The course introduces students to the key features of social innovation (SI), to the conditions that favor its development and to social relevance areas where the phenomenon is more frequent in Italy. The course also deals with the relationship between SI and enterprise, with particular reference to the management methods of the SI within the profit and non-profit organizations
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