Abstract This paper presents seven different social enterprises located in Southern and Eastern Africa, India and Latin America. All chosen projects distinguish themselves through an innovative business approach and provide vocational skills development services to people from a disadvantaged background. An in-depth analysis of every project’s business model allows the identification of several success elements, […]
Social Enterprise
Blended Finance
In order to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, $2.5 trillion of additional financing is needed every year. By reviewing the most prominent instruments of blended finance, demonstrating their potential as well as addressing the associated risks, this paper provides a guideline for donors and recipients…. Read & Download studies
Appropriate legal structures for social enterprises
This research paper addresses the question what legal forms overcome the specific challenges of a Social Enterprise the most? The research design is organized in an empirical manner and analyses five specific legal frameworks worldwide according to nine criteria that were developed corresponding the latest research and literature…. Read & Download studies
Scaling up social businesses
This paper attempts to give advice for the scaling up of social enterprises. The project is twofold: At first a theoretical overview of growth is introduced; then the focus shifts to concrete challenges for growth of social businesses…. Read & Download studies
Micro-Franchising: A viable and sustainable business model for the Swiss Development Cooperation Agency?
The popularity of the micro-franchising theory among practitioners in the world of international development as a development tool is steadily increasing. Through the promotion of sustainable forms of entrepreneurship at the bottom of the pyramid (BOP), it is seen as a functioning development tool that could lift people out of poverty…. Read & Download studies