Family and Social Enterprises

Description

The unit will introduce students to the most important research themes and provide real-world insights into family entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship. The course will explore the linkages and differences of family and social entrepreneurs. Students will learn about the unique challenges of family and social entrepreneurs but also about their potential benefits to organizations and society. The module will highlight the non-financial goals pursued by family and social entrepreneurs. Increasing students' awareness of non-financial goals will enable them to reflect more holistically on their own entrepreneurial goals and outcomes.

The role of non-financial goals for entrepreneurship
The role of the family for entrepreneurship
Non-financial goals of the family enterprise and their effect on entrepreneurship and innovation
Non-financial goals of the family enterprise and their effect on society
The role of social goals for entrepreneurship and opportunities for social innovation
Contextualized and critical view on social entrepreneurship
Comparison and combination of family and social entrepreneurship

Learning outcomes

After studying this module students are able to:

evaluate the tensions of pursuing financial and non-financial goals in entrepreneurship
analyse the role of family for entrepreneurship
evaluate the effect of family-centred non-financial goals on entrepreneurial decision-making and innovation
evaluate the effect of family-centred non-financial goals on social outcomes
evaluate and formulate the goals of social enterprises and opportunities for social innovation
judge the merits of different organisational forms and formulate collaboration opportunities for social entrepreneurial ventures
evaluate the global context of social enterprises and potential negative consequences of social entrepreneurship
compare and combine social entrepreneurship and family entrepreneurship