Course code: BED-3905

Master`s Thesis in Business Creation and Entrepreneurship

Campus
Semester / Year Spring 2014
Credits 30

About the course

The course is reserved for students who are admitted to the Masters program in Business Administration and therefore can not be taken as single subject

The thesis shall develop the students` ability to synthesize technological, economic and marked information and extract a business plan for a research-based idea. The thesis should contain a technological analysis, a marked analysis and a business plan, as well as an analytical discussion of frameworks and premises employed. The business idea must be approved by the institute, preferably before the third or fourth semester. The thesis shall be finished within one semester, with a deadline set by the department.

Objectives of the course

Students who have successfully completed the course should have achieved the following learning outcomes:

Knowledge and comprehension:

• Knowledge about the importance and specific challenges of academic entrepreneurship

• Knowledge about the impact of technological innovations on business performance and commercialization

• Knowledge of how to understand the market challenges of associated with introducing technological innovations

• Knowledge of how to summarize key financial, technological and market figures in a business plan

Skills:

The course should prepare the student to:

• Situate a research problem within the academic entrepreneurship literature

• Analyze technological innovations

• Analyze the market potential for technological innovations

• Develop a business plan for commercializing a technological innovation

Competence:

• Ability to develop a commercialization strategy for a new university spinoff

• Ability to evaluate the commercial potential of research based ideas

• Ability to translate the technological and market need into a decision making document for investors

Teaching methods

Supervision

Language of instruction and examination

English

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Assessment

Evaluation is based on the thesis itself (80 %) and a comprehensive oral exam (20%)

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Responsible unit: School of Business and Economics