Social Entrepreneurship
Schedule
Important dates:
- Tuesday 2 May 17:00 – submit group
- Tuesday 23 May 13:30 – mid-term
- Tuesday 30 May – submit part A group assignment
- Tuesday 13 June – submit part A (updated) + part B group assignment
- Tuesday 20 June – submit draft pitch deck group project
- Thursday 22 June 13:15 – present proposed solution / advise
- Thursday 29 June – deadline group assignment
- Friday 30 June – individual reflection
Week 1
Book chapters:
- Chapter 1, “Crazy little thing called love”
- Chapter 2, “The basics of entrepreneurship still matter”
- Chapter 3, “Social entrepreneurship is messy”
- Chapter 4, “The field is extra-disciplinary”
Papers: (*: not for exam, except parts that are covered in lecture)
- Zahra, S. A., Gedajlovic, E., Neubaum, D. O., & Shulman, J. M. (2009). A typology of
social entrepreneurs: Motives, search processes and ethical challenges. Journal of
Business Venturing, 24(5), 519-532.
- Defourny, J., & Nyssens, M. (2010). Conceptions of social enterprise and social
entrepreneurship in Europe and the United States: Convergences and divergences.
Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 1(1), 32-53.
* Santos, F. M. (2012). A positive theory of social entrepreneurship. Journal of Business
Ethics, 111(3), 335-351.
Week 2
Book chapters:
- Chapter 5, “The basics of product development“
- Chapter 6 “It springs up from the ground: idea generation and community assets“
Papers: (*: not for exam, except parts that are covered in lecture)
- Lumpkin, G. T., & Bacq, S. (2019). Civic wealth creation: A new view of stakeholder
engagement and societal impact. Academy of Management Perspectives, 33(4), 383-
404.
- De Bruin, A., Roy, M. J., Grant, S., & Lewis, K. V. (2022). Advancing a contextualized,
community-centric understanding of social entrepreneurial ecosystems. Business &
Society, 00076503221121820.
* Roundy, P. T., & Lyons, T. S. (2022). Humility in social entrepreneurs and its implications for
social impact entrepreneurial ecosystems. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 17,
e00296.
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,Week 3
Starting with group journal message group assignment (submit Thursday 17:00) + own
reflection
Book chapters:
- Chapter 7 “Social Change Theory as product design”
- Chapter 8 “Outputs or outcomes”
Papers: (*: not for exam, except parts that are covered in lecture)
- Ebrahim, A. & Rangan, VK. (2014). What impact? A framework for measuring the
scale and scope of social performance. California Management Review, 56(3), 118-
141.
- Islam, S. M. (2020). Towards an integrative definition of scaling social impact in social
enterprises. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 13, e00164.
* Busquet, M., Bosma, N. and Hummels, H. (2021) A multidimensional perspective on child
labor in the value chain: The case of the cocoa value chain in West Africa. World
Development, 146.
* Seelos, C., & Mair, J. (2005). Social entrepreneurship: Creating new business models to
serve the poor. Business Horizons, 48(3), 241-246.
Week 4
group journal message group assignment (submit Thursday 17:00) + own reflection
Papers: (*: not for exam, except parts that are covered in lecture)
- Battilana, J., Sengul, M., Pache, A. C., & Model, J. (2015). Harnessing productive
tensions in hybrid organizations: The case of work integration social enterprises.
Academy of Management journal, 58(6), 1658-1685.
- Mair, J., Mayer, J., & Lutz, E. (2015). Navigating institutional plurality: Organizational
governance in hybrid organizations. Organization Studies, 36(6), 713-739.
* Muñoz, P., & Kimmitt, J. (2019). Social mission as competitive advantage: A configurational
analysis of the strategic conditions of social entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Research,
101, 854-861.
Week 5
group journal message group assignment (submit Thursday 17:00) + own reflection
EXAM, Tuesday 23 May 13:30-16:00
- It assesses whether you understand the theoretical concepts that we discussed and
can apply them correctly to real-world cases.
- The exam consists of open and case-based questions based on the literature and
lectures (not tutorials) during weeks 1-4.
o Questions 1,2,3 will have (a) and (b) components
o Question 4 will be case-based and have (a), (b) and (c) components.
Week 6
group journal message group assignment (submit Thursday 17:00) + own reflection
Week 7
group journal message group assignment (submit Thursday 17:00) + own reflection
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,Week 8
group journal message group assignment (submit Thursday 17:00) + own reflection
Week 9
group journal message group assignment (submit Thursday 17:00) + own reflection
Week 10
group journal message group assignment (submit Thursday 17:00) + own reflection
Table of Contents
Schedule........................................................................................................................................................ 1
Important dates:..................................................................................................................................................1
Week 1..................................................................................................................................................................1
Week 2..................................................................................................................................................................1
Week 3..................................................................................................................................................................2
Week 4..................................................................................................................................................................2
Week 5..................................................................................................................................................................2
Week 6..................................................................................................................................................................2
Week 7..................................................................................................................................................................2
Week 8..................................................................................................................................................................3
Week 9..................................................................................................................................................................3
Week 10................................................................................................................................................................3
Week 1.......................................................................................................................................................... 5
Preparation Book.................................................................................................................................................5
Chapter 1, “Crazy little thing called love”........................................................................................................5
Chapter 2, “The basics of entrepreneurship still matter”...............................................................................5
Chapter 3, “Social entrepreneurship is messy”...............................................................................................5
Chapter 4, “The field is extra-disciplinary”......................................................................................................5
Preparation Papers...............................................................................................................................................5
Paper 1 Zahra, S. A., Gedajlovic, E., Neubaum, D. O., & Shulman, J. M. (2009). A typology of social
entrepreneurs: Motives, search processes and ethical challenges. Journal of Business Venturing, 24(5),
519-532............................................................................................................................................................5
Paper 2 Defourny, J., & Nyssens, M. (2010). Conceptions of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship
in Europe and the United States: Convergences and divergences. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship, 1(1),
32-53................................................................................................................................................................7
Paper 3 Santos, F. M. (2012). A positive theory of social entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Ethics,
111(3), 335-351.............................................................................................................................................10
Week 2................................................................................................................................................................13
Preparation Book...............................................................................................................................................13
Chapter 5, “The basics of product development“.........................................................................................13
Chapter 6, “It springs up from the ground: idea generation and community assets“..................................13
Preparation Papers.............................................................................................................................................13
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, Paper 4 Lumpkin, G. T., & Bacq, S. (2019). Civic wealth creation: A new view of stakeholder engagement
and societal impact. Academy of Management Perspectives, 33(4), 383-404.............................................13
Paper 5 De Bruin, A., Roy, M. J., Grant, S., & Lewis, K. V. (2022). Advancing a contextualized, community-
centric understanding of social entrepreneurial ecosystems. Business & Society, 00076503221121820...17
Paper 6 Roundy, P. T., & Lyons, T. S. (2022). Humility in social entrepreneurs and its implications for social
impact entrepreneurial ecosystems. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 17, e00296...........................20
Week 3................................................................................................................................................................24
Preparation Book...............................................................................................................................................24
Chapter 7, “Social Change Theory as product design”..................................................................................24
Chapter 8, “Outputs or outcomes”................................................................................................................24
Preparation papers.............................................................................................................................................24
Paper 7 Ebrahim, A. & Rangan, VK. (2014). What impact? A framework for measuring the scale and scope
of social performance. California Management Review, 56(3), 118-141.....................................................24
Paper 8 Islam, S. M. (2020). Towards an integrative definition of scaling social impact in social enterprises.
Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 13, e00164......................................................................................26
Paper 9 Busquet, M., Bosma, N. and Hummels, H. (2021) A multidimensional perspective on child labor in
the value chain: The case of the cocoa value chain in West Africa. World Development, 146....................28
Paper 10 Seelos, C., & Mair, J. (2005). Social entrepreneurship: Creating new business models to serve the
poor. Business Horizons, 48(3), 241-246.......................................................................................................29
Week 4................................................................................................................................................................30
Preparation papers.............................................................................................................................................30
Paper 11 Battilana, J., Sengul, M., Pache, A. C., & Model, J. (2015). Harnessing productive tensions in
hybrid organizations: The case of work integration social enterprises. Academy of Management journal,
58(6), 1658-1685...........................................................................................................................................30
Paper 12 Mair, J., Mayer, J., & Lutz, E. (2015). Navigating institutional plurality: Organizational governance
in hybrid organizations. Organization Studies, 36(6), 713-739.....................................................................32
Paper 13 Muñoz, P., & Kimmitt, J. (2019). Social mission as competitive advantage: A configurational
analysis of the strategic conditions of social entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Research, 101, 854-
861.................................................................................................................................................................34
Lecture 1 – April 25th 2023............................................................................................................................ 35
Lecture 2 – May 2nd 2023...................................................................................................................................39
Lecture 3 – May 9th 2023....................................................................................................................................43
Lecture 4 – May 16th 2023..................................................................................................................................48
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