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2013/2014 KAN-CBL_ENDE Entrepreneurship for Development
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| Entrepreneurship for Development |
Course information |
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| Language | English |
| Exam ECTS | 7.5 ECTS |
| Type | Elective |
| Level | Full Degree Master |
| Duration | One Semester |
| Course period | Autumn
Changes in course schedule may occur. Friday 10.45-13.20, week 36-41,43-46. |
| Time Table | Please see course schedule at e-Campus |
| Min. participants | 40 |
| Max. participants | 70 |
| Study board |
Study Board for BSc og MSc in Business, Language and Culture,
MSc
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| Course coordinator | |
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| Secretary Birgitte Hertz - bhe.stu@cbs.dk ? | |
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| Last updated on 15-03-2013 | |
| Learning objectives | |||||||||||||||||||||
By the end of the course the students
should be able to:
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| Relevant Bachelor degree (e.g. Economics, Business Administration, Sociology, Development Studies). | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The course ‘Entrepreneurship for
Development’ focuses on key issues in the
entrepreneurship, development, and poverty reduction
debate. The course will explore the characteristics
of entrepreneurs in developing countries (in Africa, Asia and
Latin America) and will direct attention to the conditions of
entrepreneurship in the institutional environment. This will
include discussions of the difference between ‘opportunity’
and ‘necessity’ entrepreneurship and the implications for growth
and development. The course will critically examine the aim and
effectiveness of different approaches to entrepreneurship promotion
such as micro-finance, social networks, business incubation and
entrepreneurship education and will examine the particular
opportunities and challenges facing specific groups of
entrepreneurs such as women and youth.
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| Teaching methods | |||||||||||||||||||||
| The teaching will comprise lectures, case discussions and resource person presentations (e.g. entrepreneurs and representatives from organisations that support entrepreneurs). First, students will be introduced to theoretical perspectives on entrepreneurship. Second, students will examine different themes related to entrepreneurship and analyse different entrepreneurship cases and concrete initiatives aimed at promoting entrepreneurship in developing countries. Third, students will hear presentations of real life experiences with entrepreneurship in developing countries. Forth, students will identify and analyse a business opportunity and formulate a concept for a venture in a developing country. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Further Information | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Expected literature | |||||||||||||||||||||
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To be announced on Learn, but most likely:
Amine, L.S. and Staub, K.M. (2009): Women entrepreneurs in
sub-Saharan Africa: an institutional theory analysis from a social
marketing point of view, Entrepreneurship and Regional
Development, 21 (2):183-211.
Bosma, N. and Levie, J. (2010): Global Entrepreneurship
Monitor, 2009 Executive Report. GEM. 1-59 (59).
Bruton, G.D., Ahlstrom, D. And Obloj, K. (2008):
Entrepreneurship in emerging economies: where are we today and
where should the research go in the future, Entrepreneurship
Theory and Practice 32 (1): 1-14.
Chigunta, F., Schnurr, James-Wilson, D. and Torres, V. (2005)
Being “real” about youth entrepreneurship in eastern and southern
Africa, SEED Working Paper No. 72. Geneva: ILO. 1-77 (77).
Green, C.J., Kirkpatrick, C.H. and Murinde, V. (2006): Finance
for small enterprise growth and poverty reduction in developing
countries, Journal of International Development 18:
1017-1030 (13).
Kuada, J. (2009): Gender, social networks, and entrepreneurship
in Ghana, Journal of African Business, 10:85-103.
Mair, J. and Marti, I. (2009): Entrepreneurship in and around
institutional voids: a case study from Bangladesh, Journal of
Business Venturing 24: 419-435 (17).
Mair, J. and Schoen, O. (2006): Successful social
entrepreneurial business models in the context of developing
economies: An explorative study, International Journal of
Emerging Markets 2 (1): 54-68.
McDade, B.E. and Spring, A. (2005): The ‘new generation of
African entrepreneurs’: networking to change the climate for
business and private sector-led development, Entrepreneurship
and Regional Development 17 (1): 17-42.
Minniti, M. And Naude, W. (2010): What do we know about the
patterns and determinants of female entrepreneurship across
countries? European Journal of Development Research, 22
(3): 277-293.
Mwasalwiba, E. S. (2010): Entrepreneurship education: a review
of its objectives, teaching methods, and impact indicators,
Education +Training, 52(1): 20-47.
Naudé, W. (2011): Entrepreneurship is not a binding constraint
on growth and development in the poorest countries, World
Development 39 (1): 33-44.
Puffer, S.M., McCarthy, D.J. and Boisot, M. (2009):
Entrepreneurship in Russia and China: the impact of formal
institutional voids, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 34(3):
441-467.
Sanders, T. and Wegener, C. (2006): Meso-finance: filling the
financial service gap for small businesses in developing countries.
NCDO Position Paper, September 2006. 1-26.
Turner, S. and Nguyen, P.A. (2005): Young entrepreneurs, social
capital and Doi Moi in Hanoi, Vietnam, Urban Studies, 42
(10): 1693-1710.
West, G.P. , Bamford, C.E. and Marsden, J.W. (2008): Contrasting entrepreneurial economic development in emerging Latin American economies: applications and extensions of resource-based theory, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice 32 (1): 15-36. |
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