Course details
Social Innovation in the International Area
DDRS 20021A
The course also aims to bring students into contact with innovations and new technologies, which play an important role in supporting new forms of social innovation on the international scene, by private companies, governments and the third sector (NPOs, communities, civil society organizations). In addition to developing the social skills of management students, the course also aims to provide an international perspective on innovative projects being developed in different countries of Latin America, Africa and Asia, comparing them with European and North American initiatives. Social innovation is analyzed from a number of angles: inclusive innovations, open innovations, reverse innovations, creative commons and open business models, social business, and so on.
Themes covered
New perspectives on social development & introduction to social innovation
Fundamental concepts of social innovation and ecosystem thinking in social innovation
Social enterprises and their action models
Fundamental concepts of social impact strategies
Social impact integration levels and the theory of change
Toolbox: Social business plans Impact Gap Canvas and Design Thinking
Territorial and inclusive innovation low-tech and social technologies
Entrepreneurs and managers in social innovation
Evaluating social innovations
Scaling a social innovation
Important notes
Course in French : DDRS 20021
Course code
DDRS 20021A
Subject
Développement durable et responsabilité sociale
Program
Bachelor’s degree (BBA)
Location
Côte-des-Neiges
Instruction mode
On-site learning
Credits
3