Innovation and Impact Assignment: Exploring Sustainable Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship for a Better World

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The resit assignment will account for 100% of your grade. You need to select one of the following topics and write on it.

1. Sustainable Innovation and changing the world

You will have to identify and analyse the recent literature on Sustainable Innovation with at least 20 unique academic references. You need to find the connections between the references to show how the recent literature has evolved and how our knowledge has expanded. You also need to show what do we still do not fully understand and what gaps lie in our knowledge. You need to find two examples in the real world (for-profits, non-profits, institutions, start ups, etc.) that are using innovation to address sustainability. You need to use these examples to show how innovation is important to achieve sustainability and how these examples help us fill the gaps you have identified above.

2. Social Entrepreneurship and social inequalities

You will have to identify and analyse the recent literature on Social Entrepreneurship with at least 20 unique academic references. Importantly, you need to focus on how entrepreneurship can help address social inequalities (income, gender, race, age, etc.), not on entrepreneurship for generating wealth (although that can be a side aspect, like in the case of hybrids). You need to find the connections between the references to show how the recent literature has evolved and how our knowledge has expanded. You also need to show what do we still do not fully understand and what gaps lie in our knowledge. You need to find two examples in the real world (can be either for-profit social ventures or mission driven hybrids) and show what social issues they are addressing and how. You need to use these examples to show why it is important to pursue social entrepreneurship to fill the gaps you have identified above. Remember that the focus is always on social issues and not start ups making money.

For either topic, you need to write 2800 words excluding references. You need to upload one PDF file with the front page, all the content and references.

Deadline: 28.07.2025 end of day.

For either topic, the idea is that you do the similar things you did in group and individual assignments of regular assessment, but together and in a more deeply connected manner. So it is suggested that you go back to the regular assessment criteria, look at them for inspiration, and then come back and reread the above requirements before starting your assignment.