Social enterprises and social entrepreneurs are paving the way for new and novel solutions to address the myriad unmet social needs facing Asia and the world. This symposium brings together academics and practitioners to discuss the trends, success and impact of these initiatives to provide sustainable, long-term solutions for the social issues plaguing society.
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Programme:
9:00 – 9:30 | Registration |
9:30 – 9:45 | Welcome Low Tuck Kwong Professor Sumit Agarwal, Vice-Dean (PhD & Research) of NUS Business School, Professor of Economics, Finance and Real Estate, National University of Singapore |
9:45 – 10:30 | Keynote Speech: Regulation, Validation, Certification, or Other Approaches? Regulating Social Enterprise in Comparative Perspective: Differing Approaches in an Evolving Field Mark Sidel, Doyle-Bascom Professor of Law and Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. |
10:30 – 11:00 | Tea Break |
11:00 – 11:30 | An Interdisciplinary Approach to Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Analysis Barbara Scheck and Lena Luetjens, University of Hamburg, Germany Discussant: Dr. Joppe M. L. (Erasmus) |
11:30 – 12:00 | Cross-National Million-Dollar Philanthropy and Social Enterprise in the United States and Singapore Una Osili, Jacqueline Ackerman, and Yanman Li, Indiana University Lily Family School of Philanthropy, USA Discussant: Dr. Aimee Shih (NUS) |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch |
13:00 – 14:00 | Plenary Session: Pushing the boundaries of Social Enterprise Sector in Asia
Moderated by Swee-Sum Lam, Associate Professor of Finance, Director of ACSEP, National University of Singapore, Singapore |
14:00 – 14:30 | Exploring scaling processes, business models and social innovation in a non-supportive institutional context: a multiple case study among Dutch social enterprise start-ups Dr. Joppe M.L. Ter Meer and Lucas C. P. M. Meijs, Erasmus University, the Netherlands Discussant: Professor Mark Sidel (UWM) |
14:30 – 15:00 | A Case Study on SK Happy Narae – the Largest Social Enterprise in South Korea Rahul Anand, Sung-Jun Park and Jiho Park, KAIST College of Business, South Korea Discussant: Dr. Amy Yi Ou (NUS) |
15:00 – 15:30 | Asia’s Impact Angels: How Business Angel Investing can Support Social Enterprise in Asia Rob John, National University of Singapore, Singapore Discussant: Dr. Sampa Samila (NUS) |
15:30 – 16:00 | Making Sense of Social Enterprises in Singapore: A Looped Learning Process Swee-Sum Lam, David Jeremiah Seah and Weina Zhang, National University of Singapore, Singapore Discussant: Associate Professor Yeo Wee Yong (NUS) |
16:00 – 16:30 | Networking Tea |
If you are interested to attend the event, please register here.
For enquiries, please contact Ms Rajes Brown at [email protected] or 6516 5277