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Social Entrepreneurship and Business Model Innovation

As part of this course you will work in diverse teams, allowing you to reflect critically on a social business model that you develop throughout the course.

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Course Venue

Frederiksberg, Denmark

Content Areas
  • Creating and promoting learning opportunities among all citizens and generations
  • Strengthening employability
Topics

Social Entrepreneurship

Potential Participants

Staff/Professional , Youth Learner , Disadvantaged Learner

Course Duration (in days)

18

Next Available Course
From 24. Jun 2024
To 11. Jul 2024
Organised by

University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)

Language(s)

English

Description

This course is open to students of Aurora universities. Social Entrepreneurship describes the discovery and sustainable exploitation of opportunities to create business models which address humanity’s social and environmental challenges. Social entrepreneurship generates disequilibria in market and non-market environments, by finding ways of turning societal problems into complementary assets. The course will develop capabilities in social opportunity identification as well as social enterprise modeling.
Description of the teaching methods
This intensive three-week course uses a mix of lecturing, firm visits with Copenhagen-based social enterprises and applied group work to maximize student learning. As part of this course you will work in diverse teams, allowing you to reflect critically on a social business model that you develop throughout the course. This experiential learning pedagogy culminates in the preparation of an investment ready social business model, which will be presented as part of a final pitch event, thus allowing you to acquire impact investing competencies – a skill set the Financial Times predicts is in increasing demand by employers causing “a real war on talent” (FT, 5 June 2021). The course is highly interactive with the corresponding expectation that students engage actively. Since this is an intensive 3-week course it is essential that you plan enough time every week both for class preparation (10-12 hours per week), attending lectures (12-14 hours per week) and group work after class (10-12 hours per week). An intensive 3-week ISUP course is thus not made for students who are working part or full-time while also attending the summer university.
Feedback during the teaching period
The course will be held in one of the CBS Studios. These spaces are designed for active and student-centered learning. Groups will receive feedback from instructors as well as their peers in real time. In addition groups will receive online feedback and mentoring via the Social Business Model Panorama on Babele.Please also note that 3-week summer university courses require the completion of a pre-assignment during the month of June. So please make sure to plan in time for this task during the 4 weeks before the course starts.
 

Tentative Program & Schedule

Course content, structure and pedagogical approach

Social Entrepreneurship describes the discovery and sustainable exploitation of opportunities to create business models which address humanity’s social and environmental challenges. Social entrepreneurship generates disequilibria in market and non-market environments, by finding ways of turning societal problems into complementary assets. The course will develop capabilities in social opportunity identification as well as social enterprise modeling.

Expected Outcome

Learning objectives At the end of the course you should be able to reflect critically on the social business model your group will develop in this course. In particular you will be required to:

  • Differentiate between social enterprise and social innovation mode and argue for selecting one mode as the basis for your group’s social business model.
  • Describe the factors driving group work behavior and its performance outcomes in social business modeling and apply these to your group’s experiences.
  • Contrast the hybrid strategies used to identify social business opportunities and formulate a strategy for how your group generates complementarities.
  • Discuss different forms of impact investing and argue which are most appropriate for your social business model.
  • Contrast different ways in which your social business model can be scaled up or replicated and determine the most appropriate choice.
  • Evaluate the applicability of social impact assessment tools and evaluate how their use affects the performance of your social business model.

About Copenhagen

Copenhagen (/ˌkoʊpənˈheɪɡən, -ˈhɑː-/ KOH-pən-HAY-gən, -⁠HAH- or /ˈkoʊpənheɪɡən, -hɑː-/ KOH-pən-hay-gən, -⁠hah-;[9] Danish: København [kʰøpm̩ˈhɑwˀn] ⓘ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark Source: Wikipedia


Author: Mik Hartwell from Copenhagen, Denmark This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Venue address

Solbjerg Plads 3
2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark

How to Apply

Apply via the following link (only for students of Aurora universities!)

https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/departments-and-centres/department-of-management-society-and-communication/cbs-sustainability-centre/research/research-projects/aurora

Course Website
https://kursuskatalog.cbs.dk/2023-2024/KAN-CCMVI2115U.aspx
University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)
University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)

University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)


Address

Forsthausweg 2, 47057 Duisburg

Website URL

https://www.uni-due.de/de/universitaet/

Contact persons

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Co-Organiser (local host)

Name of Co-Organisation

Copenhagen Business School

Short Description of the Organisation

Copenhagen Business School is a public university situated in Copenhagen, Denmark and is considered one of the most prestigious business schools in Western Europe and the world.

Source: Wikipedia

Organisation Website

https://www.cbs.dk/en

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