The aim of the Social Business / Enterprise and Poverty Certificate is to contribute to training a new generation of managers, aware of societal challenges and aspiring to be part of the solution, regardless of their professional activity. The certificate Social Business / Enterprise and Poverty is laid out in the following way:

Teaching methods

Important: In order for the program to meet the agreed objectives, it is essential that students be sincerely interested, highly motivated, and actively involved. This certificate is designed for this calibre of enthusiastic student

Academic information

- A program of 100 contact hours in April and May, taught by professors from HEC and other schools
- Examination of case studies
- Conferences, accounts of real-life experience given by business professionals

Hands-on Experience

- Participation of students in a business, in a structure of social integration, or in a project of social entrepreneurship project involved in fighting poverty

Certification

- Research paper dealing with initiatives in the fight against poverty in either developed or developing countries.
- Assessment of hands-on experience (worthiness and outcome).

 

Fields of study - Syllabus at a glance

The aim of the Social Business / Enterprise and Poverty track is to contribute to training a new generation of managers, aware of societal challenges and aspiring to be part of the solution, regardless of their professional activity.

Course 1
New Business Models
At the Bottom of the Pyramid
Poor and developing countries
~ 18h

Course 2
Business and Poverty
In developed countries
France
~30h

 

Hands-on Experience
3 to 5 days

Course 3
Social Entrepreneurship
Poor and developing countries
~ 12h
Course 4
Development of new behavior among consumers
In developed countries
~ 18h
Course 5
Finance and Social Business
(Micro-credit...)
~ 22h

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