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Doing Good and Selling Goods: Hybrid Commodities in the Social Enterprise Ecosystem
Author/s | Pfeilstetter, Richard |
Department | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Antropología Social |
Publication Date | 2020 |
Deposit Date | 2020-11-10 |
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Abstract | This paper explores a network of organizations and their perspectives on the social
enterprise commodity. Based on ethnographic research, I present the case of recycled
bags sold in the city centre of Vienna (Austria) ... This paper explores a network of organizations and their perspectives on the social enterprise commodity. Based on ethnographic research, I present the case of recycled bags sold in the city centre of Vienna (Austria) by three organizations, including a work integration social enterprise. By reviewing two different strands in the organizational studies literature that both employ biological notions to theorize (social) enterprising, I argue that opposing “hybridity” to “ecosystems” is a suitable way to assess two different research agendas in that field. While I subscribe to the ecosystem focus - seeing organizations as a function of the social environment - I make the case for the importance of research into “hybrid commodities” as a way to explore larger issues concerning social enterprise scholarship, such as mission drift, hidden agendas or organizational identity work. |
Citation | Pfeilstetter, R. (2020). Doing Good and Selling Goods: Hybrid Commodities in the Social Enterprise Ecosystem. VOLUNTAS International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organization, 31 (3), 511-520. |
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