Hybrid organizations combine elements of well-established,
institutionalized structures and thereby move away from conventional
organizational practices. The present research reveals that when hybrid
organizations develop their operations, they are faced with challenges
that are unique and unexplored and which are often grounded in their
hybrid structure. Social business hybrids were chosen as an ideal
setting for the study of organizational hybridity based on their unique
organizational structure, which is characterized by a mix of commercial
for-profit and charity logic.