Managing Nonprofit Strategic Tensions
This edited volume examines the strategic tensions faced by nonprofit and social-mission organizations as they seek to create social impact, scale their activities, and build organizational resilience. Bringing together perspectives from strategic management and nonprofit research, the book explores how nonprofit organizations navigate competing demands and paradoxical tensions related to impact creation and measurement, growth and scaling, inter-organizational collaboration, ecosystem strategy, resource scarcity, governance, mission preservation, and organizational capabilities. The contributors show how to manage these tensions constructively through a strategic mindset that balances social mission with the realities of organizational development and resource constraints. Drawing on various theoretical perspectives, empirical research, and diverse case studies, the volume offers both conceptual insights and practical guidance for scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and students interested in strategic management, nonprofits, social innovation, and the social economy.
Sofiane Baba is an Associate Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Sherbrooke. He holds a Ph.D. in Strategy and Organization from HEC Montréal. His research focuses on strategic processes, legitimation dynamics, and organizational, social, and institutional change. His work explores phenomena at the intersection of organizations, society, and institutions, with particular attention to sustainability and social issues. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, encyclopedia entries, and academic case studies in leading academic outlets.
Saouré Kouamé is an Associate Professor of strategy at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa (Canada). His research focuses on strategic practices of nonprofit organizations and social impact strategies. He has published a book and several articles in top management journals on these issues. He received his PhD in Management from HEC Montreal.
Jamel Stambouli, PhD, is Full Professor at the Élisabeth-Bruyère School of Social Innovation of Saint Paul University in Ottawa, Canada, where he teaches and conducts research in management, social innovation, and entrepreneurship. He earned his doctorate in Management with a specialization in Entrepreneurship from HEC Montréal. His scholarly work explores immigrant and social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility, diversity and inclusion, ethics, and the development and management of social and solidarity economy organizations. Combining academic expertise with professional experience in industry and international consulting, he has advised organizations and supported numerous entrepreneurs. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, books, and book chapters, and he has contributed to interdisciplinary scholarship on entrepreneurship, ethics, religion, migration, and social transformation.