Course Details
Country:
France
Institution:
EM Strasbourg Business School
Course Title:
Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Sustainability challenges
Course Number:
EM1F4M4A1B
Course Description:
Society is increasingly prioritizing sustainability and, by extension, expecting sustainable value creation from entrepreneurs. In this regard, social businesses, defined as organizations that ‘pursue a social mission while engaging in commercial activities to sustain their operations’ (Battilana and Lee, 2014: 399), operate alongside regular for-profit companies. More and more social businesses (or social enterprises) are being created to tackle a diverse set of sustainability challenges (i.e. a series of societal and/or ecological problems) with their particular business model, and research in this context is accumulating. However, although expectations may have changed to some degree, to survive, such companies must also have a competitive advantage. This course addresses the particular challenges social businesses and their entrepreneurs face in order to achieve their dual mission by making use of real case studies of social entrepreneurs that are reflected against the backdrop of different theoretical frameworks.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
MGMT 454
Attachment Files:
generer_pdf_cours.pdf
