Social businesses that solve local social problems using business methods have gained attention lately. Using information and communication technology (ICT) to solve social problems is expected to create social innovation that is compatible with social missions and business feasibility; however,...

The book provides a detailed and practical description of how companies can put purpose into practice in their organizations. Based on a ground-breaking research project on the Economics of Mutuality undertaken jointly by the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford and Mars Catalyst,...

The last two decades represented the scarce discussion of the organizational social capital (SC) and its impact upon the social enterprises’ sustainable performance in the developing economies like Pakistan. The main objective of this research is to analyze the impact of social capital on...

The COVID-19 outbreak has magnified the global poverty problem. The socially responsible supply chains plays an important role in poverty alleviation. The leading model of socially responsible agricultural supply chain in China, contract farming, is selected as the subject of investigation....

Managing sourcing relationships is a real-world problem for supply chain managers nowadays. The study focuses on how socially sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) practices (i.e., assessment and collaboration) can be vehicles to encourage suppliers to act responsibly and tackle their...

Social enterprises and government share the ultimate goal of solving societal problems, which provides a lot of potential for collaboration between the two parties. While the local government level is the most relevant for social enterprises, little research has been done on the relationship...

The purpose of this study is to present the rationale and empirical evidence as to whether the characteristics of chief executive officer (CEO), such as entrepreneurship, social responsibility (perception), and social capital, at public art performance centers have effect on management outcomes,...