709: Looking Back and Looking Ahead at Research on Social Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Impact (15482)

Sunday, August 11, 2024

11:00 – 12:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Fairmont: Embassy Room

Session Number: 709
Symposium (panel)
Orientation: International,Theme,Research
Showcase Symposium,Highlight
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Organizer(s)

KM

Kevin Paul Miner

Oxford U., Saïd Business School, United Kingdom

Moderator(s)

MB

Marya Besharov

Oxford U., Saïd Business School, United Kingdom

Panelist(s)

JM

Johanna Mair

Hertie School of Governance, Germany
CR

Cynthia Rayner

U. of Cape Town Graduate School of Business, United States
PN

Phumlani Nkontwana

Stellenbosch U., South Africa
MZ

Meng Zhao

Nanyang Business School, China
AR

Alona Revko

Oxford U., Saïd Business School

Over the past two decades, research and practice in social entrepreneurship, innovation, and impact have transitioned from the margins to the mainstream. Not only have these topics become central to organization and management theory, but they are also now on the agenda in corporate boardrooms and global policy arenas, including the UN, OECD, World Economic Forum, and World Intellectual Property Organization. From addressing climate change to promoting gender and racial equity, social entrepreneurship and innovation are seen as promising approaches for tackling ‘grand challenges’ and ‘wicked problems’. However, are research and practice up for the task? What can the existing scholarship tell us about the future? What questions remain unanswered? This panel symposium will reflect on lessons learned from the past two decades of research on social entrepreneurship, innovation, and impact and highlight opportunities and challenges for the future of the field. The discussion will be based, in part, on a Global Innovation Index Special Topic Report evaluating the state of social entrepreneurship globally. We will bring together a unique group of voices, including researchers who have contributed to building the field and those at the field’s frontier. By bringing together these scholars, this symposium will provide an opportunity to learn about the state of social entrepreneurship, innovation, and impact in 2024, hear concerns from researchers and practitioners, and inspire future scholarship in both unexplored and high-interest subfields.