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Strategies for Scaling in Social Entrepreneurship

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Upon completing this chapter, you should be able to accomplish the following:

  • Explain the difference between organizational growth and replication by others.

  • Explain major scaling strategies and their distinctive features.

  • Understand advantages and disadvantages of the scaling strategies.

  • Recognize the perspective of social investors towards scaling.

  • Explain implications of scaling and how hurdles could be overcome.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Strategy, Organization & Leadership Danone Chair for Social Business, European Business School, London, England

    Andreas Heinecke

  2. Chair in Entrepreneurial Finance, supported by KfW Bankengruppe Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies (CEFS), Technische Universität München, München, Germany

    Judith Mayer

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  1. Schumpeter School of Business & Economic, University of Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, Wuppertal, 42119, Germany

    Christine K. Volkmann

  2. Section Business an Administration, Bern University of Applied Sciences, Morgartenstraße 2c, Bern, 3014, Switzerland

    Kim Oliver Tokarski

  3. Schumpeter School of Business & Economic, University of Wuppertal, Gaußstr. 20, Wuppertal, 42119, Germany

    Kati Ernst

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Heinecke, A., Mayer, J. (2012). Strategies for Scaling in Social Entrepreneurship. In: Volkmann, C., Tokarski, K., Ernst, K. (eds) Social Entrepreneurship and Social Business. Gabler Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-7093-0_10

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