2018/2019 KAN-CBIOO2000U Master's Thesis
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Master's Thesis |
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Language | English |
Course ECTS | 30 ECTS |
Type | Mandatory |
Level | Full Degree Master |
Duration | One Semester |
Start time of the course | Spring |
Timetable | Course schedule will be posted at calendar.cbs.dk |
Study board |
Study Board for MSc. in Business Administration and
Bioentrepreneurship
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Last updated on 13-07-2018 |
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The subject of the thesis must be within the
programme profile’s particular academic identity
and theoretical field(s).
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To be allowed to start the Master's Thesis,
the students must have finished the 10 weeks' Internship, as it
is part of the Master's Thesis.
If the number of students outnumbers the number of internship places offered by the industry partners in the program companies, the student will be given the possibility to write a theoretical master’s thesis or a case-orientated master’s thesis. It is very important that all core courses are passed before the internship starts as it may have an influence on the performance of the tasks in the company. If one student has not passed the core course before the start of the internship, the study programme may reserve the right to cancel the internship. The Internship does not have a separate exam but is part of the master’s thesis. Midway into the internship students write a short report on the contents of the internship in terms of its specific objectives, activities, application of specific tools, learning opportunities and relevance for the master’s thesis. The midway report is discussed at a joint meeting with the company mentor and the BBIP advisor. The student, the BBIP advisor and the company mentor must all approve the midway report shown by approved signatures. Their approval is a precondition for handing in the master’s thesis. |
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The master’s thesis consists of a “reflection and analysis” paper including a problem statement for the master thesis and a written report based on the analytical challenges examined during the internship.
The master’s thesis addresses selected analytical issues relevant for the challenges examined during the internship. These two courses are concerned with practical problems in commercializing bio-innovations, and results are presented in terms of practical conclusions. In the “reflection and analysis” paper, the students must carefully analyse how to identify most effective business models for innovation, or its most adequate form of market entry.
The main idea of the thesis is to revisit one or several such analytical challenges so as to examine and reflect upon them in depth, from an academic perspective. That means situating the problem in the academic literature, applying advanced theoretical and methodological tools, critically considering the strength of conclusions etc. These reflective revisiting of previous practical problems may be undertaken in papers which in combination meets the requirements for the thesis while they separately refer to the Internship.
The bio-science behind the innovations considered in the Internship project matter for their commercialization e.g. by having implications for innovation alternatives (and hence risks for imitation), or for the rate of technological change etc. These factors matter significantly for commercialization of science-based innovations. The thesis must bring out these relationships between the science, the innovation and implications for commercialization, demonstrating the student’s ability to span and connect issues in bio-science with its business potentials and limitations.
Master thesis part 1 As one of its two components the master’s thesis requires a “reflection and analysis” paper on important issues and challenges relevant for the internship. This paper should include a problem statement for the master thesis. This paper constitutes the first component of the two components of the master’s thesis.
Start of Master thesis work
The master thesis work starts at the first working day of January.
The first master thesis period includes the following activities. Study trip for the BBIP students in January (optional)
1st master thesis workshop: Problem formulation Workshop responsible: Palle Høy Jakobsen
2nd master thesis workshop: Qualitative methods, data collection and data analysis Workshop responsible: Sof Thrane
3rd master thesis workshop: Quantitative methods incl. coding Workshop responsible: Valentina Tartari |
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Thesis supervision from the BBIP faculty is
allocated to each student. Thesis Parts I and II may be supervised
by the same C.M. (Bio) faculty member if the two parts draw mainly
on the same discipline. If not, two supervisors are allocated. The
advisor for Part II is the main supervisor, while for Part I he/she
is referred to as the secondary supervisor. The final oral defense
refers to both parts of the thesis.
With the advisor the student agrees on topics for both components of the thesis, and supervision is offered regarding all learning objectives for the thesis. The host company assigns a mentor to the assignee. A contact between student, mentor and CBS-supervisor before and during the internship secures that in the internship the student works with issues, and in a context, facilitating the completion of a thesis based on the internship. If a student writes alone, he will receive 16 supervision hours and two students writing together will receive 24 supervision hours. Additionally, the thesis subject may also require bio-scientific supervision.This is offered as a standard component of the supervision of the business plan underpinning Thesis Part I, directed at the bio-scientific understanding of the invention in the entrepreneurship project. If for Thesis Part II additional bio-scientific supervision is called for, 2 additional hours are made available, based on notification to BBIPs study administration and identification of the bio-scientific supervisor in question. |
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