Marya Besharov, 06 March 2025
In the last two decades, the boundaries between business and the social sector have blurred. Early pioneers like Grameen Bank in Bangladesh broke away from using charity to address complex social problems like inequality and instead started offering microloans and other financial services.
University of Oxford
Marya Besharov is Professor of Organizations and Impact at the University of Oxford and Academic Director of the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship. Her research focuses on leadership, social impact, and hybrid organizations. In 2020 she has co-edited the volume Organizational Hybridity: Perspectives, Processes, Contexts (Emerald Publishing).
Further publications include: Smith, W. K. & Besharov, M. L. 2019. “Bowing before dual gods: How structured flexibility sustains organizational hybridity.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 64(1): 1-44.; Besharov, M. L. & Mitzinneck, B. 2023. “The multiple facets of corporate purpose: An analytical typology.” Strategy Science.
In June 2024 Marya Besharov was a Visiting Fellow at CAS LMU in the context of the CAS Research Focus “Dis/Similarities”.