Innovation and Scaling for Impact: How Effective Social Enterprises Do It

Innovation and Scaling for Impact forces us to reassess how social sector organizations create value. Drawing on a decade of research, Christian Seelos and Johanna Mair transcend widely held misconceptions, getting to the core of what a sound impact strategy entails in the nonprofit world. They reveal an overlooked nexus between investments that might not pan out (innovation) and expansion based on existing strengths (scaling). In the process, it becomes clear that managing this tension is a difficult balancing act that fundamentally defines an organization and its impact. The authors examine innovation pathologies that can derail organizations by thwarting their efforts to juggle these imperatives. Then, through four rich case studies, they detail innovation archetypes that effectively sidestep these pathologies and blend innovation with scaling. Readers will come away with conceptual models to drive progress in the social sector and tools for defining the future of their organizations. Additional ISBNs080479734X, 1503611612, 9780804797344, 9781503611610Innovation and Scaling for Impact: How Effective Social Enterprises Do It 1st Edition is written by Christian Seelos; Johanna Mair and published by Stanford University Press. ISBNs for Innovation and Scaling for Impact are 9781503600997, 1503600998 and the print ISBNs are 9781503611610, 1503611612. Additional ISBNs include 080479734X, 1503611612, 9780804797344, 9781503611610.