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Social Entrepreneurship: Managing the Creation of Social Value

1. Discuss how the three components of the institutional environment could facilitate the emergence of social entrepreneurship in a given country.

2. Discuss how the three components of the institutional environment could impede the emergence of social entrepreneurship in a given country.

3. Explain why the United States is a relatively fertile ground for the emergence of social ventures.

4. Identify at least three elements that could be included in the normative component of the institutional environment. Explain how they could affect social venture creation.

5. Discuss the application of Porter's Five Forces model to social entrepreneurship. How could their understanding help social entrepreneurs to understand their competitive environment?

6. How can social entrepreneurs effectively use benchmarking to learn from the best in their respective industries?

7. Do you think that social entrepreneurs need to do competitive intelligence?

8. How can environmental scanning help social entrepreneurs?

9. Discuss the PEST model and its influence on understanding social venture environments.

10. Discuss the extent to which the external environment could have similar or differential effects on social and commercial entrepreneurship.

11. What is the difference between a business opportunity and a social venture opportunity?

12. What is the difference between an idea and an opportunity?

13. Explain the difference between an opportunity and a business concept.

14. Explain the key assumptions of the discovery theory of entrepreneurial opportunity.

15. Explain the key assumptions of the creation theory of entrepreneurial opportunity.

16. What are the main differences between the effectuation and discovery theories of entrepreneurial opportunity?

17. Explain the differences between a business concept and a social venture (or social business) concept.

18. Explain how design thinking can help to address wicked problems.

19. How can being alert help individuals to spot social venture opportunities?

20. Discuss some of the techniques of idea generation, such as brainstorming and focus groups, and apply them to social venture opportunities.