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Social Enterprise and Innovation
Course #: PUBPOL 651
Description:
Social entrepreneurship and policy innovation is a new and fast-growing area of social policy and business scholarship and practice. The goal of social enterprise is to do well financially by creatively solving social issues. Innovation ’ in problem identification, stakeholder engagement, acquisition of funding, production, marketing, evaluation, and other areas ’ is essential to the success of social entrepreneurship. This course will introduce students to social enterprise and innovation through a mix of scholarly and practice reading, engagement with scholars and practitioners and teamwork. Working in a team and on a social issue they care about, students will learn system thinking skills, entrepreneurial mindset, skills, and tools to start up their own social venture or work in a social business.
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