TY - JOUR
T1 - Is ‘Growing Better’ ripe for development? Creating an urban farm for social impact
AU - Gittins, Peter
AU - Morland, Leigh
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Dorota Hajdukiewicz and everyone else at Growing Better for their welcoming hospitality throughout the entire research process. Thank you. The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - ‘Growing Better’ is a micro-social enterprise Community Interest Company (CIC), based in the Leeds City Region (UK), which provides a supportive working environment for people with mental health issues at an urban farming facility. This case study explores the business model and informs the challenge of growing a social enterprise with limited human and technical resources. Findings suggest that the potential for growth lies with the social entrepreneur’s ability to harness external stakeholder support; however, any development of the venture should also inform the effective utilisation of resources through operations management. Practically the case explores how aspirations for social and environmental impact drives the need to acquire and manage resources effectively and efficiently.
AB - ‘Growing Better’ is a micro-social enterprise Community Interest Company (CIC), based in the Leeds City Region (UK), which provides a supportive working environment for people with mental health issues at an urban farming facility. This case study explores the business model and informs the challenge of growing a social enterprise with limited human and technical resources. Findings suggest that the potential for growth lies with the social entrepreneur’s ability to harness external stakeholder support; however, any development of the venture should also inform the effective utilisation of resources through operations management. Practically the case explores how aspirations for social and environmental impact drives the need to acquire and manage resources effectively and efficiently.
KW - Controlled environment agriculture
KW - Operations management
KW - Resource-based strategy
KW - Social enterprise
KW - Stakeholder management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85103197757&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/14657503211000576
DO - 10.1177/14657503211000576
M3 - Article
VL - 22
SP - 266
EP - 274
JO - International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
JF - International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
SN - 1465-7503
IS - 4
ER -
