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Healing the World through Social Innovation | Karla Mendoza | TEDxWPI

Healing the World through Social Innovation | Karla Mendoza | TEDxWPI Karla is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. She obtained her Ph.D. in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from Kent State University. Karla’s research interests include social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial opportunities. Karla’s work within social entrepreneurship focuses on the creation of social ventures and the strategies these organizations use to fulfill their social mission, achieve financial sustainability, and enable social innovation. Her research on entrepreneurial opportunities ranges from investigations regarding the use of creative cognitions in the opportunity identification process to cross-country studies about the role of human agency on opportunity recognition. Her work has been published in the Journal of Business Venturing and the Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. Karla teaches courses in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Social Entrepreneurship at WPI. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx