Partnering for impact
Unveiling the dynamics of collaboration between social enterprises and impact investors in emerging economies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15539211 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeremiah Arigu Emmanuel (0000-0003-1946-7930, Monash University, corresponding author), Chanaka Wijewardena (The University of Adelaide), Hussain Gulzar Rammal (0000-0002-3346-080X, The University of Adelaide), Priyan Khakhar (0000-0001-6338-4898) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-27 |
| Publication date | 2023-08-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Perspectives on International Business (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1742-2043 • E-ISSN: 1758-6062 |
| Publisher | Emerald Publishing Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1108/cpoib-04-2023-0025 |
| OpenAlex | W4386383578 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 72 |
Purpose This study empirically aims to examine the collaboration between social enterprises (SEs) and impact investors (IIs), which are organisations with similar interests but with distinct logics, and in high demand in emerging economies with complex problems. Despite the significant economic contributions of these organisations, there have been limited studies examining how they collaborate in different contexts, including theoretical insights explaining how they gain partner fit from resource synergy. Design/methodology/approach Mainstream businesses use the compatibility and complementarity concepts to examine buyer–supplier strategic alliances. Using similar concepts in the context of hybrid organisations, the authors interviewed six pairs of SEs and IIs with dyadic relations in Nigeria, aiming to deeply understand how they align dissimilar logics in pursuing common goals in emerging economies. Findings The authors’ findings revealed how compatibility criteria from the institutional logics perspective and complementarity from social exchange theory guide collaboration between SEs and IIs in an emerging economy. Using these theories provides new insights that distinguish SEs and IIs collaboration from conventional theories on the internationalisation of businesses, which remained insufficient for understanding the cross-border operations of SEs. Practical implications The study holds practical implications for organisations, regardless of their size, international investors, governments, organisations and individuals desiring to pursue sustainable business agendas in emerging economies with huge impact opportunities and the process involved. Originality/value The outcomes of this study extend knowledge of the theoretical lens examining collaborative entrepreneurship from the perspective of hybrid organisations. It also challenged existing knowledge on collaboration between SEs and IIs, often characterised by potential tensions due to the dissimilarity of institutional logics of actors
Business · Complementarity (molecular biology · Economic system · Economics · Emerging markets · Entrepreneurship · International business · Internationalization · Mainstream · Management · Originality · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Community Development and Social Impact · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · Private Equity and Venture Capital
Institutional Work
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Competition for competence and interpartner learning within international strategic alliances
Social entrepreneurship research
Power Plays
Pathways of Institutional Change
Inside the Hybrid Organization
Collective Social Entrepreneurship
Building Theories from Case Study Research
Africa rising
Understanding the Diverse Scaling Strategies of Social Enterprises as Hybrid Organizations
Effects of global financial crisis on funding for health development in nineteen countries of the WHO African Region
Time to call time on emerging markets
Working toward the sustainable development goals in earnest – critical international business perspectives on designing and implementing better interventions
MNC involvement in social innovations
A comment on the multifaceted relationship between multinational enterprises and within-country inequality
How can international business research contribute towards the sustainable development goals
Moving Toward “Impact-Adjusted” Financial Returns
Bridging the financial inclusion gender gap in smallholder agriculture in Nigeria
Creating Social Value for the ‘Base of the Pyramid’
The Debate about Quantitative and Qualitative Research
Competing institutional logics in universities in the United Kingdom
Determining Validity in Qualitative Inquiry
Exchange and Power in Networks of Interorganizational Relations
Institutional Logics and the Historical Contingency of Power in Organizations
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |