| Title |
Balancing a Hybrid Business Model: The Search for Equilibrium at Cafedirect |
| ID_Doc |
34422 |
| Authors |
Davies, IA; Doherty, B |
| Title |
Balancing a Hybrid Business Model: The Search for Equilibrium at Cafedirect |
| Year |
2019 |
| Published |
Journal Of Business Ethics, 157, 4 |
| DOI |
10.1007/s10551-018-3960-9 |
| Abstract |
This paper investigates the difficulties of creating economic, social, and environmental values when operating as a hybrid venture. Drawing on hybrid organizing and sustainable business model research, it explores the implications of alternative forms of business model experimented with by farmer owned, fairtrade social enterprise Cafedirect. Responding to changes and challenges in the market and societal environment, Cafedirect has tried multiple business model innovations to deliver on all three forms of value capture, with differing levels of success. This longitudinal case study, therefore, provides a contribution to our understanding of how business models enact hybrid mission, providing a platform for triple-bottom-line value capture. In doing so, we are able to expand on the normative understandings of integrating hybrid objectives, and the complications of multiple types of value capture. |
| Author Keywords |
Fair trade; Hybridity; Hybrid organizing; Social enterprise; Sustainable business models; Governance; Sustainability |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) |
| EID |
WOS:000474417000009 |
| WoS Category |
Business; Ethics |
| Research Area |
Business & Economics; Social Sciences - Other Topics |
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