Major/Minor Entrepreneurship

Prof. dr. Bart Van Looy

March 18, 2015

Content & Career prospects

Content

• Profound insight in the nature and particularities of entrepreneurship both in

terms of concepts/models and in practical elaboration (business plan exercise)

• Profound insight in the growth challenges of entrepreneurial / intrapreneurial

ventures, with an emphasis on knowledge intensive entrepreneurship

Career prospects• This major prepares you to start building your own venture.

• Ample career possibilities (broad background in economics/ management):• Managerial positions in smaller and larger companies (CxOs)• Consultancy• Research units of firms, financial institutions and professional federations • Public administration

Major Entrepreneurship

Students take the following courses (24 credits):

• The Foundations of Entrepreneurship (6 credits)

• Entrepreneurship and New Business Development (6 credits)

• Organising for Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

• Entrepreneurial Finance (3 credits)

• Strategic IP Management (3 credits)

• Intrapreneurship (3 credits)

Master TEW / Master Business Economics

Minor Entrepreneurship

Students choose courses from the same list of courses (12 credits):

• The Foundations of Entrepreneurship (6 credits)

• Entrepreneurship and New Business Development (6 credits)

• Entrepreneurial Finance (3 credits)

• Organising for Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

• Strategic IP Management (3 credits)

• Intrapreneurship (3 credits)

Master TEW / Master Business Economics

Students following the Entrepreneurship Major have to choose a Minor in a different field. Recommended: Strategy and Innovation; International Business

Minor Entrepreneurship HIR

Students take the following courses (24 credits):

• The Foundations of Entrepreneurship (6 credits)

• Entrepreneurship and New Business Development (6 credits)

• Organising for Entrepreneurship (3 credits)

• Entrepreneurial Finance (3 credits)

• Strategic IP Management (3 credits)

• Intrapreneurship (3 credits)

MTEW: Handelsingenieur

Major/Minor Entrepreneurship

All FEB bachelor degree holders can take this major

Courses – General InformationCourses are taught in English:• English language skills are essential for most career perspectives

• Allows international student intake (MBE major)

Organization of the Courses:

• Requires active participation by students: interactive and rewarding

• Courses combine theory and applications

• Courses involve (team) projects/assignments in which theory is applied to business cases/industries (e.g. real life case discussions)

• New business development: multidisciplinary teams work on the development of a full business plan during two semesters

• Most courses evaluate students on a combination of papers/presentations, an individual exam, and take into account active class participations

• Individually written Thesis, about 15000 words

• Scientifically founded analysis of subject matter within the domain

• Extensive list of topics with research questions and recommended scientific readings. • Helps students to start the thesis quickly. • Transparent allocation based on ‘best match’ topic, student, and coach/supervisor• But substantial room for development of (sensible and interesting) own topics

• Theses are expected/recommended to be written in English• To foster English language skills• To allow presenting the thesis to a foreign audience• To allow benefitting from the guidance by our growing staff of foreign PhD students

• MSI department will provide info sessions on academic research methods: statistical analysis (STATA) and case study methodology

Master’s Thesis Entrepreneurship