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- Title
The Role of Social Capital in the Start-Up of Non-profit Organisations: The Case of Fondazione Welfare Ambrosiano.
- Authors
Pedrini, Matteo; Bramanti, Valentina; Ferri, Laura; Minciullo, Marco
- Abstract
This article investigates how a start-up foundation can build its organisational social capital, meaning a network of strategic partnerships with other organisations based on trust relationships, in order to fulfil its mission. Based on a case study analysis of Fondazione Welfare Ambrosiano-an Italian foundation created in partnership with private organisations and local public institutions-we explored whether and how some characteristics of the social capital of the foundation's members contributed to the organisational social capital. By applying Nahapiet and Ghoshal's (Acad Manag Rev 23(2):242-266, ) social capital framework, we discovered that the social capital configuration of the founders and staff, linked to some characteristics of the foundation, had driven the development of the organisational social capital. Our paper contributes to an understanding of what constitutes the best configuration of social capital to allow a start-up foundation to take off.
- Subjects
SOCIAL capital; NEW business enterprises; NONPROFIT organizations; WELFARE economics; STRATEGIC alliances (Business); PUBLIC institutions
- Publication
Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary & Nonprofit Organizations, 2016, Vol 27, Issue 3, p1195
- ISSN
0957-8765
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11266-015-9614-y