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OverviewFor several decades, Fair Trade Social Enterprises have been pioneers in the conception and implementation of a still relatively new concept -- Fair Trade (FT) -- creating a movement which has challenged mainstream trading practices and offered development opportunities for disadvantaged producer groups in the South. Starting from a niche market aimed at convinced customers, FT has expanded and entered mainstream retailing outlets, growing in visibility and market share, while simultaneously experiencing internal debates and divisions. While pioneer Fair Trade Social Enterprises in the early years were largely nonprofit organizations relying on voluntary work, they have become increasingly diversified in terms of organizational models and strategies. Indeed, they've adopted diverse types of legal forms and governance models, experimenting with various and often innovative combinations of the multiple dimensions of FT: the commercial activity (trading of FT products), the social mission (support to producers), and the explicit or implicit political message (often expressed through education and advocacy). This book builds a typology of Fair Trade Social Enterprises based on their organizational models and strategies. This typology is built thanks to an empirical study including 57 Fair Trade Social Enterprises across Europe. Author Benjamin Huybrechts further examines how the different types of these combine the economic, social, and political dimensions of FT, and how they manage the possible tensions between these dimensions. Finally, Fair Trade Organizations and Social Enterprise proposes a range of theoretical approaches allowing for various interpretations of the diversity among them as well as the links between the organizational models and the strategies that these models enable. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Benjamin Huybrechts (Université de Liège, Belgium)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.650kg ISBN: 9780415517454ISBN 10: 0415517451 Pages: 244 Publication Date: 21 March 2012 Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Diverse and Innovative Organizational Models in a Hybrid Field 1. Fair Trade: A Hybrid Concept and Practice 2. Fair Trade Social Enterprises Worldwide and in Europe 3. Categorizing Hybrid Organizational Models Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives 4. Theoretical Framework 5. Fair Trade Social Enterprises as Efficient Institutional Arrangements 6. Fair Trade Social Enterprises as Reflections of Their Environment 7. Fair Trade Social Enterprises as Institutional Bricolage Part 3: Managing Hybridity in Fair Trade 8. Managing Hybrid Organizational Models Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. IndexReviewsAuthor InformationBenjamin Huybrechts is an Assistant Professor and holder of the SRIW-Sowecsom Chair in Social Enterprise Management at the Centre for Social Economy, HEC Management School, University of Liege (Belgium). He holds a PhD in Economics and Management (University of Liege) and has been on a post-doctoral research stay at Said Business School (University of Oxford). He has published articles on Fair Trade and Social Enterprise in the Journal of Business Ethics (co-editing a special issue on Fair Trade), the Annals of Public and Co-operative Economics and the Social Enterprise Journal. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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