TY - JOUR
T1 - Sustainability of nonprofit organizations
T2 - An empirical investigation
AU - Weerawardena, Jay
AU - McDonald, Robert E.
AU - Mort, Gillian Sullivan
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) contribute to society through their social value creation. They operate in an increasingly turbulent context where building sustainable organizations has emerged as a critical need. Past authors have discussed this important issue in a fragmented manner. Using multiple case studies of socially entrepreneurial NPOs, this paper examines how the need for building a sustainable organization has impacted on the strategy focus of the nonprofit organization. The findings suggest that in response to an increased competitive environment, NPOs have been forced to adopt an organizational sustainability focus in both strategic and operational levels of management. The study makes a strong contribution to current debate in social entrepreneurship and to a broader agenda concerned with developing sustainable organizations. Whilst the findings have important implications for theory and current practice, the paper concludes with suggestions for future research at the interstices of these areas.
AB - Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) contribute to society through their social value creation. They operate in an increasingly turbulent context where building sustainable organizations has emerged as a critical need. Past authors have discussed this important issue in a fragmented manner. Using multiple case studies of socially entrepreneurial NPOs, this paper examines how the need for building a sustainable organization has impacted on the strategy focus of the nonprofit organization. The findings suggest that in response to an increased competitive environment, NPOs have been forced to adopt an organizational sustainability focus in both strategic and operational levels of management. The study makes a strong contribution to current debate in social entrepreneurship and to a broader agenda concerned with developing sustainable organizations. Whilst the findings have important implications for theory and current practice, the paper concludes with suggestions for future research at the interstices of these areas.
KW - Nonprofit
KW - Organizational sustainability
KW - Social entrepreneurship
KW - Social value creation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77956486480&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jwb.2009.08.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jwb.2009.08.004
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77956486480
VL - 45
SP - 346
EP - 356
JO - Journal of World Business
JF - Journal of World Business
SN - 1090-9516
IS - 4
ER -