The Impact of Internationalization on Performance in Hybrid Organizations

2021

Papers I - III are excluded from the dissertation until they will be published. With the growing demand for socially and environmentally conscious products and services, hybrid organizations that address social and environmental issues with a market-based solution are gaining widespread significance (Haigh et al., 2015; Miller et al., 2012; Hockerts, 2015). Hybrid organizations, or “social enterprises” or “the fourth sector” as they are sometimes called, appear to present a sustainable solution to a myriad of social causes such as unemployment, poor health, illiteracy, etc. (Haigh and Hoffman, 2011; Battilana and Lee, 2014). Hybrid organizations are an innovative solution to the institution…