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| Julie Battilana
October 30, 2020, Paper: "A growing number of companies choose to pursue financial and social goals simultaneously. These dual-purpose companies face inherent tradeoffs as they are caught between the competing expectations of different stakeholders. We theorize that the intensity of the financial/social tradeoffs experienced by dual-purpose companies increases with the level of economic liberalism of the institutional setting in which they…
| Julie Battilana
New Prospects for Organizational Democracy?: How the Joint Pursuit of Social and Financial Goals Challenges Traditional Organizational Designs. Julie Battilana, 2018, Book Chapter, "Some interesting exceptions notwithstanding, the traditional logic of economic efficiency has long favored hierarchical forms of organization and disfavored democracy in business. What does the balance of arguments look like, however, when values besides efficient…
| Julie Battilana
Vox Capital: Pioneering Impact Investing in Brazil. Julie Battilana, January 2017, Case, "Vox Capital was the first certified impact investing fund in Brazil. Founded in 2009, it provides early-stage capital for companies offering innovative and scalable solutions to enhance the lives of low-income Brazilians, while aiming to simultaneously generate attractive market-rate financial returns for investors. This case examines the evolution of Vox…
| Julie Battilana
Harnessing Productive Tensions in Hybrid Organization: The Case of Work Integration Social Enterprises. Julie Battilana, November 11, 2014, Paper. "We examine the factors that influence the social performance of hybrid organizations that pursue a social mission, and sustain their operations through commercial activities, by studying work integration social enterprises (WISEs). We argue that social imprinting and economic productivity are both…