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Shifting logics: Limitations on the journey from 'state' to 'market' logic in UK higher education (2017)
Journal Article
Alexander, E., Phillips, W., & Kapletia, D. (2017). Shifting logics: Limitations on the journey from 'state' to 'market' logic in UK higher education. Policy and Politics, 46(4), 551-569. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557317X15052077338233

© Policy Press 2018. Our study of UK higher education institutions (HEIs) offers insights into the role of institutional logics in the adoption of organisational practices - specifically outsourcing. We identify two logics prevalent within HEIs: a pu... Read More about Shifting logics: Limitations on the journey from 'state' to 'market' logic in UK higher education.

Going it alone won’t work! The relational imperative for social innovation in social enterprises (2017)
Journal Article
Phillips, W., Alexander, E., & Lee, H. (2019). Going it alone won’t work! The relational imperative for social innovation in social enterprises. Journal of Business Ethics, 156(2), 315-331. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3608-1

Shifts in the philosophy of the “state” and a growing emphasis on the “Big Society” have placed an increasing onus on a newly emerging organizational form, social enterprises, to deliver innovative solutions to ease societal issues. However, the ques... Read More about Going it alone won’t work! The relational imperative for social innovation in social enterprises.