BUS-271 Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation

Prerequisite: ECN-111 and ACC-111 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