Social Entrepreneurship
Social change is no longer a domain reserved to public and charitable organizations. An increasing number of firms and businesses are taking up the challenge of solving the world’s most pressing social problems. This course will cover a selected set of topics associated with social innovation and social entrepreneurship, such as:
- some general background information to understand the recent rise of social enterprises;
- develop and test a start-up idea;
- plan a social enterprise;
- launch and scale a social enterprise;
- psychological biases as an obstacle to social change;
- impact evaluation methods;
- non-monetary incentives and HRM in social enterprises
The course is meant to be highly interactive. Students will be provided with many case studies that will be discussed together in class. In the tutorials, they will be asked to work in groups and develop an idea for a social enterprise. Several practitioners will be invited to give a talk and share their experiences. Through the course, the students will also learn how to run impact evaluations, develop and channel their creativity, and pitch their ideas.