Theme:Overview of social entrepreneurship around the world  

Speaker:Prof.Matthew Grimes (University of Cambridge)

Host:Prof.TAN HONG TAO (School of Accounting)

Time:16:00-17:00,June 5,2022, Tuesday

Place:Zoom ID：874 2964 9773

Sponsor:School of Accounting, SWUFE

Introduction of the speaker:

Professor Matthew Grimes is the Professor of Organisational Theory & Information Systems, Director of the MPhil in Innovation, Strategy & Organisation Programme, Co-Director of the Entrepreneurship Centre, University of Cambridge. Professor Matthew Grimes’s research examines how individuals and organisations create, introduce, and sustain positive social change by way of entrepreneurship. To this end, he studies both the contextual factors (e.g. regional and institutional differences) that enable innovation and social change as well as the individual factors (e.g. demographic and identity differences) that motivate and sustain individuals’ commitment to such change. He studies these factors primarily in contexts such as social entrepreneurship and business incubators/accelerators, where attempts to create, introduce, and sustain social change and innovation are particularly important and challenging.

Abstract:

Social enterprises aim to use commercial means to achieve social goals, provide services for families and communities, and create employment opportunities for vulnerable groups with insufficient competitiveness. In this lecture, we will discuss social enterprises, an emerging corporate organization in China, introduce the current situation of global social enterprises, and explore the opportunities and prospects of social enterprises.