Author(s): Schmidt, Raffael
Date: 2015
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/15760
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Subject(s): Nonprofit/for-profit conversion; Conversion decision-making; Conversion challenges; Conversion key success factors; Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Economia e Gestão
Due to external constraints (opposed by the market and legal system) and internal changes nonprofit organizations have been converting to for-profit entities combining commercial revenue and social value creation. To create an understanding of the conversion process considering its challenges, the reasons, the decision-making process and key success factors of a conversion are examined. Therefore, a two-step research procedure is used combining literature research and a multiple case study approach based on expert interviews with known companies. The outcome is a helpful guideline (including a decision matrix) for social entrepreneurs that might face a conversion.
