The Role of Entrepreneurship and Spirituality in the Provision of Elective Social Enterprise Courses in Business Schools

2022 ◽  
pp. 261-288
Author(s):  
Cherry W. M. Cheung ◽  
Sujun Fieldhouse ◽  
Caleb C. Y. Kwong
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Business Schools

Philosophy of Science

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Schliesser
Keyword(s):  
Philosophy Of Science ◽  
Crucial Role ◽  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Impartial Spectator ◽  
Scientific Revolutions ◽  
Theory Acceptance ◽  
Scientific Systems

This chapter articulates Adam Smith’s philosophy of science. The first section emphasizes the significance of Smith’s social conception of science—science takes place, not always comfortably, within a larger society and is itself a social enterprise in which our emotions play a crucial role. Even so, in Smith’s view science ultimately is a reason-giving enterprise, akin to how he understands the role of the impartial spectator. The second and third sections explain Smith’s attitude to theorizing and its relationship, if any, to Humean skepticism. Smith distinguishes between theory acceptance and the possibility of criticism; while he accepts fallibilism, he also embraces scientific revolutions and even instances of psychological incommensurability. His philosophy is not an embrace of Humean skepticism, but a modest realism. Finally, the chapter explores the implications of Smith’s analysis of scientific systems as machines.

scholarly journals Reciprocity in the Co-Production of Public Services: The Role of Volunteering through Community Time Exchange?

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemma Burgess ◽  
Daniel Durrant
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Eu Accession ◽  
Community Currency ◽  
Accession Countries ◽  
Fiscal Austerity ◽  
Ongoing Programme ◽  
Eu Accession Countries

Time Credits are a form of community currency based upon the reciprocal exchange of time and represent an interpretation of ‘time banking’ by a UK social enterprise, Spice. This article sets out the contribution made by research on Time Credits to the theory and practice of co-production in public services. Time Credits are intended to improve wellbeing through volunteering and ultimately increase economic participation. There is a focus on communities exhibiting high levels of deprivation within a small Cambridgeshire town (Wisbech, UK) which is geographically isolated and characterised by low-skilled, agri-food based employment opportunities that attracted high levels of inward migration from the A8 EU accession countries. In separating the rhetoric from the reality of co-production, the research aims to shed some light upon the extent to which such initiatives can realistically engender a shift towards a more reciprocal economy in the context of an ongoing programme of fiscal austerity.

scholarly journals Restating the case: How revisiting the development of the case method can help us think differently about the future of the business school

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Bridgman ◽  
Stephen Cummings ◽  
C McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Business School ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Case Method ◽  
Harvard Business School ◽  
Linear Evolution ◽  
Management Learning ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
History Of

© Academy of Management Learning & Education. Although supportive of calls for business schools to learn the lessons of history to address contemporary challenges about their legitimacy and impact, we argue that our ability to learn is limited by the histories we have created. Through contrasting the contested development of the case method of teaching at Harvard Business School and the conventional history of its rise, we argue that this history, which promotes a smooth linear evolution, works against reconceptualizing the role of the business school. To illustrate this, we develop a "counterhistory" of the case method-one that reveals a contested and circuitous path of development-and discuss how recognizing this would encourage us to think differently. This counterhistory provides ameans of stimulating debate and innovative thinking about how business schools can address their legitimacy challenges, and, in doing so, have a more positive impact on society.

Toward social enterprise sustainability: The role of digital hybridity

2022 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 121360
Author(s):  
Tong He ◽  
Martin J Liu ◽  
Chee Wei Phang ◽  
Jun Luo
Keyword(s):  
Social Enterprise

MEETING SUSTAINABILITY GOALS: THE ROLE OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina Sancha ◽  
Alba Barbarà-I-Molinero
Keyword(s):  
Business Schools

Successful Business Schools

2014 ◽  
pp. 222-237
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
General Performance ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
Successful Business

A handful of business schools in the world are famous in their respective countries of origin, but have also achieved global acclaim for their sustained and continued success as world-class academic institutions. This chapter describes some of these business schools and includes successful factors that have made them top quality institutions, such as general performance indicators used to rank and accredit business schools, common characteristics of success, as well as the role of ranking and accreditation as a source or force behind the fame and fortunes of such business schools. The chapter discusses the importance of national and international accreditation for the academic institutions and the pitfalls associated with accreditations. As examples of successful models, the chapter includes small success stories of business schools from emerging markets such as Pakistan and Mexico.

Successful Business Schools

2018 ◽  
pp. 1143-1159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ayub Khan
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Academic Institutions ◽  
Success Stories ◽  
General Performance ◽  
The World ◽  
World Class ◽  
Successful Business

A handful of business schools in the world are famous in their respective countries of origin, but have also achieved global acclaim for their sustained and continued success as world-class academic institutions. This chapter describes some of these business schools and includes successful factors that have made them top quality institutions, such as general performance indicators used to rank and accredit business schools, common characteristics of success, as well as the role of ranking and accreditation as a source or force behind the fame and fortunes of such business schools. The chapter discusses the importance of national and international accreditation for the academic institutions and the pitfalls associated with accreditations. As examples of successful models, the chapter includes small success stories of business schools from emerging markets such as Pakistan and Mexico.

The Role of Business Schools in Marketing Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 42-56
Author(s):  
Andre Vilares Morgado
Keyword(s):  
Business Schools ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theoretical Point ◽  
Marketing Theory ◽  
Marketing Education ◽  
Inductive Approach

Business schools play a key role in training marketing professionals. However, there is a strong divide between the expectations held by marketing professionals and those held in academia. This article considers this phenomenon from a theoretical point of view and explores its causes. The author argues that business schools are able to play a key role in bridging theory and practice in marketing. The article closes by offering several suggestions for how business schools might increase the relevance of marketing research while reducing the gap between marketing theory and practice. In particular, the article suggests the adoption of an inductive approach to research and offers a set of policies that business schools can implement in order to close this gap.

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