La filantropia nelle fondazioni: determinismo manageriale vs solidarismo civico

Giacomo Boesso, Fabrizio Cerbioni and Livia Mian

MANAGEMENT CONTROL, 2019, vol. 2019/1 suppl., issue 1 suppl., 121-144

Abstract: Researches on foundations? strategic approach can be broadly classified into two areas. A first body of literature focuses on the deterministic impact that foundations can cause if and when managerially governed. A second body of researchers investigate the solidarist and cooperative role of foundations? action in supporting the prosperity of other nonprofit organizations. This study relies on a survey administered to the decision makers of the main Italian foundations and investigates the extent of adoption of the two reference models identified in the literature (more deterministic and more solidaristic) and their relationship with performance, governance mechanisms, and strategic profile. Findings show that determinism is associated with higher performances. However, solidarism emerges as a widely adopted model, not unable to bring positive social results. This paper contributes to the current debate on strategic philanthropy conceiving it as the result of the progressive contamination between the deterministic and managerial approach of neoliberalists, that has dominated the beginning of the century, and a more nuanced solidarist and progressivist approach, that characterized nonprofit organizations? global action since their initial growth.

Date: 2019
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