89921 20221004075835.0 doi 10.3390/su12083262 sideral 118186 ART-2020-118186 eng Bretos, Ignacio Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-4941-2028 International Expansion of Social Enterprises as a Catalyst for Scaling up Social Impact across Borders 2020 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Scaling social impact and solutions beyond the local context is argued to embody a key mechanism for social enterprises (SEs) to contribute to the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and to generate welfare-enhancing systemic change. In light of this, this article explores the potential of SE international expansion as a catalyst for scaling social impact across borders. From our reading of the literature, we discern three major typologies of cross-border scaling: Control-based, altruism-based, and hybrid. Drawing on a multiple-case study of nine international SEs, we examine why and how SEs deploy these scaling strategies on an international scale; the challenges to maximize social impact across borders associated with each of the scaling strategies, and the resources and actions that SEs can mobilize to manage such challenges associated with international expansion. Contrary to conventional wisdom and mainstream theory depicting SEs as small-sized organizations that suffer from different limitations to expand beyond their traditional national boundaries, our findings illustrate how these organizations can successfully operate on an international scale and simultaneously generate financial, social, and environmental value. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/S28-17R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.251 2020 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 124 / 273 = 0.454 2020 Q2 T2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 60 / 125 = 0.48 2020 Q2 T2 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 30 / 44 = 0.682 2020 Q3 T3 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 6 / 9 = 0.667 2020 Q3 T3 0.611 2020 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2020 Q1 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) 2020 Q1 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2020 Q1 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2020 Q1 Geography, Planning and Development 2020 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Diaz-Foncea, Millán Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-7584-4473 Marcuello, Carmen Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-1745-8037 4012 650 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Direcc.Organiza.Empresas Área Organización de Empresas 12, 8 (2020), 3262 [22 pp.] Sustainability (Basel) Sustainability (Switzerland) 2071-1050 268831 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/89921/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 523463 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/89921/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:89921 articulos driver 2022-10-03-13:25:06 ARTICLE