Beneficial charging of beneficiaries
Fears that charities could weaken their legitimacy by charging for services are not borne out by the data, concludes a new study from the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation. Lacking empirical research, charity leaders have traditionally relied upon "emotional judgements"…
Radical cultural entrepreneurship
How do social enterprises emerge in 'extreme' situations? Research from Cambridge Judge and Naples University examines how a social cooperative launched in a mafia-riddled town in southern Italy. How do organisations that operate in extreme situations legitimise themselves? One way…
Enterprise in Africa
Local context matters for entrepreneurship in developing countries where Western ideas of profit may not fit the 'collectivist' culture, says article by Laura Claus and Dr Neil Stott of Cambridge Judge Business School. Dr Neil Stott While "entrepreneurship" may be…
Social innovation, over time
Community activists tend to seek urgent solutions, but a new study from the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation emphasises how patience is essential for cross-sector development work. Perhaps unsurprisingly, people working in community organisations are not known as the most…
Gazette: Cambridge fellows
Two people from Memorial University in Newfoundland are named fellows of social innovation at the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge. Dr Natalie Slawinski, Associate Professor of Strategy at the Faculty of Business Administration, has been named a…
Globalisation (The Cambridge Judge Business Debate podcast series)
Is the globalisation which has shaped our world over recent decades slowing or even moving backwards in the wake of the Brexit vote in Britain and the election of Donald Trump as US president, asks the first podcast in the…
My Science: The social enterprise greenhouse that helps businesses bloom
When it comes to starting social enterprises, Professor Paul Tracey and Dr Neil Stott from the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation “would love to see a thousand flowers bloom”. But doing good for society isn’t as straightforward as it sounds…
The social enterprise greenhouse
When it comes to starting social enterprises, Paul Tracey and Neil Stott "would love to see a thousand flowers bloom". But doing good for society isn't as straightforward as it sounds and even the best ideas can fail. Their research…
Expartibus: The University of Naples meets academics from Cambridge Judge Business School
The Department of Economics and Management at the University of Naples organised a two-day visit of cultural exchange with colleagues from the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at CJBS, led by Dr Neil Stott and Professor Paul Tracey. The aim…
Addressing poverty through social innovation
Cross-sectoral collaboration through 'social extrapreneurship' could spark innovation to tackle problems of the world’s poorest places, says new journal article by the directors of the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation at Cambridge Judge Business School. Examination of how innovation can…
