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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2023/2024

Entrepreneurship

Type: Compulsory course
Area of studies: Business Informatics
Delivered by: Department of Strategic and International Management
Where: Graduate School of Business
When: 3 year, 2, 3 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of one campus
Instructors: Dmitrii Knatko, Elizaveta Kroupenich
Language: English
ECTS credits: 6
Contact hours: 60

Course Syllabus

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Abstract

This course is about entrepreneurship both from an economics and practitioners angle and showshow economics can contribute to our understanding of entrepreneurship. The course also shedslight on the societal impact of entrepreneurship and its utility for economic development. It furtherprovides practical elements such as developing business models, designing market researchframeworks, product development cycles, and raising seed capital.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • Gain a thorough understanding of how economics can contribute to entrepreneurship
  • To enable students to design, structure, and execute the process of launching a new venture
  • How social entrepreneurship creates impact and how to measure it
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Analyse viable business models
  • Describe the theoretical insights and recent empirical findings of the economics of entrepreneurship
  • Explain how entrepreneurship drives economic change and growth
  • Outline the historical context and impact of social entrepreneurship
  • Design market research frameworks, develop and evaluate business models
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • The History of Entrepreneurship
  • The Economics of Entrepreneurship
  • The Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Business Models & Ideation
  • Key Partners & Alliances
  • Key Activities as an Entrepreneur
  • Value Proposition (VP) & Unique Selling Proposition (USP)
  • Customer Development
  • Customer Relationships
  • Product Development
  • Distribution Channels
  • Cost Structure
  • Revenue Streams
  • Finding Investment and Raising Finance
  • Intellectual Property and Legal Matters
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Group project
  • blocking Exam
    The exam is held in the form of LSE exam test
  • non-blocking Tests
    Individual tests include multiple-choice questions and assess the student's mastery of the material studied in previous classes
  • non-blocking Individual homework
    Individual homework
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2023/2024 3rd module
    0.4 * Exam + 0.3 * Group project + 0.15 * Individual homework + 0.15 * Tests
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • 9781317601364 - Drucker, Peter F. - Innovation and Entrepreneurship - 2015 - Routledge - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=846822 - nlebk - 846822
  • Alexander Osterwalder Yves, Er Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Tim Clark, Ellen Di Resta, Michael Anton Dila, Remko Vochteloo, Victor Lombardi, Matthew Milan, Ralf Beuker, Sander Smit, Norbert Herman, Karen Hembrough, Yves Claude Aubert, Wim Saly, Frank Camille Lagerveld, Andres Alcalde, Alvaro Villalobos M, Bernard Racine, … Praveen Singh. (n.d.). Business Model Generation A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers.
  • Sahlman, W. A., Hoffman, R., Andreessen, M., & Blank, S. G. (2018). HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Entrepreneurship and Startups (featuring Bonus Article “Why the Lean Startup Changes Everything” by Steve Blank). Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business Review Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1798805
  • Shalley, C. E., Hitt, M. A., & Zhou, J. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=974520
  • The new business road test : what entrepreneurs and investors should do before launching a lean start-up, Mullins, J. W., 2018
  • Venture capital, private equity, and the financing of entrepreneurship : the power of active investing, Lerner, J., 2012

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Advanced introduction to entrepreneurial finance, Landstrom, H., 2017
  • Blinova, E. A. Innovative Entrepreneurship : учебное пособие / E. A. Blinova. — Самара : Самарский университет, 2022. — 68 с. — ISBN 978-5-7883-1752-6. — Текст : электронный // Лань : электронно-библиотечная система. — URL: https://e.lanbook.com/book/336587 (дата обращения: 00.00.0000). — Режим доступа: для авториз. пользователей.
  • David J. Bland, & Alexander Osterwalder. (2020). Testing Business Ideas : A Field Guide for Rapid Experimentation. Wiley.
  • Entrepreneurial finance : venture capital, deal structure & valuation, Smith, J. K., 2019
  • Entrepreneurial finance, Smith, R. L., 2004
  • Jonathan P. Allen. (2019). Digital Entrepreneurship. Routledge.

Authors

  • KNATKO Dmitrii Mikhailovich