Technology-Based Entrepreneurship
Syllabus, Master's level, 1TE777
- Code
- 1TE777
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Industrial Engineering and Management A1N, Technology A1N
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (3), Pass with credit (4), Pass with distinction (5)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 26 October 2021
- Responsible department
- Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering
Entry requirements
120 credits, of which 90 credits in science/engineering. Participation in Industrial Strategy and Organisation or Industrial Management. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.
Learning outcomes
On completion of the course, the student should be able to
- explain and apply knowledge about creativity for innovative organisational processes that underpin entrepreneurial initiatives,
- with the help of knowledge about the innovation system and methods for commercialization create a hypothetical technology-based entrepreneurship commercialisation,
- apply various theoretical conceptualizations to analyse various forms of entrepreneurship such as academic entrepreneurship, technology-based entrepreneurship and alternative forms of entrepreneurship
- critically reflect on the norms that make up the dominant version of entrepreneurship,
- explain how entrepreneurship research relates to popular cultural descriptions of entrepreneurship .
Content
Basic knowledg about creativity, the innovation system and methods for commercialization that stimulate innovative organisational processes within high-tech entrepreneurial initiatives. Theoretical conceptualization of various forms of entrepreneurship. Analysis of business opportunities as well as start-up and operation of entrepreneurial processes based on new technical knowledge and new technical capabilities. Description of the relationship between research on entrepreneurship and commercialization processes in practice.
Instruction
Lectures, guest lectures, seminars, and supervision of project work.
Assessment
Active participation, i.e. oral presentation and written essay at seminars (3 credits), as well as oral presentation of a group project presented in film format (2 credits).
If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding targeted pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.
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