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(Exploring a Sustainable Development Model for Social Enterprises Based on the Grounded Theory: Focusing on Social Enterprises in Seoul)

  • Korean Society and Public Administration
  • Abbr : KSPA
  • 2012, 22(4), pp.355-388
  • Publisher : Seoul Association For Public Administration
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Administration

Young Bum Lee 1 박성우 1 Nam Seung yeon 1 Chung, Moo-Kwon 2

1건국대학교
2연세대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to suggest a model of sustainable development for Korean Social Enterprises. The literature on this field lacks a coherent and theory-based model only presenting several fragmentary analysis on the factors of success of social enterprises. Using the grounded theory, this study has built a model of sustainable development for social enterprises in Korea. This research has confirmed that the strong needs for sustainable development is core phenomenon for the social enterprises launched with the social and economic goals. These phenomena have appeared in the context of low competitiveness and profitability, a lack of skilled workers, an conservative inclination toward the non-profit sector, and inappropriate institutional support. Accordingly, the strategies for enhancing the market power of social enterprises could make achieved their dual goals and stabilized the organizational operation by intervening effects of network and leadership. In conclusion, it is important that social enterprises have to recognize the cycle appeared in the growth process and to create multifaceted measures for their sustainability.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.