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2017/2018  DIP-D1FMV2020U  Entrepreneurship

English Title
Entrepreneurship

Course information
Language English
Course ECTS 5 ECTS
Type Elective
Level Graduate Diploma
Duration One Semester
Start time of the course Spring
Timetable Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk
Min. participants 15
Max. participants 40
Study board
Study Board for Graduate Diploma in Business Administration
Course coordinator
  • Asma Fattoum - SI
Main academic disciplines
  • Entrepreneurship
Last updated on 02-06-2017

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Learning objectives
To achieve the grade 12, students should meet the following learning objectives with no or only minor mistakes or errors:
  • Acquire an in-depth understanding of the entrepreneurial process and its constituents
  • Account for how various steps of the entrepreneurial process interact
  • Discuss how entrepreneurship is defined
  • Discuss entrepreneurs’ traits and biases, and explain how such characteristics impact decision-making process throughout the lifecycle of the startup
  • Identify pros and cons of involving cofounders, employees, angel investors and venture capital firms in the startup
  • Understand and discuss the different financial resources and their implications on firm success.
  • Discuss entrepreneurs’ possible responses to their venture' failure
Examination
Entrepreneurship:
Exam ECTS 5
Examination form Written sit-in exam on CBS' computers
Individual or group exam Individual exam
Assignment type Written assignment
Duration 4 hours
Grading scale 7-step scale
Examiner(s) One internal examiner
Exam period Summer
Aids Limited aids, see the list below:
The student is allowed to bring
  • USB key for uploading of notes, books and compendiums in a non-executable format (no applications, application fragments, IT tools etc.)
  • Books (including translation dictionaries), compendiums and notes in paper format
The student will have access to
  • Access to CBSLearn
  • Access to the personal drive (S-drive) on CBS´ network
At all written sit-in exams the student has access to the basic IT application package (Microsoft Office (minus Excel), digital pen and paper, 7-zip file manager, Adobe Acrobat, Texlive, VLC player, Windows Media Player). PLEASE NOTE: Students are not allowed to communicate with others during the exam : Read more about exam aids and IT application packages here
Make-up exam/re-exam Oral Exam
Duration: 20 min. per student, including examiners' discussion of grade, and informing plus explaining the grade
Preparation time: No preparation
Examiner(s): If it is an internal examination, there will be a second internal examiner at the re-exam.
Description of the exam procedure

Assignment content: Series of questions addressing selected topics discussed in class.
Course content and structure

This course introduces students to important challenges entrepreneurs face over the different stages of entrepreneurial firms life cycle. More specifically, this course addresses issues related to entrepreneurs’ cognitive biases (i.e., overconfidence, optimism, risk aversion), venture founding conditions (i.e., business opportunities assessment, when to found, building the founding team), corporate governance (i.e., ownership, control, board of directors, compensation), funding of entrepreneurial firms (private equity, venture capitals, debt, IPOs) and coping with venture failure.

 

This course aims to make students aware about those challenges, develop alternatives and strategic decisions for their resolution and anticipate short-term and long-term consequences of the different ways to deal with them.

 

This course is intended for students involved in start-ups as founders, co-founders,

employees, investors or consultants

 

The course is divided into three parts:

 

Part 1 defines entrepreneurship, explores different entrepreneurial process frameworks, and examines entrepreneurs’ cognitive biases.

 

Part 2 focuses on several challenges entrepreneurs face at the early stage of their business. For instance, is it better to be a solo founder or to involve co-founders? How to define roles and split equity among co-founders and early hires?

 

In Part 3 we will examine important strategic decisions post-startup. For example, how to finance growth? What types of investors should entrepreneurs attract at different phases of venture growth? What are the mechanisms entrepreneurs can use to secure control over their firm? How to deal with venture failure?
Teaching methods
Class sessions involve a mixture of lectures, case studies, class discussions, videos and guest speakers. Lectures are organized as interactive two-way communicative sessions in which students are invited to share their own experience and to critically contribute to the content of the course. It aims at coupling conceptual foundation with case based learning. Cases examined in the course cover entrepreneurs’ decisions throughout firm’s life cycle.

Students’ learning process is enriched though group classroom activities, self study and webbased learning exercises.
Feedback during the teaching period
Feedback will take place in class and during office hours if needed
Student workload
In class 30 hours
Exam and preparation 120 hours
Last updated on 02-06-2017