Seminar Panel Explores New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit Research

The Tobin Research Seminar on Business & Society has announced a Manhattan seminar titled "Rule-Breaking, Innovation, And Mission Integrity: New Frontiers in Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit Research."  The program will take place on Friday, October 3, 2025, from 4–6PM at the St. John's University campus at 101 Astor Place in Manhattan. 

This seminar will explore how organizations navigate disruption, foster innovation, and balance competing logics across entrepreneurial and social contexts. Three ongoing research projects will provide insights into how organizations adapt, innovate, and safeguard mission integrity under shifting conditions. One study examines the role of rule-breaking in entrepreneurship. Another investigates how nonprofit organizations pursued innovation to sustain their missions in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. A third contribution analyzes mission change versus mission drift in hybrid social ventures, highlighting internal value conflicts as drivers of organizational transformation.

Speakers include Maria-Irene Angelidis, PhD from Baruch College, Grace Guo, Ph.D., from Sacred Heart University, and Thomas G. Lechler & Sai Anudeep Varma Nadimpalli, from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Founded in 2024, the Tobin Research Seminar on Business & Society serves as a platform for scholars to present and discuss ongoing research that examines the dynamic interactions between business and society. The Seminar’s scope is broad and interdisciplinary, reflecting the pervasive nature of these interactions in modern societies.

RSVP is requested by October 2, 2025.