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The best of both worlds? Impact investors and their role in the financial versus social performance debate

In: A Research Agenda for Social Finance

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  • Sergio G. Lazzarini
  • Sandro Cabral
  • Leandro S. Pongeluppe
  • Luciana C. de M. Ferreira
  • Angelica Rotondaro

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In this chapter, we address how organizations can cope with the tensions involved in the creation of blended economic and social value. Drawing from the literature on organizational complementarities, we employ grounded theory to understand the heterogeneous ways through which impact-oriented investors and entrepreneurs choose organizational attributes promoting an alignment between social and economic goals. We contend that tensions involved in the pursuit of blended value derive from misaligned choices that fail to mitigate potential counter-synergistic effects between these goals. We then identify key attributes whose combination leads to a typology of alternative, self-reinforcing models of blended value creation. By highlighting the importance of complementary choices supporting the creation of blended value, our study advances existing discussions on the challenges faced by organizations seeking multiple—and sometimes conflicting—dimensions of performance.

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  • Sergio G. Lazzarini & Sandro Cabral & Leandro S. Pongeluppe & Luciana C. de M. Ferreira & Angelica Rotondaro, 2021. "The best of both worlds? Impact investors and their role in the financial versus social performance debate," Chapters, in: Othmar M. Lehner (ed.), A Research Agenda for Social Finance, chapter 5, pages 99-125, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:19308_5
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    1. Lazzarini,Sergio G., 2022. "The Right Privatization," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9781316519714, September.

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