TPPE88 Innovation Technology and Business Set Up, 2,3 ECTS-points
/Innovationsteknik och praktisk företagsetablering/

Advancement level:
B

Aim:
The aim of this course is to illustrate and discuss central issues concerning the set up of businesses and the exploitation of innovations. The course is primarily designed for students who are planning to start their own companies, but it can also be taken by others.

Prerequisites:
TEIE 08 Basic Course in Industrial Economics or TDIE 05 Industrial Economics and Management or TEIE 57 Industrial Economics, basic course.

Course organization:
Legal, institutional and economic issues will be treated during the lectures and seminars. Most of the lectures will be from industry and various organisations.

Course content:
The innovation process. Legal aspects of business set ups and patents. Financial sources. Business organization. Leadership. Innovation activities in Industry. Examples of success stories and failures in business set ups.

Course literature:
Will be specified when the course starts.

ANN1, 1,5 p.
Course language is Swedish.