Master in Entrepreneurship and Innovation


Entrepreneurial Business Models, Processes and Planning
Module:Entrepreneurship & Professional Skills, Semester 1
ECTS: 5
Course learning outcomes:
(i)Analyze and synthesize information regarding entrepreneurial solutions and business models that are transforming societal, economic and business structures.
(ii)Understand the importance of sustainable and ethical practices.
(iii)Effectively map and/or deconstruct the business model of an emergent business or start-up firm.
(iv)Define criteria that signal the strengths and weaknesses of a transformative business model (using the Canvas Model, the Sustainable Business Canvas and Compell.io software).
(v)Gather and evaluate relevant data to assess the transformative potential of a business model proposal.
(vi)Build the content and communication of a pitch for a business model innovation proposal (that involves block chain, sustainability, market place or social economy principles).

Description:

Objectives

To develop thematic-specific knowledge and critical analysis of the most transformative business models and sustainable entrepreneurial practices in startup operations.

  1. To advance understanding about the transformative role of entrepreneurship in the economy and society.
  2. To extend critical and ethical entrepreneurial skills in relation to business model analysis and development.
  3. To provide practical and critical reasoning tools for designing and evaluating (sustainable) business models.
  4. To strengthen communication, presentation and business logic skills.

 

Topics

Entrepreneurship as transformative and sustainable practice (The Circular Economy)

Entrepreneurship and alternative forms of organizing (Market places)

Entrepreneurship and sustainability (The Social Economy)

Entrepreneurship and digitalization (Blockchain).

Entrepreneurship and the Gig economy.

Entrepreneurship and sustainable finance.

Organization:

This course is structured as 'Entrepreneurship as Transformative and Sustainable Practice' and involves individual work by students. Through a combination of in-class trainings, extensive reading/writing and business modeling of startup cases on the Compell.io online platform, students will apply theory to practice in order to understand not only the form and features of transformative business models but also how entrepreneurial solutions are creating innovative societal and economic impacts .

Language: English
Lecturer: FLETCHER Denise Elaine
Mandatory: Yes
Note:

LITERATURE 

Osterwalder, A.  & Pigneur, Y. (2013) Business Model Generation: a handbook for visionaries, game changers and challengers, Wiley.
Ries, E. (2011). The Lean Start Up: how today's entrepreneurs use continuous innovation to create radically successful businesses, New York, Crown Publishing Group.
Ries, E. (2017). The Start Up Way, New York, Crown Publishing Group.

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