General Information
| Course Code | E_MFEN_FFE |
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| Credits | 6 EC |
| Period | P1 |
| Course Level | 300 |
| Language of Tuition | English |
| Faculty | School of Business and Economics |
| Course Coordinator | dr. F. Bacco |
| Examiner | dr. F. Bacco |
| Teaching Staff |
dr. F. Bacco |
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Practical Information
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| Teaching Methods | Seminar, Lecture |
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Target audiences
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Course Objective
Academic and research skills: Students are able to assess and conduct afeasibility study of a new business idea that validates the proposed
customer needs and market potential by systematically collecting,
analyzing, and reporting relevant data.
Bridging theory and practice: Students understand the core theories and
concepts in the field of entrepreneurship, as reflected by their ability
to analyze, compare, and apply these theories and concepts to analyze
and solve the key management challenges faced by real-world
entrepreneurs.
Social skills: Students are able to effectively pitch a new business
idea to others, and can present the results of their feasibility studies
to a group of peers in a professional, engaging manner.
Course Content
Foundations and Forms of Entrepreneurship is an engaging course forstudents who like to learn about entrepreneurship, its role and
importance in our society, and the process by which entrepreneurs
transform new ideas into successful business ventures. Entrepreneurship
is commonly associated with the creation of new businesses, but it also
captures a distinct mindset that is valuable across a wide range of
contexts. In this course, students learn to understand and apply
theories from economics, sociology, and psychology to study key topics
in entrepreneurship. These include the role of entrepreneurship in
economic growth; traits, motivations and behaviors of entrepreneurs; the
process of identifying, evaluating and exploiting entrepreneurial
opportunities; business planning and financing for new ventures;
managing growth and founder-CEO succession; social entrepreneurship and
corporate entrepreneurship. Theoretical understanding of these subjects
is applied to real world cases focusing on key management challenges
faced by entrepreneurs, and a team project in which students conduct a
feasibility study to validate the customer needs and market potential
for a new business idea.
Additional Information Teaching Methods
LecturesTutorials
Method of Assessment
Assignments – Group assessmentAssignments – Individual assessment
Literature
TextbookSelection of articles and cases