We explore how new types of hybrid organizations (organizations that combine institutional
logics in unprecedented ways) can develop and maintain their hybrid nature in the absence …

A key insight from research on hybrid organizing is that the joint pursuit of competing goals
exposes an enterprise to potentially problematic tensions and trade-offs. Yet while studies …

Resource acquisition is critically important for social ventures to fulfill their social missions
while striving to scale up and become financially sustainable. Past studies have only just …

Hybrid organizations operate in a context of institutional plurality and enact elements of
multiple, often conflicting institutional logics. Governance is highly relevant in navigating …

Microfinance is a promising tool for addressing the grand challenge of global poverty. Yet,
while many studies have examined how microfinance loans affect poor borrowers, we know …

This article explores how organizations balance the pressures to pursue efficiency through
standardization with the need to remain responsive to local needs. The study combines rich …

This study examines the ownership structure, expectations, and achievements of
microfinance institutions that have been established by transforming nongovernment …

To remain financially viable and continue to accomplish their social missions, nonprofits are
increasingly adopting a hybrid organizational form that combines commercial and social …

Regular for-profit companies might claim social and environmental goals, beyond their
primary economic objectives, but sustainability-driven for-profit hybrids explicitly design and …

Hybrid organizations that combine multiple organizational forms deviate from socially
legitimate templates for organizing, and thus experience unique organizing challenges. In …