The next summer school and conference on Social Entrepreneurship will take place
November 2013, in Vienna, Austria @ the WU Wien, University of Business and Economics
Looking forward to seeing you there - Submission of full papers till August 1st 2013 to socentconf@acrn.eu
ACRN is proud to host the 2011 conference on Social Entrepreneurship Perspectives
WHERE: LINZ, Austria WHEN: Aug, 26th (16h30 ) - 27th (18h), 2011
Theme : Entrepreneurial Context and Processes in Social Enterprises
LINK TO ALL SELECTED PAPERS FOR THE CONFERENCE (16MB in PDF)
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Participants from all over the world gather in August in Austria to share their research and/or participate in stimulating discussions on the topic of Social Entrepreneurship Perspectives.
Join in for a great conference and a get together of scholars dedicated to this fascinating topic!
Partnerships with leading Universities and publishers guarantee a highly relevant program.
CFP : Call for papers ( ! safe the date in 2012 - Summer School Aug. 27.8. to 30.8. , Conference 30.8. to 1.9. in 2012 in Linz)
Keynote Speakers:
Othmar M. Lehner : “Social Entrepreneurship Research”
Docent of Finance and Management, Adj. Prof. of Entrepreneurship
University of Jyväskylä, Finland, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
CEO, ACRN Research Network
Pascal Dey : “Social, all too social ... or yet not social enough?” – Tracing the critique of social entrepreneurship
// unfortunately fell ill and could not speak - will put his text here //
Docent, PhD. in Sociology, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Institute of Management, University of Applied Sciences, Windisch, Switzerland
Author and Researcher in the field of Social Entrepreneurship
Content:
The concept of a social enterprise broadly denotes a business model of non-governmental entities fulfilling social issues and needs by using market based approaches and income generation. While the terms Social Enterprise and Social Entrepreneur appear constructed in different cultural and civil society settings, and some institutional players even try to collect the concept for their political agenda, its practical importance has immensely grown throughout the last three decades. Scholars around the globe have become interested in the concept and provide fascinating case studies and promising conceptual approaches. Social enterprises are, amongst others, found to be (1) traditional non-profit organisations applying more market based and innovative approaches to become less dependent on governmental provisions or (2) the result of entrepreneurial processes starting up new ventures on social opportunities.
This conference focuses on the entrepreneurial context in both. How are entrepreneurial processes like opportunity recognition, innovation, improvisation or effectuation employed, how do they differ in application from traditional for-profit entrepreneurs?
What can be said about the entrepreneurial mind-set of social entrepreneurs? Can we find social intrapreneurs?
Fascinating papers and presentations on a variety of topics on Social Entrepreneurship await you. Register today and look forward to a inspiring conference with a great social side program and networking! PhD. students are especially invited to submit a research paper, in addition, there will be a free format two hours open PhD section which allows for posters and discussion of ongoing research in SE. Conference Fee : 80,- Euros including evening reception and lunch.
Entry for participants of the preceding Summer School on Social Entrepreneurship is free!
Academic and honorary sponsors:
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
BIBS Brno International Business School, Czech Republic
FH Upper Austria
Scientific Advisory board:
Juha Kansikas,
Professor of Entrepreneurship
School of Business and Economics
University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Wolfgang Hable
Docent for Politics and Public Management
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
University of Vienna, Austria
OÖ Gebietskrankenkasse
Michael Roither
Department Leader of Center for Journalism and Communication
University of Salzburg
Danube University Krems
Alena Hanzelkova
Head of PhD. program
Docent of Strategic Marketing
Brno International Business School
Karin Grill
Docent of Accounting
University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria
Helmut Hattmansdorfer
Department Leader Berufsreifeprüfung
Wirtschaftsförderungsinstitut Oberösterreich