Entrepreneurship and New Business Creation
Module Aim
This module aims to introduce entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial skills needed to support sustainable business development.
Module Content
(2 ECTS, 50-60 h)
- 1.1 Entrepreneurship and Small Businesses
- 1.2 Entrepreneurial Mindset
- 1.3 Entrepreneurial Activities
- 1.4 Sustainability and Social Enterprises
Module Outcome
After completing the module, the students will be able to:
- Understand businesses and their place in our global economy.
- Describe key concepts of entrepreneurship and explain how entrepreneurship relates to social and economic development.
- Understand the importance of integrating sustainability values in entrepreneurship and businesses.
Recommended Literature
- Burns, P. Entrepreneurship and Small business, latest edition, Red Globe Press.
- Cunningham, J., & Fraser, S. S. (2022). Images of entrepreneurship: divergent national constructions of what it is to ‘do’ entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, 34(7-8), 567-581.
- Gartner, W. B. (2001). Is there an elephant in entrepreneurship? Blind assumptions in theory development. Entrepreneurship Theory and practice, 25(4), 27-39.
- Low, M. B., & MacMillan, I. C. (1988). Entrepreneurship: Past research and future challenges. Journal of management, 14(2), 139-161.
- Shane, S., & Venkataraman, S. (2000). The promise of entrepreneurship as a field of research. Academy of management review, 25(1), 217-226.
- Shaver, K. G., & Scott, L. R. (1992). Person, process, choice: The psychology of new venture creation. Entrepreneurship theory and practice, 16(2), 23-46.
