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Course Syllabus

Bachelor 2021/2022

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
Where: Faculty of Social Sciences
When: 4 year, 1 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors: Alexander Chepurenko
Language: English
ECTS credits: 6
Contact hours: 30

Course Syllabus

Full 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

  • 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
  • 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
  • To know basic terms and its comparative advantages and disadvantages for empirical research on entrepreneurship
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Entrepreneurship as a socio - economic phenomenon. Typology of entrepreneurship
  • Empirical research of entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship 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

  • 2021/2022 1st module
    0.1 * attendance + 0.4 * activity on seminars + 0.2 * interim test grade + 0.3 * final colloquium
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