Content

Social economy, social entrepreneurship and social enterprises: basic definitions, characteristics and typologies
Social entrepreneurship: Causes of development and challenges, the relationship with sustainable growth
Types of values created through social enterprises: Performance measurement, social impact and value chain
Social entrepreneurship and sustainable development goals
Innovation, social entrepreneurship and sustainable development
Growth strategies in social entrepreneurship
Designing a social enterprise: operational plans, organization and management of social enterprises
The business model canvas for social enterprises
Social enterprises and Corporate Social Responsibility of for-profit enterprises
Women's social entrepreneurship
Skills and competences of social entrepreneurs
Social entrepreneurs: case studies
Social entrepreneurship in Greece
A combination of teaching and learning methods will be used, aiming at the active participation of the students and the practical application of the thematic units under examination; there will also be lectures using audiovisual media, discussions, and analyses of case studies on real business issues, experiential (group) activities, as well as projections of relevant videos. The students will also undertake an individual or group project. Furthermore, articles, audiovisual lecture materials, web links/addresses, useful information, case studies and exercises for further practice are posted in digital form on the AUA Open e-Class platform.

Learning results

The aim of the course is:

to familiarize students with the overall view of a social enterprise with the formulation and implementation of its strategy with emphasis on the use of technology, knowledge and innovation,
the creation of knowledge-based social and sustainable firms is being considered,
the treatment of technological and business strategy as a dynamic process of utilizing its resources and capabilities.
to familiarize students with the contribution of social entrepreneurship on sustainable growth

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

understand issues concerning social and sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship,
create social and cooperative business ventures based on the use of knowledge and technology for development at the regional level

design a business plan and evaluate technical, financial and operational data in the frame of the principles of sustainable growth.

Bibliography

Suggested Bibliography in Greek Language:
• Αποστολόπουλος, Ν. Δερμάτης, Ζ., Λιαργκόβας, Π. (2020). Κοινωνική οικονομία και κοινωνική επιχειρηματικότητα. Πατάκης. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 94700732
• Δημαδάμα, Ζ. (2021). Βιώσιμη οικονομική ανάπτυξη: Η ενσωμάτωση των 17 στόχων του ΟΗΕ. Παπαζήσης. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 102106904
• Καμινάρη-Κλήμη, Ο. (2010). Κοινωνική Οικονομία. Ελληνοεκδοτική. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 7670
• Κυριακίδου, Ο. & Σαλαβού, Ε. (2014). Κοινωνική Επιχειρηματικότητα. Rosili. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 41955379
• Κυριακόπουλος, Π. (2021). Γυναικεία Κοινωνική Επιχειρηματικότητα: Μελέτες Περίπτωσης από το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο. Σιδέρης. Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 112695355
Suggested bibliography in English Language:
• Acar Erdur, D. (Ed.). (2020). Creating Social Value Through Social Entrepreneurship. IGI Global.
• Chahine, T. (2016). Introduction to social entrepreneurship. CRC Press.
• Nicolopoulou, K., Karataş-Özkan, M., Janssen, F., & Jermier, J. M. (Eds.). (2017). Sustainable entrepreneurship and social innovation. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group Earthscan from Routledge.
• Singh, A., & Reji, E. M. (Eds.). (2021). Social entrepreneurship and sustainable development. Routledge.
• Stenn, T. L. (2016). Social entrepreneurship as sustainable development: Introducing the sustainability lens. Springer.
Related academic journals:
• Sustainability
• Journal of Social Entrepreneurship
• Social Enterprise Journal
• International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation

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