 Social impact scaling strategies in social enterprises: A systematic review and research agendaSyrus M Islam Australian Journal of Management, 2022, vol. 47, issue 2, 298-321 Abstract: Social enterprises have attracted increased attention from both researchers and practitioners around the world. In the social enterprise context, scaling social impact is considered the main currency or key performance metric. Two overarching social impact scaling strategies are organizational growth strategy and ecosystem growth strategy. However, to date, little cumulative knowledge exists on these two social impact scaling strategies. To address this issue, this article conducts a systematic review of 111 peer-reviewed articles. It identifies and discusses key insights into organizational growth strategy and ecosystem growth strategy as a means to scale social impact in social enterprises. Based on these findings, the current article also develops a framework to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of social impact scaling strategies in social enterprises. Finally, the review identifies gaps in the existing literature and discusses a comprehensive agenda for future research. JEL Classification: L26, L31, O35, M13 Keywords: Ecosystem growth; organizational growth; scaling strategy; social enterprise; social entrepreneurship; social impact (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:ausman:v:47:y:2022:i:2:p:298-321 DOI: 10.1177/03128962211014931 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Australian Journal of Management from Australian School of Business |
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