PuRPOSE Consortium members

Pr. Jean-Marie Courrent

Jean Marie Courrent, Ph.D., is the current director of LabEx Entreprendre. He is coordinator of PuRPOSE project and a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management. He has set up and managed several courses, including a master programme “SME Top Management”. His work, also conducted in MRM laboratory (Montpellier Research in Management), focuses on CSR (corporate social responsibility) and sustainable development in SMEs and new ventures. Within the framework of the LabEx, he has developed and taken on oversight of an international network of specialists in the field (the International Observatory on Sustainable Development in SMEs). He has published several articles in ranked journals such as Journal of Business Ethics. As an expert in sustainable entrepreneurship and management, he has been invited to participate in several working groups at regional and national levels (e.g., BPI France – public investment bank).