess how social sector organizations create value. Drawing on a decade of research, Christian Seelos and Johanna Mair transcend widely held misconceptions, getting to the core of what a sound impact strategy entails in the nonprofit world. They reveal an overlooked nexus between investments that might not pan out (innovation) and expansion based on existing strengths (scaling). In the process, it becomes clear that managing this tension is a difficult balancing act that fundamentally defines an organization and its impact. The authors examine innovation pathologies that can derail organizations by thwarting their efforts to juggle these imperatives. Then, through four rich case studies, they detail innovation archetypes that effectively sidestep these pathologies and blend innovation with scaling. Readers will come away with conceptual models to drive progress in the social sector and tools for defining the future of their organizations.
Other form:Print version: Seelos, Christian. Innovation and scaling for impact. Stanford, California : Stanford Business Books, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2016 9780804797344
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