| Learning objectives |
To achieve the grade 12, students
should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor
mistakes or errors: After having completed the course the students
should be able to:
- synthesize the development of different capitalist societies
and identify differences and commonalities based on the required
reading
- explain and compare different theories of entrepreneurship
- discuss the organizational theories introduced during the
course and relate them to empirical information
- analyze case studies by breaking up the sum of information into
constituent parts, identify relevant aspects of the situation and
study the relationship of the parts to the whole; formulate
questions applying relevant theory
- compare different ways how businesses and entrepreneurs
interact with their political and cultural context
- apply theories and frameworks (based on the required reading)
to a given situation and develop arguments based on those lines of
thinking
- evaluate dilemma situations of entrepreneurs, hypothesize about
different courses of action and their outcome
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| Examination |
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Entrepreneurship and Global Strategy:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| Examination form |
Written sit-in exam |
| Individual or group exam |
Individual exam |
| Assignment type |
Multiple choice AND written assignment |
| Duration |
4 hours |
| Grading scale |
7-step scale |
| Examiner(s) |
One internal examiner |
| Exam period |
Autumn and Winter, the regular exam takes place
in October. The make-up and re-examination takes place in
January. |
| Aids allowed to bring to the exam |
Limited aids, see the list below:
- Written sit-in-exam on CBS' computers
- Dictionaries (only some, see specification
below)
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| Make-up exam/re-exam |
Same examination form as the ordinary exam
If the number of registered candidates for the make-up
examination/re-take examination warrants that it may most
appropriately be held as an oral examination, the programme office
will inform the students that the make-up examination/re-take
examination will be held as an oral examination instead.
The Make-up and Re-examination takes
place according to the same rules as the regular
exam.
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Description of the exam
procedure
No aids allowed other than basic language dictionaries (e.g.
from mother tongue to English and vice versa and
English/English).
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| Course content and
structure |
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The course gives a framework for understanding the role of
entrepreneurs in shaping global capitalism over the last two
centuries. Through a combination of lectures and case study
discussions the students will be introduced to the history of
entrepreneurs and firms from different countries and industries.
Placing business in a broad political, economic and cultural
context, the course explores the challenging decisions and ethical
dilemmas entrepreneurs have faced in different historical settings.
Students will learn about the characteristics of different
”varieties of capitalism” and the challenges and opportunities
related to them. They will probe analytical tools to identify and
make sense of relevant context factors and will consider the
changing roles of regulators and different groups of stakeholders.
Four major themes will be discussed in the course: (i) the growth
of business and the different paths available to entrepreneurs;
(ii) varieties of ownership structures; (iii) the role of
entrepreneurs in various political regimes; (iv) waves of
international integration/disintegration and the challenges of
global business in different regional and local settings.
Theory: The course will introduce theories of
entrepreneurship (Schumpeter, Casson, Ruef) as well as
organizational theories (Chandler, new institutional economics). It
discusses the merits and limitations of analytical frameworks, such
as Porter’s five forces.
Research-Based Teaching: The course includes
discussions of different varieties of capitalism (US, UK, Denmark,
Germany, India among others) based on the lecturer’s recent
research. It is planned to include a guest lecture by an
expert.
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| Teaching methods |
| The course is based on a combination
of lectures, case-based discussions in smaller groups and student
presentations. |
| Student workload |
| Lecture hours |
20 hours |
| Workshop/exercises |
22 hours |
| Preparation Lectures |
70 hours |
| Preparation Case-Study Exercises |
90 hours |
| Examination |
4 hours |
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| Expected literature |
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Compulsory reading:
Compendium
Harvard Business School cases, which will be included in the
compendium or made available for download
Recommended further reading:
Jones, Geoffrey. Multinationals and Global Capitalism: From the
Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century. Oxford, New York:
Oxford University Press, 2005.
McCraw, Thomas K. Creating Modern Capitalism: How
Entrepreneurs, Companies, and Countries Triumphed in Three
Industrial Revolutions. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University
Press, 1997.
Fellman, Susanna, Martin Iversen, Hans Sjögren, and Lars Thue, eds.
Creating Nordic Capitalism: The Business History of a
Competitive Periphery. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan,
2008.
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