Entrepreneur­ship The­ory and Fin­ance

Course content

This course aims to provide students with a set of economics and organizational principles that govern the process of new business creation. The first part of the course provides a general coverage of various aspects of entrepreneurship, including entrepreneurship as a career choice, discovery of opportunities, team formation, business development and strategy, location choices and engagement with the innovation ecosystem, performance and exit. The last part of the course places a special emphasis on entrepreneurial financing. The goal is to help students understand financing decisions in entrepreneurial settings. The topics included delve into issues such as financing sources, the incentives of each type of investor, the relative costs and benefits of each source of funding, and the connections between funding sources and entrepreneurs' strategy.