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Littérale/grade réduit

Programme détaillé

The course is divided in two parts. The first part introduces some fundamentals concepts and tools for sustainable entrepreneurship (e.g., frameworks to design sustainable value creation processes, strategies to design and implement a sustainable project, sustainability impact assessment methods). The second part explores four promising entrepreneurial paths for sustainability: designing platforms for alternative consumption models, tackling social inclusion and solidarity (e.g., seniors’ social inclusion, job reinsertion, demographic precarities), contributing to revitalize territorial dynamics, and decarbonizing industrial value chains:

 

Part 1. Fundamentals of sustainable entrepreneurship

• Kick-Off (course presentation / introduction to sustainable entrepreneurship / start-upers’ projects pitches (challenges) / Environmental association’s keynote)
• Designing sustainability: sustainable value creation processes
• Implementing sustainability: sustainable entrepreneurial structures and dynamics
• Assessing sustainability impacts: frameworks and methods (carbon footprint, SIA, LCSA)

Part 2. Four entrepreneurial paths for sustainability

• Designing platforms for alternative consumption models
• Decarbonizing industrial value chains
• Tackling social inclusion and solidarity
• Contributing to revitalize territorial dynamics
• Final restitutions (start-up challenges) + Conclusion

 

NB: please note that MIE568 is a reverse interactive course: except for S1 and S9 (full sessions), classes are divided in two parts: the theoretical part (readings and videos before the session) and the practical part (interactive session from 10h-12h, on the campus or online depending on the Covid-19 situation).

 

The start-up challenges

Students will work by group with a start-up, on a challenge related to the course’s concepts and topics. Students will organize meetings with the CEO or other members (eventually visits!). They will be coached by the teacher each week to elaborate a case study and recommendations, to address the start-up’s problematic. Each challenge is related to one of the four entrepreneurial paths (S5 to S8):

• The CoResto challenge (S5-Designing platforms for alternative consumption models): CoResto is a caterer that offers sustainable options for companies (zero waste buffets, organic and local menus, etc.). The challenge is “how to build a tool to assess CoResto’s sustainability (processes and products) and how to promote those aspects to customers?”
• The WeCount challenge (S6-Decarbonizing value chains): WeCount is a start-up that helps companies to build and enhance their commitments against global warming, by providing an innovative method of carbon footprint assessment. The challenge is “how to assess major French companies (a panel of 10-15 firms)’s engagement for climate (ambitions and concrete actions), and from this analysis, what recommendations can be derived for SMEs?”
• The Colette Club challenge (S6-Tackling social inclusion and solidarity): Colette is an intergenerational platform that helps students and young workers to find a home in senior’s house. The challenge is “How to imagine the future of Colette Club features and services based on international inspirations?”
• The Bastion’s challenge (S8-Contributing to revitalize territorial dynamics): The Bastion is a territorial innovation network that fosters entrepreneurial projects structured around local ecological vegetable production. The challenge is: “what are the tools and criteria to assess the Bastion’s territorial impacts, and how to use it to develop alternative funding’s strategies for the entrepreneurial projects?”

Evaluation

• Individual grade (30%): individual reading report on an entrepreneurial project (personal project or from an existing start-up project).
• Collective grade (70%): start-up challenge: students are evaluated on the quality of their empirical investigation and on their delivery (intermediary report + final restitution).

Teacher

Julie Mayer is an Assistant Professor at École Polytechnique (MIE Department, Centre de Recherche en Gestion, Institut Interdisciplinaire de l'Innovation) and member of the Energy4Climate Interdisciplinary Center (E4C). Former consultant (Deloitte and Capgemini), she holds a PhD in Risk Management. Her current research projects focus on the strategic and organizational impacts of the energy transition (e.g., energy sobriety scenarios, hydrogen ecosystems).

Mots clés

sustainability; business; innovation; entrepreneurship; impact assessment; lifecycle assessment; sustainable business models