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An Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship (BIP)

Keywords:
Pilot domain:
Social Entrepreneurship
ECTS credits:
7,5
Mode of delivery:
Blended
University:
Copenhagen Business School
Contact:
Catherine L. Busch-Knudsen
Language:
English
Study cycle:
Bachelor
Faculty:
Business, Administration and Law
SDG:
SDG8. Decent work and economic growth, SDG9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Course credit:
Yes
Free course:
Yes
Aurora competence framework:
seizmic
Start date:
2025-06-23
End date:
2025-07-10
Application start:
2025-01-28
Application deadline:
2025-04-03
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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 supplement academic learning with hands on project experience students will work in teams on a specific social entrepreneurship problem.

Session 1 online: 10 June, 2025
Session 2 online: 19 June, 2025
Session 3 online: 16 July, 2025

Onsite period: 23 June,2025-10 July,2025