Social impact scaling strategies in social enterprises: A systematic review and research agenda

Social enterprises have attracted increased attention from both researchers and practitioners around the world. In social enterprise context, scaling impact is considered main currency or key performance metric. Two overarching strategies are organizational growth strategy ecosystem strategy. However, to date, little cumulative knowledge exists on these two strategies. To address this issue, article conducts a systematic review of 111 peer-reviewed articles. It identifies discusses insights into as means scale in enterprises. Based findings, current also develops framework facilitate comprehensive understanding Finally, gaps existing literature agenda for future research. JEL Classification: L26, L31, O35, M13