A Process Model of Social Enterprise Scaling Using the Legitimacy Lens

Abstract

In this research, we examine the scaling of a social enterprise through legitimacy. Using a qualitative approach grounded in a single case study, that of The Kalgidhar Trust Society from India (TKTS), the study examines the external strategies and internal process to examine the scaling of TKTS with a special focus on its chain of schools, the Akal Academies. We develop a model where internal and external legitimacies lead to scaling up and scaling wide and build socio-political legitimacy, which in turn spreads the values of the organisation and creates a deeper impact in society. This paper introduces the legitimacy lens to scaling, which has not yet been sufficiently explored in literature.

Cite this work

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 8 citations exist upstream.

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.