Essays about: "For-profit Social Venture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words For-profit Social Venture.

  1. 1. Business Support Organizations and For-profit Social Ventures

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Raimundo Ladron de Guevara; Victor Hodgson; [2018]
    Keywords : Business Support Organization; Social Entrepreneurship; For-profit Social Venture; Hybrid Organizing; Paradoxes; Tensions; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The rise in entrepreneurial activity over the last 15 years has created space for a nascent industry among the public and private sectors: Business Support Organization (BSO). In the last years, some BSOs have broadened their offer to include for-profit social ventures. READ MORE

  2. 2. The Implementation of Business Sustainability 3.0 in a New Venture : A Single Case Study Through the Lense of the Actor-Network Theory

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Företagsekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Wibke Papenbroock; Emmy Österberg; [2017]
    Keywords : Business Sustainability; New Ventures; Actor-Network Theory; Implementation Process.;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND. Researcher have identified a relevance for profit-seeking new ventures to implement “Business Sustainability 3.0” standards in order to face current social and environmental challenges, like scarcity of resources. READ MORE

  3. 3. Funding of Social Enterprises : A case study of high investor engagement funding practices on for-profit social enterprises

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Miles Scherrer; [2016]
    Keywords : Social Enterprise Funding; Social Enterprise; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Entrepreneurs; Bottom-of-the-pyramid; BoP; Venture Philanthropy; Impact Investing; Venture Capital; Angel Investors; Accelerators;

    Abstract : This bachelor thesis evaluates how high-engagement investors contribute to the development and growth of for-profit social enterprises by providing both funding and non-financial advisory services focused on organisational capacity-building. Case studies on three social enterprises describe the structure of funding deals, what considerations affected these due to the high social character of the ventures, and inquire into the relationship between social enterprise and their investors to evaluate how the investors provide value for their investees beyond capital. READ MORE

  4. 4. PROVOCATIVE MARKETING : A study in how provocative marketing from profit-seeking companies is perceived by users’ in a social media context

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

    Author : Sigrid Jessie Carstairs; Cajsa Nordin; Madelene Sund; [2015]
    Keywords : Provocative marketing; marketing communication; profit-seeking companies; users’ perception; social media; sexual appeals; Provokativ marknadsföring; marknadskommunikation; vinstdrivande företag; användares uppfattning; sociala medier; sexuella bilder;

    Abstract : The everlasting noise in today's marketing landscape has given rise to provocative marketing, which has become a frequently applied technique by marketers in an attempt to attract individuals’ attention. Provocative marketing can be defined as a deliberate appeal within the content of a marketing message, expected to shock its audience, since it is signified with values, norms or taboos that are not generally challenged in marketing because of its equivocalness and distinctiveness. READ MORE

  5. 5. The Influence of Contextual Factors on the Entrepreneurial Process : A Multiple-Case Study of Sustainability-oriented and Commercial Entrepreneurship in Central America

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Juliane Mack; Julia Pützschel; [2014]
    Keywords : Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial Process; Social Entrepreneurship; Ecological Entrepreneurship; Sustainable Entrepreneurship; Sustainability; Contextual Factor s ; Environment; Central America; Multiple-case Study;

    Abstract : Social entrepreneurship and other new forms such as ecological or sustainable entrepreneurship have emerged as promising new solutions to solve societal problems. Therefore these types of sustainability-oriented entrepreneurship also increasingly attract the interest of researchers, but there is no clear theoretical concept for these emerging research areas yet. READ MORE