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Voluntas, 2010

This article presents the main results of a longitudinal case study of a strategic change process... more This article presents the main results of a longitudinal case study of a strategic change process in a cooperative bank. Pursuing both a ''social'' mission and an explicitly economic rationale, this particular nonprofit organization provides an exemplary research setting for inquiring into the delicate and contradictory interplay of mission focus and commercial imperatives. Departing from the practice perspective as a micro-view on everyday strategizing-an approach that seems to have not found its way into NPO-research yet-allows us to take an in-depth look at how people go about the process of making strategy despite the tensions between mission and profit. Our data yields three patterns of strategizing practices that aim at fostering economic growth without damaging the social mission, namely supporting diverse positions, protecting stabilized relationships, and relating to organizational experiences. Building upon our empirical results, we tentatively conceptualize ''balancing practices'' as potentially important acts of strategizing in NPOs.

Der Artikel beschäftigt sich mit Forschung und Literatur zum Management in und von Nonprofit-Orga... more Der Artikel beschäftigt sich mit Forschung und Literatur zum Management in und von Nonprofit-Organisationen. Er basiert auf den Erfahrungen, die im Rahmen unterschiedlicher Forschungsprojekte in NPO gewonnen wurden, sowie auf einer Aufarbeitung der in ...

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 2013

Scaling Strategies for Social Entrepreneurs

Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies

Der Artikel beschäftigt sich mit Forschung und Literatur zum Management in und von Nonpro- fit-Or... more Der Artikel beschäftigt sich mit Forschung und Literatur zum Management in und von Nonpro- fit-Organisationen. Er basiert auf den Erfahrun- gen, die im Rahmen unterschiedlicher For- schungsprojekte in NPO gewonnen wurden, sowie auf einer Aufarbeitung der in diesem Feld bestehenden Managementliteratur. Ausgehend von der These, dass eine Erforschung von NPO- Management vom Phänomen her, also in der NPO-Praxis, vonnöten ist,

Journal of Business Research, 2016

Journal of Business Research, 2015

International Studies of Management & Organization, 2015

ABSTRACT This study theoretically conceptualizes leadership challenges in hybrid organizations. I... more ABSTRACT This study theoretically conceptualizes leadership challenges in hybrid organizations. In general, leadership is understood as a social relation where an actor influences the action of a second actor to fulfill the first actor’s intention, where the intention is usually a defined goal. However, because hybrid organizations operate at the intersection of different sectors, their leaders often need to lead without the option to set a single clear goal. Our study explores these questions: How do hybrid organizational environments affect leaders, and how can actors lead effectively in hybrid organizations? Introducing Bourdieu’s concept of fields and routine practice, we describe the organizational role of leadership in hybrid organizations as a “game” (Bourdieu) between the opposing logics of markets and civil society. The article concludes with a research agenda for further empirical examination of leadership practices in hybrid organizations, one that goes beyond simply balancing conflicting objectives and institutionalizes new practices that incorporate the logics both of markets and of civil society.

Funktionen und Leistungen von Nonprofit-Organisationen, 2004

Wertbewusstes Controlling, 2003

Base of the Pyramid 3.0: Sustainable Development through Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2015