IDPT 22000 - Entrepreneurship & Community Impact

Course Credit: 1
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMMUNITY IMPACT Entrepreneurship has an impact on local economies, social order, employment, the flow of money, the availability of services and products and the health of a community. At the same time, communities have an impact on the type, size and success of new ventures that entrepreneurs create. Entrepreneurship and Community Impact is a research-based course that uses primary qualitative research augmented with secondary research to examine the connection between entrepreneurship and society. The purpose is to help students learn that entrepreneurship is not conducted in isolation from society, but rather exists within the structures and institution of society. Using the town of Wooster as a case study, students will develop an understanding of how entrepreneurs shape local communities and in turn how communities impact entrepreneurship.