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Social enterprise scaling up strategy – franchise development (Strategia skalowania przedsiebiorstwa spolecznego – rozwoj franczyzy)

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  • Marta Ziolkowska

    (Institute of Management, Warsaw School of Management)

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This paper is an exploratory study on the essence of social franchise as a business model and form of entrepreneurship and study how to use the proven business model to satisfy social needs. The paper is descriptive in nature and case study research approach has been used. The paper examines social franchising by analysing and exploring case studies of social enterprises. The study’s findings prove that franchise may be successfully applied in different dimensions of social entrepreneurship. It is concluded that the franchise model can be used as a tool to build socially sustainable societies and help to resolve the problem of social exclusion. Moreover, the study provides basic characteristics and knowledge for future in-depth research with regards to this topic.

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  • Marta Ziolkowska, 2018. "Social enterprise scaling up strategy – franchise development (Strategia skalowania przedsiebiorstwa spolecznego – rozwoj franczyzy)," Research Reports, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, vol. 1(26), pages 95-104.
    • Handle: RePEc:sgm:resrep:v:1:i:26:y:2018:p:95-104
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    Keywords

    social enterprise; social business; business model; social entrepreneurship; franchise; franchising;
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    JEL classification:

    • L26 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Entrepreneurship

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