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The Influence of Characteristics of Social Organizations on accessing Financial Providers, Instruments and Processes. Organizational, Programmatic, Financial and Impact Perspectives.
Type
doctoral thesis
Date Issued
2018
Author(s)
Abstract (De)
This thesis research explores the interplay between social organizations and
social finance providers. In particular, it focuses on factors affecting the transactional
pricing process that occurs when supply and demand align. This focus contributes to
the understanding and development of all engaged stakeholders.
The cornerstone of this research is Young’s (2007) theory of nonprofit finance,
which delineates one determining characteristic of the relation between social
organizations and their social finance providers, namely, the public versus private
nature of beneficiaries (general public or population group vs. identifiable individuals)
and revenue sources (donations vs. income generation). Three models and one
framework emerge from this research, all of which respond to Anheier’s (2000) call
for more comprehensive management processes.
This research provides through its multiple quantitative and qualitative
explorations five main insights: (1) Interdependence exists between social
organizations and social financial providers; (2) Organizational (age/organizational
size, governance form, life-cycle stage), programmatic (type/nature, region, field,
focus), financial (return and growth potential) and impact (strategy, qualitative and
quantitative evaluations of realized and potential impact depth and reach, scaling
readiness) characteristics affect the access to financial providers, instruments (e.g.
grant, debt, equity) and pre- and per-financing processes (due diligence,
agreements, milestones, inter-temporal decisions); (3) Integrated and dynamic
perspectives and approaches are vital for managerial effectiveness; (4) Sustainable
growth requires an interplay of capacities, up (reach) and deep (depth) scaling; (5)
Organizations can gain coherence through the internal alignment of their mission,
strategy and decision-making and reporting processes.
These insights are fundamental to the fields of social finance and social impact
scaling. This research offers an integrated perspective of the interplay between social
organizations and social finance providers, thereby contributing to academic
research, education and practice.
social finance providers. In particular, it focuses on factors affecting the transactional
pricing process that occurs when supply and demand align. This focus contributes to
the understanding and development of all engaged stakeholders.
The cornerstone of this research is Young’s (2007) theory of nonprofit finance,
which delineates one determining characteristic of the relation between social
organizations and their social finance providers, namely, the public versus private
nature of beneficiaries (general public or population group vs. identifiable individuals)
and revenue sources (donations vs. income generation). Three models and one
framework emerge from this research, all of which respond to Anheier’s (2000) call
for more comprehensive management processes.
This research provides through its multiple quantitative and qualitative
explorations five main insights: (1) Interdependence exists between social
organizations and social financial providers; (2) Organizational (age/organizational
size, governance form, life-cycle stage), programmatic (type/nature, region, field,
focus), financial (return and growth potential) and impact (strategy, qualitative and
quantitative evaluations of realized and potential impact depth and reach, scaling
readiness) characteristics affect the access to financial providers, instruments (e.g.
grant, debt, equity) and pre- and per-financing processes (due diligence,
agreements, milestones, inter-temporal decisions); (3) Integrated and dynamic
perspectives and approaches are vital for managerial effectiveness; (4) Sustainable
growth requires an interplay of capacities, up (reach) and deep (depth) scaling; (5)
Organizations can gain coherence through the internal alignment of their mission,
strategy and decision-making and reporting processes.
These insights are fundamental to the fields of social finance and social impact
scaling. This research offers an integrated perspective of the interplay between social
organizations and social finance providers, thereby contributing to academic
research, education and practice.
Language
English
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
255423