Global Entrepreneurship

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• recognise and evaluate international opportunities for exploitation;;
• evaluate alternative approaches to the internationalisation of new ventures;
• identify all key stakeholders impacting upon any venture in international settings;
• understand and apply appropriate theoretical concepts, models, tools and techniques which facilitate international entrepreneurship;
• understand international opportunity identification processes.
• examine the entrepreneurship process and enterprises in different forms such as high technology ventures, social enterprises, SMEs and family businesses from a cross-cultural perspective
• diagnose global and national environments by evaluating characteristics of economy, society and policy making for entrepreneurship of all types;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• use a wide range of information sources requiring the development of bibliographic skills;
• plan and control effectively for successful completion of a personal workload;
• communicate effectively in written form, using and justifying arguments within reports.
• self-manage the development of learning and study skills;

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• environmental factors (global and national) influencing international entrepreneurship;
• entrepreneurial processes in different countries/cultural settings and managing a growth- orientated global entrepreneurial venture, including international expansion of a venture and sources of financing international entrepreneurship;
• relational aspects of international entrepreneurship including managing relationships with key stakeholders which impact upon ventures.

• International entrepreneur and international entrepreneurship: concepts and definitional issues
• Global and national contexts for entrepreneurship and enterprise development
• Reasons for international entrepreneurship and actors leading internationalisation
• Theoretical perspectives on internationalisation approaches and practical implications
• Identification and evaluation of international opportunities
• Approaches to enter international markets
• Managing international expansion of ventures: aspects of planning, funding and human resources
• Critical aspects of international entrepreneurship for SMEs and family businesses

Teaching methods include

Lectures, interactive case studies, problem-solving activities, directed reading, and private/guided study. Visiting speakers/interaction with entrepreneurs if available.

Learning activities include

• Lectures
• An assignment (individual written coursework and group presentation)
• Case study / problem solving activities
• Seminars and in class debate and discussion
• Private study
• Use of video and online materials

Class activities, such as problem solving activities, discussions and use of case studies will provide opportunities for you to gain feedback from your lecturer and/or peers about their level of understanding and knowledge prior to any formal summative assessment.

Feedback on the coursework will normally be provided through a written report online within four weeks of the submission date.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Class discussions

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: Feedback will be provided in the lectures, seminars and and on ad-hoc basis via small examples/cases where students will be engaged with some critical elements of their learning. Constant feedback will be provided throughout the whole course and also be posted on the online learning platform.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.