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Amila Buddhika Sirisena
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A hybrid approach to international market selection: The case of impact investing organizations
2020
Abstract Social enterprises are hybrid organizations that concurrently pursue social and economic goals and hence are mid-way between conventional capitalistic firms and non-profit organizations. Many social enterprises are becoming international; delivering services across borders. With the objective of understanding the internationalization of these unconventional organizations, this paper examines their international market selection decision based on host countries’ macroeconomic conditions. Generally, we hypothesize that the international market selection decision of social enterprises is tied to their hybridity, an overarching characteristic that sets them apart from other types of or…
Current and expected role of nongovernmental organizations in improving quality of life through human development in Sri Lanka: the beneficiary persp…
2011
Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2011 The world has seen a tremendous growth of Non Governmental Organizational activities during last few decades. Irrespective of being in the industry for so long and having access to billions and billions of dollars, some argue that NGOs still have not shown satisfactory progress and therefore questions the effectiveness of NGOs in human development. Quality of life (QOL) has been long regarded as one of the main indicator of human development. Hence the main objectives of the study was the determination of the role of NGOs in improving quality of life of its beneficiaries as well as to identify possible gaps among NGO and…