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The promise and limits of social franchises as hybrid organizations

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  • Metin Sengul

    (Boston College, Carroll School of Management)

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Social franchises are relatively poorly known and understood. This is particularly true with regard to their organization design. Therefore, in my commentary on Szerb, Kivleniece, and Aggarwal’s introduction to Unjani Clinics, I explore what we can learn from this experiment as organization design scholars.

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  • Metin Sengul, 2021. "The promise and limits of social franchises as hybrid organizations," Journal of Organization Design, Springer;Organizational Design Community, vol. 10(3), pages 115-117, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jorgde:v:10:y:2021:i:3:d:10.1007_s41469-021-00105-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s41469-021-00105-3
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