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TEIO16 Innovative Entrepreneurship and New Business Planning, 6 ECTS credits.
/Innovativt entreprenörskap och affärsplanering/

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Prel. scheduled hours: 48
Rec. self-study hours: 112

  Area of Education: Technology

Subject area: Industrial Economics
  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
The overall purpose of the course is for students to acquire knowledge and abilities within the general areas of innovation and entrepreneurship, with particular focus on business planning for new, innovative ventures. The overall learning goal is for students that have passed the course to understand the characteristics of innovative ventures and to know what is required to start and plan for such ventures. The learning outcomes are that students after the course should be able to
  • describe, compare and take a position on different theoretical perspectives on innovation and entrepreneurship and relate them to their own technology areas;
  • account for and compare different theories on innovative ventures and their institutional context and critically review such theories based on empirical observations;
  • describe and discuss what it takes to start up and organise innovative ventures;
  • describe and critically discuss how and in what contexts a business plan may be used;
  • account for the information and analyses needed to write a complete business plan for an innovative venture and have the ability to collect and analyse relevant information for that purpose; and
  • communicate a business plan orally and in writing.
    Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
    One of the courses Entrepreneurship and new business development, Basic entrepreneurship and idea feasibility analysis, or similar.

    Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
    Organisation:
    The course is organised in terms of lectures and seminars. Group assignments and individual assignments support learning. Driving force is an important aspect of entrepreneurship, and students' driving force will therefore be emphasised in the course; the course is to a large extent problem based and students are required to take responsibility for their own learning, individually and in groups.
    The course runs over the entire spring semester.
    Course contents:
    The course is organised in two themes, where the latter is the main one:
    • Innovative entrepreneurship. What is innovation? What is entrepreneurship? What characterises innovative ventures? What are the particular requirements on new, innovative ventures (in particular ventures based on new products and services) and how can such ventures be organised in new and established companies?
    • Business planning for innovative entrepreneurship. The business plan as a planning and development tool for entrepreneurial ventures. To write a business plan: Content, information requirements and analyses. To write and present a business plan. Within this themes, students work in groups to write a business plan for a local innovative venture.
    Course literature:
    • Eliasson, B. & Kolár, C. (2006): Affärsplanen. Praktisk handledning för affärsplanerare. Liber, Malmö.
    • Scientific papers.


    Examination:
    Individual hand-.in asignments
    Group project assignment
    		 2 ECTS
    4 ECTS
     
    In determining each grade and the total grade on the course, the results of all assignments will be weighed together. To pass the course, students are required to get a pass grade on all assignments and to attend compulsory lectures and seminars.


    Course language is Swedish.
    Department offering the course: IEI.
    Director of Studies: Nicolette Lakemond
    Examiner: Anna Bergek
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    Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
    Last updated: 01/23/2009