Social Enterprise and Entrepreneurship

2 credits · Owen Graduate School of Management

Social Enterprise & Entrepreneurship explores how entrepreneurial thinking and business models can address society's most pressing social and environmental challenges. Students examine organizations across the social enterprise spectrum, where businesses, nonprofits, and governments create innovative, effective, and sustainable solutions. Grounded in real-world cases, the course challenges students to analyze complex problems and develop practical strategies. Learning occurs through lectures, readings, case discussions, guest speakers, and interactive exercises featuring leading social entrepreneurs and mission-driven organizations. Students also work in teams to develop a new venture or strengthen an existing organization, applying course concepts to create scalable, sustainable impact. This course is an elective for both the Entrepreneurship and the Sustainability & Social Impact MBA Emphases. [2]