BE244-7-QS-:
Creating and Growing a New Business Venture
2020/21
Essex Business School
Spring - Partner
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Sunday 17 January 2021
Friday 26 March 2021
15
20 November 2020
Requisites for this module
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This module will enable students to acquire critical and transferable skills associated with the creation and growth of new business ventures. The module focuses on the development process, from start up to early stage growth of new ventures (new small businesses spin-offs from large firms, and especially innovative, technology-based firms).
The module covers essential processes associated with new venturing- opportunity identification, self-efficacy, ideas generation, bricolage and bootstrapping, developing business models, networking, marketing, financial, and behavioural aspects in different environments.
The module is practical in scope and character and is concerned with enabling students to critically examine and organise different forms of learning, skills development, and aspects of creating and managing new and entrepreneurial (especially technology-based)ventures.
Acquire critical and transferable skills associated with the creation and growth of new business ventures.
You focus on the development process from start up to early stage growth of new ventures, new small businesses spin offs from large firms, and especially innovative, technology-based firms.
You study opportunity identification, self-efficacy, ideas generation, bricolage and bootstrapping, developing business models, networking, marketing, and finance.
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No additional information available.
The following learning and teaching methods will be used to inform the pedagogic structure of the module:
Lectures;
Seminars and experts sessions ;
Analysis and discussion of case studies;
Analysis and discussion of journal articles;
Class exercises including group work;
Short field visits where feasible
Other support.(external lectures and mentoring);
Self -study
This module does not appear to have any essential texts. To see non-essential items, please refer to the module's reading list.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Prof Jay Mitra, email: jmitra@essex.ac.uk.
Professor Jay Mitra
jmitra@essex.ac.uk
ext 4859
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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