Welcome to the Social Entrepreneurship Couse
This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of social entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurs, and social innovation. It explores the various fields in which social enterprises operate, highlighting the unique challenges and opportunities they face. Students will learn how to manage a social enterprise from its founding stages through financing, measuring business outcomes, and assessing the influence of key stakeholders. Emphasis will be placed on developing essential skills such as design thinking and market opportunity recognition to drive social innovation. By the end of the course, students will be able to design a sustainable business model for a social enterprise using the CANVAS framework.
Course instance:
Competencies and learning outcomes:
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
Contact: mmikic@efzg.hr
Course Syllabus
This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of social entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurs, and social innovation. It explores the various fields in which social enterprises operate, highlighting the unique challenges and opportunities they face. Students will learn how to manage a social enterprise from its founding stages through financing, measuring business outcomes, and assessing the influence of key stakeholders. Emphasis will be placed on developing essential skills such as design thinking and market opportunity recognition to drive social innovation. By the end of the course, students will be able to design a sustainable business model for a social enterprise using the CANVAS framework.
- Course prerequisites: No prerequisites
- ECTS credits: 6
- ISCED code (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=International_Standard_Classification_of_Education_(ISCED)) ISCED6, ISCED7
- Course level (Bachelor, Master, integrated Master, Doctoral)*: Bachelor, Master, integrated Master
Course instance:
- Academic year: 2025/2026
- Start date: 23.02.2026.
- End date: 05.06.2026.
- Quota: -
- Language: English
- Teacher: Associate Professor Mihaela Mikic, PhD
- Semester: Spring/Summer
Competencies and learning outcomes:
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate specialized knowledge in the field of social entrepreneurship, including the roles of social entrepreneurs and the principles of social innovation.
- Apply appropriate methods to measure the performance and impact of social enterprises using relevant tools and frameworks.
- Identify market opportunities for social innovation by leveraging newly developed skills and insights.
- Design and analyze a sustainable business model for a social enterprise, using research-based approaches and critical thinking.
- Effectively communicate and present a social enterprise business model to diverse stakeholders in a professional setting.
- Collaborate in teams to solve real-world challenges in social entrepreneurship, demonstrating strong interpersonal and networking skills.
Contact: mmikic@efzg.hr
Course Syllabus