Strategies for So­cial En­ter­prise Rep­lic­a­tion

Course content

Strategies for Social Enterprise Replication:  Leveraging Generative AI Tools to Create Market Disequilibria and Drive Sector-Wide Transformation

Content, structure, and pedagogical approach:

This intensive course brings together international MBA students and social entrepreneurship practitioners to co-develop strategies for scaling social enterprises through external replication. A key focus of the course is leveraging generative AI (GenAI) tools to support this process. Participants will fine-tune existing GenAI models to create customized tools that facilitate replication. International MBA students will work with local social entrepreneurship practitioners who can enroll through CBS and who may apply for a partial EURIDICE grant. The MBA students and practitioners will be supported by a dedicated CBS faculty advisor and a PhD or postdoctoral researcher. These academic mentors will remain involved for up to six months after the course, providing guidance to help implement and scale the AI-based replication strategy if the practitioner decides to do so. One of the course’s key outcomes will be a working prototype of a generative AI-based tool tailored to each participating social enterprise, designed to support and accelerate their replication journey.