Student Experience

“This course was quite all-encompassing and a very good opportunity to develop a better overview of the literature.”

— Lien de Cuyper, Imperial College Business School, 2015 graduate

“One of the main strengths of the class, for me, was the size. It was the perfect number of people to introduce a variety of perspectives, while allowing everyone to share their thoughts. The atmosphere you create by encouraging/directing the discussion really made it engaging.”

— Chad Coffman, University of Missouri, Kansas City, 2017 graduate

“Professor Tom Lumpkin’s doctoral seminar gave me a fantastic grounding in social entrepreneurship research. It has also provided me with a great network of scholars working in the field. As a doctoral student, I left the seminar with a clearer understanding of (1), what work I would like to focus on during my PhD and (2), what type of academic I aspire to become. I therefore, highly recommend this seminar to doctoral students and academics interested in researching social entrepreneurship.”

— Nkosana Mafico, University of Queensland, 2018 graduate

“[The seminar] was one of those courses where everything just came together and made all my other courses make sense.”

— Kelsey Hood Cattaneo, The New School, 2013 graduate

“It was a unique and wonderful academic experience for me… The selection of papers was quite special, giving students who want a real immersion into the SE subject an opportunity to learn fast about what is out there and the main discussions around SE.”

— Claudia Moura Romero, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, 2016 graduate

“Would I recommend the course to a colleague? YES. It is so rare to find a place where SE research is approached well… I really enjoyed the structure and content of the 10 sessions.”

— Thierry Amslem, Sorbonne University, 2012 graduate

Published Papers by Students Who Met in the SE Seminar

Dwyer, S. M., Lerman, M., Gras, D. (2023). When the going gets tough: Stressors and purpose in life among social and commercial entrepreneurs. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 20, e00434.

O’Donnell, P., Leger, M., O’Gorman, C., & Clinton, E. (2023). Necessity entrepreneurship. Academy of Management Annals.

Ghosh Moulick, A., Alexiou, K., Dowin Kennedy, E., & Parris, D. L. (2020). A total eclipse of the heart: compensation strategies in entrepreneurial nonprofits. Journal of Business Venturing, 35(4), 105950.

Mendoza-Abarca, K. I., & Gras, D. (2019). The performance effects of pursuing a diversification strategy by newly founded nonprofit organizations. Journal of Management, 45(3), 984-1008.

Bacq, S., & Alt, E. (2018). Feeling capable and valued: A prosocial perspective on the link between empathy and social entrepreneurial intentions. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(3), 333-350.

Craig, J., Parris, D., Newbert, S., & Moores, K. (2018). All the same but different: Understanding family enterprise heterogeneity. In E. Memili & C. Dibrell (Eds.), Heterogeneity among Family Firms. New York, NY: Palgrave.

Nason, R., Bacq, S., & Gras, D. (2018). A behavioral theory of social performance: Social identity and stakeholder expectations. Academy of Management Review, 43(2), 259-283.

Parris, D., Alexiou, K., Dowin Kennedy, E., & Linnane, M. A. (2018). Start with what you have: A leader’s path to innovation. Organization Dynamics, 47(4), 219-228.

Alt, E., & Craig, J. B. (2016). Selling issues with solutions: Igniting social intrapreneurship in for‐profit organizations. Journal of Management Studies, 53(5), 794-820.

Gras, D., & Mendoza-Abarca, K. I. (2014). Risky business? The survival implications of exploiting commercial opportunities by nonprofits. Journal of Business Venturing, 29(3), 392-404.

Chalmers, D. M., & Balan-Vnuk, E. (2013). Innovating not-for-profit social ventures: Exploring the microfoundations of internal and external absorptive capacity routines. International Small Business Journal, 31(7), 785-810.

Lumpkin, G. T., Moss, T. W., Gras, D. M., Kato, S., & Amezcua, A. S. (2013). Entrepreneurial processes in social contexts: How are they different, if at all? Small Business Economics, 40(3), 761-783.

Former Seminar Panelists

Julie Battilana, Harvard University

Student Experience

Published Papers by Students Who Met in the SE Seminar

Dwyer, S. M., Lerman, M., Gras, D. (2023). When the going gets tough: Stressors and purpose in life among social and commercial entrepreneurs. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 20, e00434.

O’Donnell, P., Leger, M., O’Gorman, C., & Clinton, E. (2023). Necessity entrepreneurship. Academy of Management Annals.

Ghosh Moulick, A., Alexiou, K., Dowin Kennedy, E., & Parris, D. L. (2020). A total eclipse of the heart: compensation strategies in entrepreneurial nonprofits. Journal of Business Venturing, 35(4), 105950.

Mendoza-Abarca, K. I., & Gras, D. (2019). The performance effects of pursuing a diversification strategy by newly founded nonprofit organizations. Journal of Management, 45(3), 984-1008.

Bacq, S., & Alt, E. (2018). Feeling capable and valued: A prosocial perspective on the link between empathy and social entrepreneurial intentions. Journal of Business Venturing, 33(3), 333-350.

Craig, J., Parris, D., Newbert, S., & Moores, K. (2018). All the same but different: Understanding family enterprise heterogeneity. In E. Memili & C. Dibrell (Eds.), Heterogeneity among Family Firms. New York, NY: Palgrave.

Nason, R., Bacq, S., & Gras, D. (2018). A behavioral theory of social performance: Social identity and stakeholder expectations. Academy of Management Review, 43(2), 259-283.

Parris, D., Alexiou, K., Dowin Kennedy, E., & Linnane, M. A. (2018). Start with what you have: A leader’s path to innovation. Organization Dynamics, 47(4), 219-228.

Alt, E., & Craig, J. B. (2016). Selling issues with solutions: Igniting social intrapreneurship in for‐profit organizations. Journal of Management Studies, 53(5), 794-820.

Gras, D., & Mendoza-Abarca, K. I. (2014). Risky business? The survival implications of exploiting commercial opportunities by nonprofits. Journal of Business Venturing, 29(3), 392-404.

Chalmers, D. M., & Balan-Vnuk, E. (2013). Innovating not-for-profit social ventures: Exploring the microfoundations of internal and external absorptive capacity routines. International Small Business Journal, 31(7), 785-810.

Lumpkin, G. T., Moss, T. W., Gras, D. M., Kato, S., & Amezcua, A. S. (2013). Entrepreneurial processes in social contexts: How are they different, if at all? Small Business Economics, 40(3), 761-783.

Former Seminar Panelists

Julie Battilana, Harvard University

Lowell Busenitz, University of Oklahoma

Justin Craig, Bond University

Tina Dacin, Queen’s University

Tom Dean, Colorado State University

Pascal Dey, Bern University of Applied Sciences

Andreana Drencheva, King's College London

Steffen Farny, Leuphana University of Lüneburg

David Gras, University of Tennessee

Jessica Jones, University of Tennessee

Rachida Justo, IE Business School

Lisa Hehenberger, ESADE Business School

Christina Hertel, University of Geneva

Suntae Kim, Johns Hopkins University

Geoffrey Kistruck, York University

Gorgi Krlev, ESCP Paris

Matt Lee, Harvard University

Gideon Markman, Colorado State University

Jeffery McMullen, Indiana University

Katherine Milligan, Geneva Graduate Institute

Todd Moss, University of Oklahoma

Pablo Munoz, Durham University

Scott Newbert, Baruch College

Anne-Claire Pache, ESSEC Business School

Ana Maria Peredo, University of Ottawa

Jill Purdy, University of Washington Tacoma

Maija Renko, Aalto University

Emilie Romon Carnegie, Université de Lausanne

Ute Stephan, King's College London

David Townsend, Virginia Tech

Paul Tracey, University of Cambridge

Justin Webb, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

Trent Williams, Brigham Young University

Jeff York, University of Colorado Boulder