Description
This book compiles compelling case studies of businesses from a competition organized by Social Business Creation, an initiative at HEC Montréal in Canada that uses gamification to impart knowledge about social entrepreneurship. Curated by four esteemed academics, these narratives reveal strategies, mechanisms, and impact in addressing pressing social issues. Each study showcases entrepreneurship in action, highlighting how businesses effectively leverage market forces to drive positive social change. Across sectors and geographies, they offer insights into innovating business models, scaling impact, and fostering social innovation. Each case study vividly portrays entrepreneurship in action, effectively demonstrating how the business sector can harness market mechanisms to propel positive social impact. These narratives span diverse sectors and geographical locations, offering invaluable insights into social innovation generation, the implementation and scaling of innovative business models, and the acceleration of social impact.
Chapter 1. Introduction: Social Entrepreneurship through the Social Business Creation Lens.- Part I: Health and Well-Being Innovations.- Chapter 2. CECAUV: From Nursing Education to Social Entrepreneurship Milestones, Challenges, and an Educational Intervention.- Chapter 3. Mentis: Tackling Mental Health through Digital Innovation.- Chapter 4. Talking with your hands: A Real-Time Translation App for the Inclusion of People with Hearing Impairments in the Healthcare Sector.- Chapter 5. Purple: Creating a Safer World through Sex Education.- Chapter 6. Sakhee: Transgender Communities as Health Innovators.- Part II: Environmental and Economic Resilience.- Chapter 7. Sokfarm: Organic Coconut Flower Nectar for Health and Climate Resilience.- Chapter 8. FiberGood : Transforming Water Hyacinths into Ecofiber and Fertilizer.- Chapter 9. Tambanokano Aqua Farm : Empowering Coastal Communities through Crab Farming.- Chapter 10. CHERISH : Redefining Elderly Housing through Sustainable Construction.- Part III Culture and Community Transformation.- Chapter 11. Maypaperflower: Preserving Tradition, Empowering Women.- Chapter 12. Picnic de Palabras: Building Communities through Reading.- Chapter 13. On Trippe Nature: Leading the Regenerative Tourism Movement.- Chapter 14. Conclusion: Market Solutions for a More Equitable Future.
Mai Thi Thanh Thai, an Associate Professor at HEC Montréal (Canada), leads the Social Business Creation program whose mission is to promote social entrepreneurship and enhance environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. Her research, published in leading journals, uses market mechanisms to solve social problems. She is a recipient of multiple national and international awards for her research, education, and entrepreneurship.
Léo-Paul Dana is Professor at VIZJA University, Poland and collaborates with the Chaire ETI at Sorbonne Business School (France). A graduate of McGill University and HEC-Montreal, he has also served as a Marie Curie Fellow at Princeton University and as a Visiting Professor at INSEAD and Kingston University. He holds an extensive publication record in prestigious journals.
