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Module Specifications
Archived Version 2010 - 2011
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Module Title |
Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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Module Code |
EF574
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School |
DCUBS
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Online Module Resources
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| Module Co-ordinator | Prof Colm O'Gorman | Office Number | Q324 |
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Level |
5
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Credit Rating |
5
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Pre-requisite |
None
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Co-requisite |
None
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Module Aims
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In this module students will examine the following questions:
- What is it that entrepreneurs do? What is the 'economic function' of the entrepreneur? What risk do entrepreneurs take?`
- How are new businesses formed? How do entrepreneurs identify or 'discover' opportunities? How do entrepreneurs amass the resources required to start a new business? How do entrepreneurs develop business strategies? To what extent does, and can, 'planning' and 'business plans' guide an entrepreneur through the process of new venture creation?
- Why do only a very small number of new ventures achieve high levels of success (in terms of rapid growth)? In the absence of growth a failure of entrepreneurial ambition, of management talent, or of external market structures?
- Why do high levels of 'profuctive' entrepreneurship and innovation occur in only some regions (countries or regions withinc ountries) at particular times? Why do other regions suffer from low levels of entrepreneurship and innovation? What can policy makers do to stimulate 'productive' entrepreneurship and innovation?
In this module students will examine the following questions:
- What is it that entrepreneurs do? What is the'economic function' of the entrepreneur? What risks do entrepreneurs take?
- How are new businesses formed? How do entrepreneurs identify or 'discover' opportunities? How do entrepreneurs amass the resources required to start a new business? How do entrepreneurs develop business strategies? To what extent does, and can, 'planning' and 'business plans' guide an entrepreneur through the process of new venture creation?
- Why do only a very small number of new ventures achieve high levels of success (in terms of rapid growth)? In the absence of growth a failure of entrepreneurial ambition, of management talent, or of external market structures?
- Why do high levels of 'productive' entrepreneurship and innovation occur in only some regions (countries or regions within countries) at particular times? Why do other regions suffer from low levels of entrepreneurship and innovation? What can policy makers do to stimulate 'productive' entrepreneurship and innovation?
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Learning Outcomes
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How to prepare a business plan.
An understanding of the processes involved in new venture creation. An appreciation of the extent that new ventures are the outcome of processes that include search for opportunity, market research and competitor analysis, planning activity, and the preparation of a business plan versus the extent and they are the result of the entrepreneur's vision and drive, the entrepreneur's prior experiences, luck or chance, and what we term 'bootstrapping', 'bricolage' and 'improvisation'.
Understand the role of entrepreneurs in the economy.
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Indicative Time Allowances
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Hours
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Lectures |
17
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Tutorials |
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Laboratories |
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Seminars |
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Independent Learning Time |
58
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Total |
75
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Placements |
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Assignments |
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NOTE
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Assume that a 5 credit module load represents approximately 75 hours' work, which includes all teaching, in-course assignments, laboratory work or other specialised training and an estimated private learning time associated with the module.
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Indicative Syllabus
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| Assessment | | Continuous Assessment | 100% | Examination Weight | 0% |
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Indicative Reading List
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The economic function of the entrepreneur
The 'unremarkable' origins of new ventures
The Business Plan
The origins of new ventures
New venture creation processes: discovery, improvisation, effectuation, bricolage, and bootstrapping.
Financing new businesses
New venture growth
Entrepreneurship in
Public policies to promote entrepreneurship
The origins and eveolution of new venture
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Programme or List of Programmes
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| MBA | Masters in Business Administration -GrpA |
| MBAB | Masters in Business Administration -GrpB |
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