Impact of mission statement components on social enterprises’ performance

Social enterprises mix economic and social objectives, forming a bridge between non-profit and profit enterprises. Mission statements are a strategic tool that can provide a company with a purpose of being, a “being” that communicates the core of the business to internal and external stakeholders. I...

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Authors: Berbegal Mirabent, Jasmina|||0000-0001-5145-2179, Mas Machuca, Marta, Guix, Patricia
Format: article
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repository:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Language:English
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/358319
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11846-019-00355-2
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Social responsibility of business
Industries - -Social aspects
Empreses -- Responsabilitat social
Indústries -- Aspectes socials
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses
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spelling Impact of mission statement components on social enterprises’ performanceBerbegal Mirabent, Jasmina|||0000-0001-5145-2179Mas Machuca, MartaGuix, PatriciaSocial responsibility of businessIndustries - -Social aspectsEmpreses -- Responsabilitat socialIndústries -- Aspectes socialsÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empresesSocial enterprises mix economic and social objectives, forming a bridge between non-profit and profit enterprises. Mission statements are a strategic tool that can provide a company with a purpose of being, a “being” that communicates the core of the business to internal and external stakeholders. In this paper we aim to investigate the link between mission statements and performance in social enterprises. The sample includes 39 social enterprises located in Spain. Our findings indicate that those firms for which the mission statement explicitly considers the customers and the product/service offer are more likely to exhibit higher economic performance.Peer Reviewed20212021-01-0120212021-12-14journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/358319https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11846-019-00355-2reponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Spainhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3583192026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Impact of mission statement components on social enterprises’ performance
title Impact of mission statement components on social enterprises’ performance
spellingShingle Impact of mission statement components on social enterprises’ performance
Berbegal Mirabent, Jasmina|||0000-0001-5145-2179
Social responsibility of business
Industries - -Social aspects
Empreses -- Responsabilitat social
Indústries -- Aspectes socials
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses
title_short Impact of mission statement components on social enterprises’ performance
title_full Impact of mission statement components on social enterprises’ performance
title_fullStr Impact of mission statement components on social enterprises’ performance
title_full_unstemmed Impact of mission statement components on social enterprises’ performance
title_sort Impact of mission statement components on social enterprises’ performance
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Berbegal Mirabent, Jasmina|||0000-0001-5145-2179
Mas Machuca, Marta
Guix, Patricia
author Berbegal Mirabent, Jasmina|||0000-0001-5145-2179
author_facet Berbegal Mirabent, Jasmina|||0000-0001-5145-2179
Mas Machuca, Marta
Guix, Patricia
author_role author
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Guix, Patricia
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Social responsibility of business
Industries - -Social aspects
Empreses -- Responsabilitat social
Indústries -- Aspectes socials
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses
topic Social responsibility of business
Industries - -Social aspects
Empreses -- Responsabilitat social
Indústries -- Aspectes socials
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Economia i organització d'empreses
description Social enterprises mix economic and social objectives, forming a bridge between non-profit and profit enterprises. Mission statements are a strategic tool that can provide a company with a purpose of being, a “being” that communicates the core of the business to internal and external stakeholders. In this paper we aim to investigate the link between mission statements and performance in social enterprises. The sample includes 39 social enterprises located in Spain. Our findings indicate that those firms for which the mission statement explicitly considers the customers and the product/service offer are more likely to exhibit higher economic performance.
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