Abstract
Cross-sector action involving investors, corporations, government agencies, NGOs, and social enterprises has gained prominence as an approach to uncovering and implementing novel solutions to persistent social problems. These cross-sector partnerships are complicated however by challenges that stem from the inherent tensions between the stakeholders and their diverse practices and ambitions. Drawing on institutional theory and practice theory, this paper explores how stakeholders in social entrepreneurship ecosystems navigate the complexity of cross-sector partnerships. A multiple case study design studies cross-sector partnerships in the emerging social impact investment ecosystems in Australia and the United Kingdom. Insights from interviews with 92 practitioners (investors, government representatives, intermediaries, consultants and social entrepreneurs) reveal two main findings: (i) collaboratively designing practices can assist in overcoming tensions between sectors, and (ii) multilingual brokers are...
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