Elisa Pautasso and Matteo Castagno and Michele Osella
Social Business Models When Profits and Impacts Are Not at Odds
3756 - 3764
2015
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International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10002710
https://publications.waset.org/vol/107
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
In the last decade the emergence of new social needs
as an effect of the economic crisis has stimulated the flourishing of
business endeavours characterised by explicit social goals. Social
startups, social enterprises or Corporate Social Responsibility
operations carried out by traditional companies are quintessential
examples in this regard. This paper analyses these kinds of initiatives
in order to discover the main characteristics of social business models
and to provide insights to social entrepreneurs for developing or
improving their strategies. The research is conducted through the
integration of literature review and case study analysis and, thanks to
the recognition of the importance of both profits and social impacts
as the key success factors for a social business model, proposes a
framework for identifying indicators suitable for measuring the social
impacts generated.
Open Science Index 107, 2015