Should a social enterprise go public? April 5, 2007
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Last week we mentioned that maximizing shareholder value can raise serious questions for a for-profit social enterprise. Here’s a case-in-point: the ongoing dispute over the public sale of shares of Grameenphone, a social enterprise connected to the work of Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus.
Hybrid social enterprises March 17, 2007
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A couple classes ago I mentioned hybrid organizations as a possible option in resolving the choice-of-entity issue. I left it out of the Powerpoint to keep things simple, but if you want to learn more this article & its ensuing comments aren’t a bad place to start.
