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Bachelor 2021/2022

Entrepreneurship

Area of studies: Management
When: 3 year, 4 module
Mode of studies: distance learning
Online hours: 14
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Sergey Melchenko, Макаров Максим Витальевич
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3
Contact hours: 28

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course surveys principles, concepts, practices and instruments of entrepreneurship with focus on innovation and technology entrepreneurship in the context of modern economic trends. Course material is based on best Russian and international practices and examples. The course will involve a certain number of guest lectures by prominent and relevant experts, as well as expert panels for project assessment with experts from startup and venture investor community. The practical part of the course work comprises group projects of real startups either generated within the course, or attracted from elsewhere.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • to give students enough theoretical and practical knowledge to launch and develop own technology startup project, as well as to work in a startup team.
  • to use startup project metrics
  • to evaluate entrepreneurial project outputs
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Be able to develop appropriate strategic scenaria of project development
  • Be able to formulate and explore product ideas and market hypotheses
  • Have experience in developing a startup project
  • Have experience in presenting own projects to experts, potential customers and investors
  • Know basics of business and financial modeling in startups
  • Know basics of current economic trends as a source of ideas and technology demands
  • Know basics of entrepreneurial universities and institutes of development
  • Know basics of markets and marketing of innovative products, technology and opportunity scouting
  • Know basics of modern technology innovation entrepreneurship
  • Know basics of principles of innovative product development
  • Know basics of startup and product life cycles
  • Know basics of venture and grant financing of innovative startup projects
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Introduction to the course. General information. Innovation economy. Experience based entrepreneurship.
  • Product development and design thinking.
  • Venture capital and corporate venture. Project life cycle from the investors’ point of view.
  • Infrastructure for innovations.
  • Russian system of Higher Education and Innovation Ecosystem
  • Lean startup and lean canvas
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Group course projects
    Projects are accomplished by the groups of 4-5 students are presented in the written form (presentation) and verbally at the class. Each student is assessed individually, which means that each student should participate in the project presentation. Group course projects are graded from 1 to 10.
  • non-blocking Exam
    The exam is taken in written form and contains 6 questions based on the lecture material. Exam grades are from 1 to 10.
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2021/2022 4th module
    0.7 * Group course projects + 0.3 * Exam
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Per Davidsson. (2016). Researching Entrepreneurship. Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.b.spr.insten.978.3.319.26692.3

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Бизнес-планирование : учеб. пособие / В.А. Баринов. — 4-е изд., перераб. и доп. — М. : ФОРУМ : ИНФРА-М, 2017. — 272 с. — (Среднее профессиональное образование). - Режим доступа: http://znanium.com/catalog/product/652953