Updated A.Y. 2015-2016
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION
(Prof. Luigi Corvo)
TEACHING STAFF RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COURSE:
Name Surname: Luigi Corvo
Lessons: Thursday and Friday from 10 am to 2 pm
Office:
Telephone: + 39 3286993923
E-mail: luigi.corvo@uniroma2.it
Office hours: on request
PRE-REQUISITES FOR THE COURSE:
No pre-requisites required
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The main objective of the course is to understand the role that the social enterprises can play into a shift of paradigm that is changing our economic and social system.
More specifically, the debate about the collaborative economy, like a disruptive social and economic change, is addressing the social enterprises (SE) to lead new ideas for a sustainable production of goods and services with a positive social and environmental impact.
Such a change regards the society and the economy as a whole: it requires to rethink the value chain of the organizations, the role of finance, the relations between SE and other actors (PA, for profit organizations, civil society), the business models of the social projects and the conventional organizational processes.
For achieving these learning objectives the students will be part of a project for the setting of a social start up that will cross all the lessons and it will represent the main result of the course.
TEACHING METHODS
Each lesson will be divided into two sections:
the first section will be dedicated to the theoretical aspects related to the topic addresses;
The second one will be a co-working process for the co-design of a social start up.
Some lessons will be held by inspiring testimonials that will help us both in discovering in depth particular aspects or experiences of SE and in setting the tools for the creation of a social start up.
REFERENCE TEXTBOOK
The course will not adopt a textbook.
For each lesson will be recommended readings, papers and parts of books (freely provided).
A first list is:
- Social Guide Europe (only parts of the book) – European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=738&langId=it&pubId=7523
- The Plural Sector (only parts of the book) – Henry Mintzberg
http://ssir.org/articles/entry/time_for_the_plural_sector
PAPERS
A first selection of the recommended paper is:
- “Doing Less, Better”, Stanford Social Innovation Review, http://ssir.org/articles/entry/doing_less_better
- “Social and Commercial Entrepreneurship: Same, Different, or Both?”, Entrepreneurship theory and practice, James Austin, Howard Stevenson and Jane Wei-Skillern
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6520.2006.00107.x/full
- “Social Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Social Change Across Theory and Practice”, Social Entrepreneurship, Francesco Perrini and Clodia Vurro
http://www.untag-smd.ac.id/files/Perpustakaan_Digital_1/ENTREPRENEURSHIP%20Social%20Entrepreneurship%20-%20Palgrave%20Macmillan.pdf#page=74
OTHER LEARNING SOURCES
Other learning sources will be provided
VIDEO
- Changing the world through social entrepreneurship: Willemijn Verloop at TEDxUtrecht
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvq9YgoJabY
- 5 Keys to Success For Social Entrepreneurs: Lluis Pareras at TEDxBarcelonaChange
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl8c5ooHfWs
- The Power of Social Entrepreneurship: P R Ganapathy at TEDxGolfLinksPark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZQvhsa6LN0
- Becoming a Social Entrepreneur: Sonal Kapoor at TEDxYouth@Chennai
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6jbr2aiytg
EXAM (RULES)
The final evaluation comes from the integration of two elements:
- the evaluation of the projects (from 0 to 10)
- the oral exam (from 0 to 20)
For the students that will not attend the lessons, the exam will be completely oral.
ANALYTICAL SYLLABUS
Date
25/02/2016 - Introduction to the course
- Economic theories of the social economy
- International and European data on social economy sector
- The social entrepreneurship model
Co-working:
The needs analysis for an effective social value proposition. The community land trust (CLT) approach.
26/02/2016 - Social Value chain
- Collaborative and Social Enterprises
- Social Shared Added Value
Co-working:
The value chain of a social start up: the dimensions of value with a multi-stakeholder approach
03/03/2016 - Social Business Model
- Social Impact: design, measurement and evaluation
Co-working:
Social Canvas Business Model
04/03/2016 - The era of Societing: from making market to making society
- The role of social network and digital platforms
Co-working:
The fundraising and crowdfunding for the financial sustainability of a social start up
10/03/2016 - The open data approach for social changes
- Testimonial: Salvatore Iaconesi (t.b.c.) - the Ubiquitous Commons project
Co-working
How to use data and internet of things for managing the commons.
11/03/2016 - Social enterprises network: how to create a social innovation ecosystem
Co-working
How to meet the opportunities within international social enterprises networks
17/03/2016 - Project management for social enterprises
Co-working
Managing social projects: is it the same?
18/03/2016 Presentation of the social start up project
