2017/2018
KAN-CSIEO2020U Entrepreneurship and Innovation in
Context
| English Title |
| Entrepreneurship and Innovation in
Context |
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| Language |
English |
| Course ECTS |
7.5 ECTS |
| Type |
Mandatory |
| Level |
Full Degree Master |
| Duration |
One Quarter |
| Start time of the course |
First Quarter, Autumn |
| Timetable |
Course schedule will be posted at
calendar.cbs.dk |
| Study board |
Study Board for MSc in Social Sciences
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| Course
coordinator |
- Ellen Mølgaard Korsager - MPP
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| Main academic
disciplines |
- Entrepreneurship
- Innovation
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Last updated on
06-10-2017
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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:
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Account for the theories of innovation and entrepreneurship
presented in the course.
- Discuss the strength and weakness of the theories of innovation
and entrepreneurship presented in the course.
- Reflexively apply the course’s theoretical positions in case
analysis.
- Discuss the role of innovation and entrepreneurship in
society.
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| Examination |
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Entrepreneurship and Innovation in
Context:
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| Exam
ECTS |
7,5 |
| 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 |
Autumn |
| Aids |
Limited aids, see the list below:
The student is allowed to bring - Any calculator
- Language dictionaries in paper format
The student will have access to - Advanced IT application package
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 |
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.
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| Course content and structure |
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In this course we will explore entrepreneurship and innovation
and the conditions which economic, societal and cultural context
sets for entrepreneurial decision making. In doing so, we will
encounter a number of entrepreneurs acting in different industries,
all trying to make new markets for their products during moments of
great technological, managerial and demographic transitions. Acting
within a particular context, each succeeded in creating demand for
new products. To accomplish this objective, most of these
entrepreneurs also built effective organizations capable not only
of meeting customers' needs profitably at a specific moment,
but of continually anticipating and responding to these preferences
as they developed and the broader environment changed.
For the lectures you are expected to read the assigned
theoretical texts. Much of the learning will take place through
student discussion of cases. To gain the most benefit from class
sessions students should be prepared to take active part in
discussions and contribute with their unique insights to enhance
the learning of the entire class. Therefore, students are asked to
read required cases prior to the session and to thoughtfully
consider their ideas related to relevant assignment questions.
Students may find it beneficial to discuss the cases as well as the
theoretical readings in small groups before the class
meets.
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| Teaching methods |
| The course has a case-based learning approach and
we will be discussing a case in most sessions. Apart from cases the
course readings will consist of a number of foundational texts –
new and classical – from the fields of entrepreneurship and
innovation theory. These texts will be discussed in lectures as a
general introduction to these fields. In discussing the cases the
theoretical readings will further be used to examine how moments of
rapid, widespread socioeconomic change affects entrepreneurial
opportunity; to examine how in such periods of change some have
succeeded in exploiting new business opportunities; and to
investigate how these opportunities grew into enduring,
strategically effective organizations. Also we will explore how
cognitive processes and limitations, decision biases, and other
factors such as risk perceptions impact decision processes and
decision quality in the entrepreneurial venture. |
| Feedback during the teaching period |
Student to student feedback.
Office hours. |
| Student workload |
| Course activities (including preparation) |
165 hours |
| Exam (including exam preparation) |
41 hours |
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Last updated on
06-10-2017
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