Social Entrepreneurship: Building Impact Ventures 2016/2017

Filipe Santos / 3.5 ECTs / Trimester / English

During the last two decades social innovation and social entrepreneurship have become an hot topic for managers, policy makers, "traditional" entrepreneurs, etc. In this context, several experts believe that social enterprises and hybrid organizations can be the right answer to several problems that currently affect traditional business.

This course will explore these issues offering a thought discussion about the most discussed problems associated with social innovation and social entrepreneurship:

How is it possible to combine social and financial value?
What are the key winning factors of social entrepreneurs and social innovations in developed and emerging countries?
How is it possible to combine different, apparently conflicting, institutional logics in the same institution? What's a successful social enterprise?
How is it possible to build a sustainable value chain in an emerging country?
How is it possible to create successful partnerships between multinational         companies (MNCs) and social enterprises?

The course will be based on the discussion of case studies and articles from prominent managerial and scientific journals and on lectures by social entrepreneurs and experts of the sector.

Pre-requesites: NA