The Departmental Seminar was successfully held on 10 September 2020. Prof. Tian Xueying, Associate Professor of School of Management Studies, Shanghai University of Engineering Science was invited to share her topic on “Research on Path Choice of Social Enterprises Growth—Based on Multi-Case Grounded Analysis” via the online platform.
During the seminar, Prof. Tian shared her research and selected three typical social enterprises to conduct exploratory case studies on their growth paths based on grounded theory. The findings show that different types of organizations are different in paths to grow into social enterprises, that is, non-profit organizations to carry out the market-oriented practice, independent creation of social enterprises and commercial enterprises of public innovation. Meanwhile, In the process of social enterprise growth, similarities and differences of social enterprise growth coexist due to the effects of various combinations of factors.
More than 30 students and teachers participated in this seminar. Students have shown great interest in this topic and had enthusiastic discussions with Prof. Tian.
An online group photo of the participants
Welcoming address by Prof. Steven Ngai
Presentation by Prof. Tian Xueying