FAQs
General
What do you mean by "social entrepreneurship"?
Students
I am planning on visiting Fuqua and
would like to set up a time to meet with CASE. Can I schedule an
appointment?
What courses does CASE offer for students interested
in social entrepreneurship or nonprofit management? Do you anticipate
offering a special track, major, or certificate in this area?
I will be enrolling at Fuqua next fall and
am interested in getting involved with CASE. What opportunities
are there for student involvement with your research or other activities?
I am considering looking for a nonprofit summer
internship or entering the nonprofit sector after business school.
Does CASE have any programs or resources to help me?
How many Fuqua students pursue these types of opportunities?
Do you have any courses, programs, or activities
for Fuqua WEMBA, GEMBA, or Cross-Continent students?
Alumni
What does CASE have to offer Fuqua Alumni
interested in social entrepreneurship? What are your plans in this
area?
Faculty
I am interested in social entrepreneurship and
would like to do research in this area. Do you provide support for
faculty/PhD research?
Do you have any opportunities for research partners
or research associates to work with CASE?
Can you recommend any course materials or cases
on social entrepreneurship for MBA classes?
Do you know of any organizations that support
social entrepreneurship research or outlets for publication on this
topic?
Social Sector Leaders
What resources, programs, or activities
does CASE have for nonprofit organizations?
General
What
do you mean by "social entrepreneurship"?
Social entrepreneurship is the process of recognizing and
relentlessly pursuing opportunities to create social value. Social
entrepreneurs are innovative, resourceful, and results oriented.
They draw upon the best thinking in both the business and nonprofit
worlds to develop strategies that maximize their social impact.
Social entrepreneurship is not about business ethics, corporate
responsibility, or incorporating social and environmental impact
into business management. Nor is it exclusively about nonprofits
launching businesses and other earned income strategies. For a more
complete answer, see What is Social Entrepreneurship?
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Students
I am
planning on visiting Fuqua and would like to set up a time to meet
with CASE. Can I schedule an appointment?
While we wish we had the time to meet individually with
every interested applicant, at times our schedules do not allow
for such one-on-one meetings. We encourage you to review this website,
and do feel free to contact any of the members of the Social Impact
Club. If you are able to give us 2-3 weeks notice of a visit, that
would likely ensure a meeting with one of the faculty or staff members
of CASE. Please contact CASE
with any questions or to set up a meeting.
What courses
does CASE offer for students interested in social entrepreneurship
or nonprofit management? Do you anticipate offering a special track,
major, or certificate in this area?
The Curricular section
of this website provides an overview of the courses relevant to
CASE. CASE regularly seeks input from students regarding their interest
in new courses and evaluates opportunities based on our capacity
and student demand. At this time, CASE does not have plans for offering
a special track, major, or certificate in this area.
I will be
enrolling at Fuqua next fall and am interested in getting involved
with CASE. What opportunities are there for student involvement
with your research or other activities?
Congratulations on your acceptance! We look forward to meeting
you. The best way to learn about opportunities for involvement with
CASE is to spend some time checking out the various portions of
the Students section of the
CASE website. Here you will find an overview of the different CASE
activities targeting MBAs as well as contact information for the
current student leaders, who are the best resources for understanding
the opportunities available to students. In terms of research, there
are occasional opportunities for student involvement, such as through
independent studies, but students are strongly encouraged first
to become involved in CASE through the Social
Impact Club.
I am
considering looking for a nonprofit summer internship or entering
the nonprofit sector after business school. Does CASE have any programs
or resources to help me?
For an extensive overview of the resources available to students
interested in social sector internships and careers, see the Careers
section of the CASE website, which highlights programs designed
to help students with the job search process as well as those focused
on reducing the financial barriers to MBA employment in the social
sector.
Do
you have any courses, programs, or activities for Fuqua WEMBA, GEMBA,
or Cross-Continent students?
Currently, all of our courses and programs are focused on serving
the Daytime MBA students. However, if student demand exists and
our capacity increases, we may expand our offering to the other
MBA programs in the future. Additionally, CASE
Events are open to non-Daytime MBA students when they are on
campus, as are all of the alumni
programs with the exception of the Class of 2001 Loan Forgiveness
Fund. If any executive MBA students have a particular interest in
CASE, please contact us and
we will try to arrange a time to meet when you are in residence.
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Alumni
What does CASE have to offer Fuqua
Alumni interested in social entrepreneurship? What are your plans
in this area?
CASE's plans for serving interested alumni are very much in the
development stage. You can help us in this area by joining
CASE--you will be added to the monthly electronic newsletter
distribution list and you will be receive communications from the
Social Impact Club's alumni development team.
Additionally, please review the alumni
section of our website, tell your classmates about CASE and the
opportunity to join CASE, and let us know if you are interested
in getting involved by advertising a summer internship or full-time
job in the social sector, hosting an event related to social entrepreneurship
at your local alumni chapter, or serving as a mentor or advisor
to current students.
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Faculty
I am interested in social entrepreneurship
and would like to do research in this area. Do you provide support
for faculty/PhD research?
CASE currently only provides support for Fuqua faculty/PhD research
through our Faculty Research Pool.
Do you have any opportunities for
research partners or research associates to work with CASE?
CASE currently does not have any capacity for collaborating with
others on research or for hiring research associates.
Can you recommend any course materials
or cases on social entrepreneurship for MBA classes?
CASE produces a limited number of cases and conceptual notes, which
may be downloaded for free from CASE
Publications. The two other best resources for social entrepreneurship
cases and materials are Harvard
Business School Publishing's section on Social Enterprise and Ethics
and Stanford
Business School's Center for Social Innovation. While more focused
on "social impact management" than "social entrepreneurship,"
Aspen Institute's Initiative for Social Innovation through Business
(ISIB) manages a database of cases through CasePlace.org.
The Faculty-Teaching section
of our website also offers a selection of course descriptions and
syllabi related to social entrepreneurship.
Do you know of any organizations
that support social entrepreneurship research or outlets for publication
on this topic?
While it is difficult to find organizations that support or publish
about social entrepreneurship explicitly, the following organizations
or initiatives might be worth exploring:
Aspen
Institute's Nonprofit Sector Research Fund
The Association
for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)
The National
Center on Nonprofit Enterprise
Nonprofit
Management and Leadership Journal
The Skoll Foundation
Stanford Social
Innovation Review
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Social Sector Leaders
What resources,
programs, or activities does CASE have for nonprofit organizations?
For classes in nonprofit management, we encourage North Carolina
nonprofits and individuals to consider the statewide Duke University
Certificate Program in Nonprofit Management.
Events, publications and resources
While most CASE
Events are designed for our MBA students, there are some that
are open to the public and may be of interest to local nonprofit
leaders. Each spring, be sure to look out for the CASE
Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award and Lecture.
CASE also disseminates it own work through
CASE Publications that
are available for free download and may be of interest to nonprofit
organizations.
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