Social Enterprises: Merging Business and Purpose - Maria Ballesteros-Sola, MBA, MRes, Fulbright Scholar Lecturer in Business - Social Enterprises are hybrid organizations that merge purpose and profit. As these type of organizations become more prominent, much confusion still surrounds their definition, as well as their challenges and limitations. This presentation will review the broad spectrum of social enterprises, present well known cases and introduce the activities of CI’s California Institute for Social Business.