INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship

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Events

A Success Story! 5th ISEP Conference and Reunion: "Social Entrepreneurship for Social Change"

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Change and Exchange were the keywords for the annual ISEP Conference and alumni Reunion which took place in Istanbul, Turkey on Friday 4 and Saturday 5 June 2010. The conference co-organised by INSEAD and Sabanci University, was set at Sabanci University's Museum with its breathtaking view of the historic Bosphorus and the western gateway to Asia less than a kilometer away. Over 240 people from both continents, as well as Africa, the Americas and the Middle East brought global and local perspective to social entrepreneurship. More information on the Conference and Reunion will be available soon. Meanwhile, watch the video compilation below, created by Serra Titiz - Mikado Consulting (ISEP 2009) and Ercan Tutal - Alternative Life Association (ISEP 2006). The INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Network is now comprised of over 200 people from 38 countries, five continents. Read more on our network...

Education

INSEAD Alumni EMBA Social Entrepreneurs Scholarship

INSEAD and its EMBA alumni offer a Social Entrepreneurs Scholarship for self financed executives participating in the Global EMBA programme beginning October 2010. We define social entrepreneurs as individuals who address pressing social problems through innovative and sustainable business solutions. They usually focus on creating value for disadvantaged segments of the population and develop solutions that can be scaled up and achieve significant societal impact. Read more...

Education

INSEAD Social Entrepreneurship Programme: A Thriving and Dynamic Global Network

Some of the most innovative social entrepreneurs from over 30 countries participated in INSEAD’s Social Entrepreneurship Programme (ISEP) In Fontainebleau and Singapore in 2009. Our flagship executive education programme experienced its strongest demand to date and benefited from an extraordinary pool of talent and diversity. Both the sessions received among the highest ratings of any INSEAD executive programme. Participants praised the programme with 96 percent rating it as very good or excellent. Read more in the evaluation report 2009. Registrations for next year are already being accepted, so if you're interested in attending ISEP in 2010, make sure to register early.

The dates for ISEP in 2010 are:
France: 15-19 November in Fontainebleau
Singapore: 29 November-3 December

Research

The Social Entrepreneur: Getting Results where Angels Fear to Tread

What is the role of social entrepreneurship in society? How are social entrepreneurs different from commercial entrepreneurs, social activists or charitable work? Our academic director, Professor Filipe Santos published an INSEAD working paper called "A Positive Theory of Social Entrepreneurship", in which he tackles these issues. He proposes a new conceptual framework for social entrepreneurship based on newly published case studies on Banco Compartamos and Gram Vikas.

News

Alvin's Guide to Good Business

Wall Street veteran Alvin Hall, travels the world to put a new breed of businessmen and women who say they are more interested in doing good than making money to the test. Alvin meets the Social Entrepreneurs who strive to change the way the world works. He sets out challenges to their business practices and returns in 6 months to see if the social entrepreneurs can deliver the results. Read more on Alvin's Guide to Good Business. BBC World News launched the new weekly television series on 13 February 2010 and has featured the work of eight senior social entrepreneurs around the globe. So far, two ISEP network members have been featured; Apopo (with Christophe Cox ISEP '08) and International Development Enterprises (IDE) (with Dhananjay Singh ISEP ’08).