Socialenterprise EFMD summary

Socialenterprise EFMD summary

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  Social Entrepreneurship By Accident or ByDesign? Deliberate – Intention - Behaviour
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  Social entrepreneur definition •Definition of “social entrepreneur”........ Wikipedia “someone who recognises a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organise, create and manage a venture to make a social change.” • Growing arguments over definitions and boundaries – different definitions and new one’s “Civic Entrepreneur” – Growing, difficult to measure - National Innovation Systems – factors influencing entrepreneurial orientation – Over-concentration v over-dilution (exclusive/inclusive) – Typology – Venture & Radical Philanthropy – Identify characteristics of social entrepreneurs • metacompetences • heard from guest entrepreneurs • how to teach optimally
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  Bill Drayton-Leading Social EntrepreneursChanging the World • Restless.......Revolutionary “Social entrepreneurs are not content to just give a fish or teach how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionised the fishing industry.” – possessed to make it happen • • • • Self-efficacy Absorptive Capacity Resilience Internationalisation
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  Social Enterprises EUContribution 2020 Laszl Andor, EU Commissioner – Oct ‘12 • 2 million SE’s in Europe accounting for 10% of all EU businesses • @6% of EU working population • Recently this sector created @10% of new roles in EU • Role in social inclusion • SE’s largely and untapped source of inclusive growth and sustainable jobs • Emphasised strongly employment creating • Crucial NOW • Potential European Social Entrepreneurship Fund – work with ESF and ERDF • Proposed a fully-fledged new ESF investment priority for SE’s • EU - 90million euro fund • Mapping social enterprises
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  Sir Richard Branson •Predicted a ........ “sea change from the way business was always done, when financial profit alone was the driving force”
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  Why here? • Socialentrepreneurship provides a unique opportunity for researchers from different fields and disciplines to challenge and rethink central concepts and assumptions (Mair and Marti 2006) - New platforms, theories, surveys/assessements and tools - Enterprise mindsets - Use of new technologies • Today a growing number of colleges and universities are establishing programmes focused on training and education SE’s • Exercise
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  EFMD Conference • Whetherhere by accident or design? • Hope you have made the most of the opportunity • Enjoyed ourselves – safe journey