IPSS - IESE Platform for Strategy and Sustainability
Enabling good strategic decisions around global sustainability issues

Introduction
Social Entrepreneurship is about using entrepreneurial skills to craft innovative responses to social problems. It aims at social impact but does not exclude economic wealth creation. Thus it is not limited to the non-profit sector. Social Entrepreneurship involves recognizing opportunities, combining and mobilizing resources, triggering positive change in various domains, and building sustainability.

Course Objectives
The objective of the course is to provide students with an understanding of the complex dynamics underlying Social Entrepreneurship as a global phenomenon. The course invites students to look beyond traditional boundaries and critically assess alternative ways of doing business and creating social value.

The main objectives of the course are:

• to introduce the concept, practices, opportunities, and challenges of Social Entrepreneurship,

• to translate insights from class discussion into frameworks to facilitate facing these challenges,

• to define new possible roles and strategies with which entrepreneurs and established companies can address social needs and contribute to sustainable development.