BUS-271 Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation

ECN-111 and ACC-11 or other Business course
Entrepreneurs are using business methods to help
solve social and environmental challenges
otherwise ignored or missed by commerce and
addressed predominately with often unsustainable
donor-driven models by the nonprofit sector. This
course includes social intrapreneurship, where
employees in existing companies similarly are
developing new income opportunities by addressing
social and environmental challenges in a
profitable, scalable manner. Social entrepreneurs
are at the vanguard of creating new business
models for neglected markets that corporations
can emulate, partner with or acquire to take to
scale. As the traditional lines blur among
nonprofits, government and business, it is
critical that business students understand the
opportunities and challenges in this new
landscape. 4