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Syllabus Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation - 59525
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Last update 07-10-2023
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 2nd degree (Master)

Responsible Department: Glocal International Development

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: English

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Jonathan Mirvis

Coordinator Email: jonathan.mirvis@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: Monday 1400-1500

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Jonathan Mirvis

Course/Module description:
This course deal with the key concepts and of social entrepreneurship. While a differentiation is made between this field and commercial entrepreneurship, applicable paradigms from the latter are studied

Course/Module aims:
The goals are to enable the students to master the language and literature of social entrepreneurship. Furthermore as practitioners in the field they should be able to apply the principle to their endeavors

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Students should be able to to participate meaningfully in social entrepreneurial startups

Attendance requirements(%):
80

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Interactive lectures
Guest lecturers

Course/Module Content:







GLOCAL
Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation

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Dr Jonathan Mirvis
Jonathan.mirvis@mail.huji.ac.il

Tel: 02-588-1294


Reading list

Defining Social Entrepreneurship

Mirvis, J., (2022). The Diverse Definitions of Social Entrepreneurship: The Underlying Issues. International Journal of Science, Engineering and Management. 9:10

Dees, J. G ., (1998). The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship. Kansas City: Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Free access
https://centers.fuqua.duke.edu/case/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2015/03/Article_Dees_MeaningofSocialEntrepreneurship_2001.pdf
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Social Need or Social Visteon?

. Mirvis, J. (2016). “Maximizing the Possibility of Success,” It's Our Challenge: A Social Entrepreneurship Approach to Jewish Education. Oxford & Shrewbury: YouCaxton. Ch. 3 pp q1Q 33-51 Overseas Library Y370 M676; ERESERVE

Social Value and SROI

. Young, R. (2006). “For What It i Worth: Social Value and the Future of Social Entrepreneurship”. In A. Nicholls (Ed.). Social Entrepreneurship: New Models of Sustainable Social Change. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 56-73. Main Library HD 60 S593 2011; E-BOOK

. Mirvis, J. (2016). “Maximizing the Possibility of Success,” It's Our Challenge: A Social Entrepreneurship Approach to Jewish Education. Oxford & Shrewbury: YouCaxton. Ch. 5, pp. 69-85. Overseas Library Y370 M676; ERESERVE


The Theory of Change

. Mirvis, J. (2016). “Maximizing the Possibility of Success,” It's Our Challenge: A Social Entrepreneurship Approach to Jewish Education. Oxford & Shrewbury: YouCaxton. Ch. 5, pp. 69-85. Overseas Library Y370 M676; ERESERVE

. Bradach, J. (2003, Spring). Growing to Scale: The Challenge of Growing Social Programs. Stanford Social Innovation Review, 19-25. Free access: http://ssir.org/images/articles/2003SP_feature_bradach.pdf

Jobs to be Done

. Nobel, C. (2011, February 15). Clay Christensen’s Milkshake Marketing. Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. Free acces: http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/clay-christensens-milkshake-marketing


Blue Ocean Strategy

. Kim, C., & Mauborgne, R. (2004). "Blue Ocean Strategy". Harvard Business Review, vol. 47, no. 3, pp. 1-9. E-JOURNAL

Disruptive Innovation

1, Christensen, C., & Overdorf, M. (2000, March-April). “Meeting the Challenge of Disruptive Innovation”. Harvard Business Review, vol. 78, no. 2, p. 1-10. E-JOURNAL

Design of New Products and Processes

. Brown, T.& Wyatt, J. (2010, Winter). Design Thinking for Social Innovation. Social Innovations Review, 30-35. Free access: http://ssir.org/images/articles/2010WI_Features_WyattBrown_New.pdf
Bridging
. Mirvis, J. (2016). “Bridging,” It's Our Challenge: A Social Entrepreneurship Approach to Jewish Education. Oxford & Shrewbury: YouCaxton. Ch. 10, pp. 171-191 Overseas Library Y370 M676; ERESERVE
Design of Platforms
13. Mirvis, J. (2016). “Design of platforms,” It's Our Challenge: A Social Entrepreneurship Approach to Jewish Education. Oxford & Shrewbury: YouCaxton. Ch. 11, pp. 193-216. Overseas Library Y370 M676; ERESERVE
Changing the Rules
. Mirvis, J. (2016). “Changing Rules,” It's Our Challenge: A Social Entrepreneurship Approach to Jewish Education. Oxford & Shrewbury: YouCaxton. Ch. 12, pp. 217-240. Overseas Library Y370 M676; ERESERVE
Distribution Models

.Grossman, A. & Rangan, V.K. (2000). “Managing Multi-site Nonprofits”. Harvard Business School Social Enterprise Series, no. 8, pp. 321-337. Free access: http://www.socialimpactexchange.org/files/Managing_MultiSite_Nonprofits_0.pdf


Social enterprise and Social Busines

16. Dees, J.G. “Enterprising Nonprofits”. Harvard Business review on Nonprofits. Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing, 1999, pp. 135-166.
http://www.uic.edu/sph/phtpg/Content/Reading%20Room/Articles/Dees%20Enterprising%20Nonprofits.pdf

. Yunus, M. (2007) Creating a World Without Poverty. PublicAffairs NY, NY. Chapters One and Two. Pp 3-42


Sustainability

Foster, W. L., Kim, P., & Christiansen (2009, Spring). “Ten Nonprofit Funding Models”. Stanford Social Innovation Review. Free access: https://ssir.org/pdf/2009SP_Feature_Foster_Kim_Christiansen.pdf

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Required Reading:
Please see above

Additional Reading Material:
Bernstein, D., (2007). How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas. Oxford University Press.

Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 90 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 10 %

Additional information:
In the event that the classes are taught via Zoom, students will be required to leave their cameras open as part of their participation requirement
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