Аспирантура
2026/2027
Исследования в стратегическом предпринимательстве
Статус:
Курс по выбору
Кто читает:
Департамент менеджмента
Где читается:
Санкт-Петербургская школа экономики и менеджмента
Когда читается:
1-й курс, 1 семестр
Охват аудитории:
для своего кампуса
Преподаватели:
Широкова Галина Викторовна
Язык:
английский
Кредиты:
2
Контактные часы:
28
Course Syllabus
Abstract
The course explores key theories, frameworks, and research relevant to strategic entrepreneurship (SE). It is fundamentally concerned with scholarly understanding of entrepreneurial actions using a strategic perspective. Even as SE is currently one of the liveliest areas of scholarly inquiry, it is also an evolving and fluid one. As such, this course was designed to be broad, but not all inclusive, and deep but not anchored to a select worldview. The organizing goal is to survey relevant theoretical perspectives, rather than a set of topics or issues (e.g., opportunity recognition, entrepreneurial orientation, corporate entrepreneurship, etc.). At the same time, these perspectives will be judged by how parsimoniously and successfully they explain SE issues within tolerable limits.
Learning Objectives
- To familiarize you with relevant theory, research, and methods on SE for the development of your own research and dissertation proposals, which could be the basis for publications in premier journals in the field.
- To help you build the skills and knowledge necessary to understand, assess, and critique published works on SE, as a basis for identifying contributions and limitations in extant research as well as for reviewing papers submitted to conferences and journals.
- To provide you with opportunities to engage in informed conversations, in oral and written form, about major theories/frameworks, issues, and contributions on SE.
- To provide you with an opportunity to write a research paper that could be submitted to a high quality journal in the field or serve as the foundation for a study or dissertation.
Expected Learning Outcomes
- Communicate new scholarly ideas verbally and in written form
- Develop a mental model of the strategic entrepreneurship studies into management field
- Show a deep, nuanced understanding of the key concepts and theories of SE studies
- Critically analyze and reviews academic studies of SE
- Develop new ideas and approaches advancing SE studies
Course Contents
- Foundations of Strategic Entrepreneurship
- Entrepreneurial Agency
- Behavioral /Upper-echelons
- Resource- and Knowledge-based Perspectives
- Learning Perspectives
- Network/Social Capital Perspectives
- Ecological and Institutional Perspective
Assessment Elements
- Class participationClass discussions and interactions are the essential part of our synthesis of the material and subsequent learning. It is therefore vital that you come to every class prepared and ready to contribute. Good participation implies critical analysis of the literature, asking questions, raising original ideas, making constructive comments, and having a positive attitude toward learning. Each student is expected to read all required readings for the week (including all articles assigned for the first class). Furthermore, starting class 2, each student is expected to lead the discussion of the assigned article (i.e., make a 15-minutes oral presentation based on the prepared summary [without slides], and then facilitate the discussion). Active participation and giving presentations during the seminars are counted separately. Both seminar participation and class assignments are not counted for the students absent in the meeting log and failing to indicate their presence.
- Critical summaries of the assigned articlesBefore each class, the students will be assigned articles for individual analysis (one article per class; 6 in total). You will need to prepare a brief (around 500 words) critical summary of the assigned article, including: (1) A full citation (2) Research problem (3) Research questions (4) Theoretical view and argument development (5) Method (6) Findings (7) Meaning and significance of the contributions (8) Shortcomings/opportunities for further studies The assignment will be submitted via LMS or e-mail, one day before the class. Late submissions of the tasks result in 1-point deduction for every 24 hours of the delay. Both analytical and visual content of the submissions as well as the presentations must be unborrowed or provide appropriate references, otherwise the core is reduced.
- Research paper proposalEach student will be asked to create a detailed research paper proposal at the end of the course, which reviews and synthesizes the research literature. This proposal should focus on a viable research topic centered in your own area of interest (strategy, international business, entrepreneurship, innovation, organization theory, human resources, etc.), dealing with issues related to SE studies. The ultimate proposed study can take any form (e.g., conventional qualitative/quantitative empirical paper, meta-analysis, theory development, systematic literature review). The proposal should contain: (a) formulation and justification of the research problem; (b) clear evidence of the gaps in the literature; (c) specific research questions, why these are interesting and novel; (d) the primary prior literature that serves as the audience for the proposed study; (e) [if possible/applicable]: preliminary hypotheses or propositions; (f) planned methodological approach (as detailed as possible); (g) [if possible/applicable]: preliminary results. Particular attention should go to descriptive statistics and correlations between studied constructs. Scatterplots and distribution charts are also appropriate. Please be very cautious with estimating regression models until the hypotheses are fully formulated. The length for the proposal is 10 to 15 pages (double-spaced). Students should talk with the professor prior to working on the proposal to discuss viable directions and topics. You will also present and discuss your proposals in the last class in order to get feedback before exam. Use this as an opportunity to write about something that interests you; I am here to support your interests. Asking other faculty and students (including more senior students not in the course) for feedback and advice on your work is appropriate. But, all writing must be your own. The assignment will be submitted via LMS and e-mail to professor.
Interim Assessment
- 2026/2027 1st semester0.2 * Class participation + 0.5 * Research paper proposal + 0.3 * Critical summaries of the assigned articles
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Zott, C., Amit, R., & Massa, L. (2011, July). The Business Model: Recent Developments and Future Research. Journal of Management, 37(4), 1019-1042
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- Strategic management: competitiveness and globalization concepts and cases, Hitt, M. A., 2003