MidtermExamPotentialQuestions

Spring2016
Theexamwillconsistoftwodefinitionalquestionsandoneopinionquestion.Beloware
examplesofthetypesofquestionsthatmightbeaskedonthemidtermexam.
DefinitionalQuestions
1. Whatissocialentrepreneurship?Pleasegiveanexampleofasocialenterprise.
2. Cananonprofitorganizationbeasocialenterprise?Ifso,how?Ifnot,whynot?
3. Whatisacommercialenterpriseandwhatisasocialenterprise?Howcanyoudistinguish
betweenthetwo?
4. Howdosocialentrepreneursfundthemselves?Nameatleastthreepotentialfunding
sourcesforsocialentrepreneurs.
5. Whatisthedifferencebetweenasocialentrepreneur,asocialserviceprovider,andan
activist?Giveanexampleofeach.
6. Socialandcommercialenterpriseshavetwopotentialfundingapproaches:theycanbe
leveragedorselffunding.Whatdoesitmeanforanenterprisetobeleveraged?What
doesitmeanforanenterprisetobeselffunding?
7. ImagineacommercialfirmwithaCSRbranch(forexample,CIBCorTimHortons).
Wouldyoucategorizetheseorganizationsassocialenterprises?Whyorwhynot?
Opinionquestions
1. IfyouwereJaneChenandfacedGEasanincumbentinIndia,wouldyouhavefounded
Embrace?Whatdoyouseeasthemainstrategicadvantagesanddisadvantagesrelative
toGE?
2. SupposeyouareinterestedinimprovingliteracyratesinCanada.Howwouldanactivist,
asocialserviceprovider,andasocialentrepreneurapproachthissocialproblem?Which
oftheseactorsdoyouthinkisbestsuitedtoaddresstheproblem?
3. NelsonMandelaworkedasanactivistagainstapartheidinSouthAfrica.Coulda
moderndayCanadianaddressracialdisparitiesineducationthroughsocial
entrepreneurship?Ifso,how?
4. Supposeyouhaveafriendwhowantstostartasocialenterprise.Whatarethefirstthree
questionsyouwouldaskyourfriend?Whyarethesequestionsimportant?
5. Canasocialenterprisebebothleveragedandselffinancing?Ifso,howwouldthiswork?
6. Isitpossibleforasocialenterprisetoprioritizesocialandfinancialgoalsequally?Ifso,
why?Ifnot,whynot?
7. InhisTEDtalk,DanPallottasaysthatthosewhofundsocialventuresshouldnotaskthe
question:Howmuchofmydonationgoestooverhead?Whydoeshemakethisclaim,
anddoyouagreewithhim?