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New CEPS Working Paper published
Are grant-making foundations really able to promote social innovation and what determines their ability to become innovators? These are the questions raised by Steffen Bethmann – former research associate at the Center for Philanthropy Studies – in the latest CEPS Working Paper.
The results show that the innovative capacity of foundations is defined early on in their existence and depends strongly on their capital structure – social, cultural, financial and symbolic – and on their institutional characteristics. With its detailed look at foundations and innovation, the study contributes significantly to a better understanding of the innovative capacity of foundations – and how this can potentially be improved.
Bethmann, p. (2019). Foundations and Social Innovations. CEPS Working Paper Series, No. 16, Basel: CEPS
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