Mission drift or simply failure? A cross-country pursuit of why social enterprises run by religious women in the Catholic Church tend to fail

What is it about?

The study highlights top five top causes why social projects run by Catholic sisters tend to fail as (i) leadership and management lapses, (ii) capacity and skills gaps, (iii) change or transfer of key personnel running the project. (iv) funding challenges and lack of sufficient funding for the social enterprises and (v) not running the social projects as sustainable and profitable ventures. Other factors explaining failure of social enterprises: communication on project milestones, lack of robust market needs assessment, congregational charism, vocation vs, social work, lack of synergy and cooperation, accountability issues.

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