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Bachelor 2020/2021

Researching Entrepreneurship: How to plan, design and conduct a project on Entrepreneurship

Type: Elective course (Sociology)
Area of studies: Sociology
Delivered by: School of Sociology
When: 4 year, 1 module
Mode of studies: offline
Language: English
ECTS credits: 6
Contact hours: 30

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course is a practically oriented module dedicated to train students make research using the entrepreneurship theory as a field and advising them how to proceed all necessary steps, starting with a formulation of the theme and literature review up to choosing of a relevant methodology, conducting a data collection and analysis and formulating research based evidence. The goals of the module are as follows: - knowing of basic terms and approaches of the contemporary entrepreneurship theory; - knowing of instruments and methods used in entrepreneurship research; - developing of basic analytical and instrumental competences in entrepreneurship research.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The goals of the module are as follows: - knowing of basic terms and approaches of the contemporary entrepreneurship theory; - knowing of instruments and methods used in entrepreneurship research; - developing of basic analytical and instrumental competences in entrepreneurship research.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • To know basic terms and its comparative advantages and disadvantages for empirical research on entrepreneurship
  • To know and be able to use for secondary analysis the data of internationally most known research projects on entrepreneurship, to know about the constraints and advantages of qualitative and quantitative approach in entrepreneurship research
  • Students to know about the specific constraints of entrepreneurship in transitioanl societie with imperfect instiotutions and strong predatory incentives and about the approaches to make international comparisons of the entrepreneurship ecosystems development
  • Students to know about the specific constraints of entrepreneurship in transitional societies with imperfect institutions and strong predatory incentives and about the approaches to make international comparisons of the entrepreneurship ecosystems development
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Entrepreneurship as a socio - economic phenomenon. Typology of entrepreneurship
    Basic terms and definitions related to entrepreneurship. Contextual typology of different forms of entrepreneurship like small busioness, family entrepreneurship, ethnic entrepreneurship, innovative entrepreneurship, copropate entrepreneurship
  • Empirical research of entrepreneurship
    Possibilities and contraints of using different methods of research (qualitative, qwuantitative, mixed) in entrepreneurship theory. Examples of some of the most known international projects on Entrepreneurship (GEM, PSED etc.)
  • Entrepreneurship in transitional societies
    Pecularities of conditions and performance of entrepreneurship in transitional economies; role of history (path dependence and Socialist legacy) and transitional experience (institutional traps) in the formation of nation specific ecosystems of entrepreneurship. The GEI index in transitional societies
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking attendance
  • non-blocking activity on seminars
  • non-blocking interim test grade
  • non-blocking final colloquium
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • Interim assessment (1 module)
    0.4 * activity on seminars + 0.1 * attendance + 0.3 * final colloquium + 0.2 * interim test grade
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Alvarez, S. A. (2005). Theories of Entrepreneurship: Alternative Assumptions and the Study of Entrepreneurial Action. Foundations and Trends(R) in Entrepreneurship, (3), 105. https://doi.org/10.1561/0300000003
  • Per Davidsson. (2016). Researching Entrepreneurship. Springer. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.b.spr.insten.978.3.319.26692.3

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Aidis, R., Estrin, S., & Mickiewicz, T. (2007). Institutions and entrepreneurship development in Russia: a comparative perspective. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.DBA334A7
  • Gartner, W. B. (1988). “Who is an Entrepreneur?” Is the Wrong Question. American Journal of Small Business, 12(4), 11–32. https://doi.org/10.1177/104225878801200401
  • Hansemark, O. C. (2003). Need for achievement, locus of control and the prediction of business start-ups: A longitudinal study. Journal of Economic Psychology, (3), 301. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.eee.joepsy.v24y2003i3p301.319
  • Hoang, H., & Antoncic, B. (2003). Network-based research in entrepreneurship: A critical review. Journal of Business Venturing, (2), 165. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.eee.jbvent.v18y2003i2p165.187
  • Mueller, S. L., & Thomas, A. S. (2001). Culture and entrepreneurial potential: A nine country study of locus of control and innovativeness. Journal of Business Venturing, (1), 51. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.eee.jbvent.v16y2001i1p51.75
  • Reynolds, P. D. (1997). Who starts new firms?——Preliminary explorations of firms-in-gestation. Small Business Economics, 9(5), 449. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007935726528
  • Tomi Ovaska, & Russell S. Sobel. (2005). Entrepreneurship in Post-Socialist Economies. Journal of Private Enterprise, (Fall 2005), 8. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.a.jpe.journl.811