At the 4 October meeting of the SE Asia Studies Group will discuss:
“The Dawn of Nonprofit Social Enterprise in Cambodia? The Process of Commercialization in the Nonprofit Sector”
Presented by: Mr Sothy Khieng, PhD candidate, Department of International Business and Asian Studies, Griffith Asia Institute and VU University, Amsterdam.
NGO funding from donations and grants (membership fees included), particularly from foundation grants, are not only unpredictable and unstable but also come with strings attached that may affect goals and missions of recipient NGOs. As a result, some NGOs have turned to alternative sources of funding such as sales of goods and services as well as government funding. In this process, a variety of organizational forms has emerged among which are social enterprises [SE] or social entrepreneurial organizations.
The increasing commercialization among non-profit organizations “is bringing a shift in financial dependence from charitable donations to commercial sales activity, with little-recognized consequences” (Weisbrod, 2000). However, there is lack of literature on how the ventures into social entrepreneurship by non-profit organizations evolve. Much of the literature is based on the American and European contexts where social enterprises found an environment conducive to their development. However, there is lack of empirical studies on social entrepreneurship in non-profit organizations in other parts of the world. Particularly, experience and lessons from countries in the East and Southeast Asian regions where the context and background differ greatly potentially bring additional value and insight to the current scholarship and practical development practice in the region and elsewhere.
To fill this gap, the aim of this paper is to analyse processes of commercialization of the non-profit sector and their impact on the mission, autonomy, programme and financial sustainability of organizations in different sectors in Southeast Asia, using Cambodia as case study. The data used in this study is based on a large-scale quantitative survey and qualitative key informant interviews with NGO leaders and administrators of NGOs in five regions across Cambodia.
- Friday 4 October 2013
- N16, Meeting Room 1.44
- Nathan campus
- 2:30 – 4.00pm
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