An Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship

About

This course introduces students to organizational social entrepreneurship, a process by which opportunities to create public goods are identified and created. Being an “essentially contested concept” (Choi and Majumdar, 2014) social entrepreneurship is best understood as a cluster concept covering different applications ranging from the launching of social enterprise start-ups to the transformation of industry sectors towards sustainability. In the course we will analyze the antecedents of social entrepreneurship. An essential part of the course will be an introduction to core concepts of social entrepreneurship such as the theory of change, social impact measurement tools, and hybrid organizational form selection. To suplement academic learning with handson project experience students will work in teams on a specific social entrepreneurship problem.

Description of the teaching methods
Lectures, case discussions, and group work. In addition to the daily class teaching sessions, supplementary lectures will also be available as online videos for asynchronous viewing. Since this is an intensive 3-week course it is essential that you plan enough time every week both for class preparation (10 hours per week), attending lectures (12-14 hours per week) and group work after class (10 hours per week). As an intensive 3-week CBS Summer University course this course is not made for students who are working part or full-time while also attending the summer university. Please note that due to its nature as a blended intensive programme (BIP) the course has several virtual components: Two "pre-assignment" online sessions will be held during the month of June in which you get introduced to the course and where group work begins. Finally, there are two online sessions at the end of the course in which we prepare for your exam project.

Course leader

Kai Hockerts & Anne-Karen Hüske

Target group

This is a bachelor level course. CBS Summer University courses at Copenhagen Business School is open to all and welcomes domestic and international students as well as professionals.

Fee info