Entrepreneurship

The following issues are described and discussed in the course:

- What is entrepreneurship?
- Who is/becomes an entrepreneur?
- The relationship between innovation and entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial strategies: Causation and Effectuation
- Entrepreneurial roles: The start-up entrepreneur, social entrepreneurship, corporate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in value networks

Throughout the course, students conduct their own - real or imagined - entrepreneurial projects. This practical course component is combined with reading assignments and seminars. The two parts of the course are integrated through reflection, individually and in groups.

Progressive specialisation: G2F (has at least 60 credits in first‐cycle course/s as entry requirements)

Education level: Undergraduate level

Admission requirements: At least 60 ECTS credits in the Industrial Engineering and Management programme (TACIE), including the courses IEGA06 Industrial Organisation (7.5 ECTS credits) and IEGA07 Industrial Management Accounting (7.5 ECTS credits), and registration on the courses IEGA05 Industrial Marketing (7.5 ECTS credits) and IEGA09 Corporate Finance (7.5 ECTS credits), or equivalent

Selection:

Selection is usually based on your grade point average from upper secondary school or the number of credit points from previous university studies, or both.

This course is included in the following programme

• Master Programme in Innovation and Service Development (studied during year 1)
• Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management (studied during year 4)