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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 | Archon Fung | Sharon Block | Isabelle Ferreras | Benjamin Sachs
May 27, 2020, Video, "COVID-19 is amplifying a fundamental democratic mismatch: the vulnerable, often low-income and of-color, workers who are among the most affected by this pandemic have little influence over decisions — in companies and governments — about how this pandemic is managed." Watch on Youtube
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| Julie Battilana
Problem, person and pathway: a framework for social innovators. Julie Battilana, June 28, 2019, Book Chapter, "As the appetite for learning about social innovation intensifies, how can we better prepare practitioners for the work of addressing the world’s pressing social problems at the relevant scale? This chapter presents the “3P” framework developed by the authors to help address this challenge, grounded in their experience of researching,…
| Julie Battilana
2018, Paper: "While in recent decades the social and business sectors have evolved on fairly separate tracks, today companies are increasingly expected to generate social value in addition to profit. As a result, they also increasingly face the distinct challenge of pursuing social and financial goals at the same time. Social enterprises have a great deal of experience dealing with this challenge, as hybrid organizations that combine aspects of…
| 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
Should You Agitate, Innovate, or Orchestrate? Julie Battilana, September 18, 2017, Opinion, "When Marie Trellu-Kane observed increased fragmentation across social and economic lines in France, and increasing youth unemployment, she could not help but respond. In 1994, along with Lisbeth Shepherd and Anne-Claire Pache, she cofounded Unis-Cité, a nonprofit that launched France’s first youth service program, modeled after City Year in the United…
| Julie Battilana | Lakshmi Ramarajan
Blurring the Boundaries: The Interplay of Gender and Local Communities in the Commercialization of Social Ventures. Lakshmi Ramarajan, Julie Battilana, August 23, 2017, Paper, "This paper examines the critical role of gender in the commercialization of social ventures. We argue that cultural beliefs about what is perceived to be appropriate work for each gender influence how founders of social ventures incorporate commercial activity into their…
| Julie Battilana
Swinging between Moral and Market Imperatives. Julie Battilana, 2017, Paper, "Financial institutions with religious affiliations are active participants in the financial market, engaging in various risky financial behaviors, yet existing studies of religion and risk preferences yield inconsistent findings. Informed by institutional theory, we argue that moral imperatives are foundational for religious organizations' identity; as such, the nature…
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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…
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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…