année académique
2025-2026

Titulaire(s) du cours

Marek HUDON (Coordonnateur) et Alina Spanuth

Crédits ECTS

5

Langue(s) d'enseignement

anglais

Contenu du cours

 
       1. Social Innovation, an introduction: Definitions and Concepts
 
  1. Social Intrapreneurship, social entrepreneurship and social enterprises: Various innovations schemes for social change

  1. Sustainable business models: Promise and challenges

  1. Funding social innovations: From donors to impact investing

  1. The commercialization of social enterprises: MOOC and Compartamos Case study

  1. Conclusions and class discussion

Objectifs (et/ou acquis d'apprentissages spécifiques)

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

  • Understand core social innovation (SI) concepts and issues
  • Identify key challenges faced by social enterprises (SE), including the commercialization  trend in SE (MOOC).
  • Discuss the relevance of social enterprises concerns in the  management of (for-profit and non-profit)  companies

Pré-requis et Co-requis

Connaissances et compétences pré-requises ou co-requises

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Méthodes d'enseignement et activités d'apprentissages

Lectures

Massive Online Open Course (MOOC)

Exercises

Case studies

Références, bibliographie et lectures recommandées

Will be shared during the course

Contribution au profil d'enseignement

The course contributes to the development of the following skills :

  • Analyse change contexts from an integrative perspective, making sense of all available empirical data with an innovative and rigourous theoretical framework.

  • Recommend practical and creative managerial solutions to the most pressing organizational and societal problems.

  • Negotiate project recommendations across cultures and stakeholder groups to increase organizational readiness for change.

  • Operationalize negotiated solutions into actionable managerial strategies.

Autres renseignements

Contacts

marek.hudon@ulb.ac.be

Campus

Solbosch

Evaluation

Méthode(s) d'évaluation

  • Autre

Autre

Oral Exam + Paper (group assignement)

May be modified according to the number of students

Construction de la note (en ce compris, la pondération des notes partielles)

Oral Exam (50%) + Paper (50%)

May be modified according to the number of students

Langue(s) d'évaluation

  • anglais

Programmes