This course is designed to give an in-depth understanding on the impact of innovation & entrepreneurship on global competition, sources of, and the development of, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the general process of entrepreneurial initiatives including idea generation and screening, business model development, marketing, operations, and organizations & Team. The course also includes sessions on new venture financing and digital marketing which is helpful for the new venture to grow quickly in a competitive scenario. The course is a blend of theory and practice therefore this course does not require any prerequisite.
Assignments 20%
Class Discussion 20%
(You can get full marks if you follow the teacher's questions more than 5 times in the classroom communication area.)
Unit test and assignments :10%
Final exam 50%
(online course examination will be conducted at the end of the term.)
Texts
[1] John Bessant, Joe Tidd,Innovation and Entrepreneurship,John Wiley & Sons,2015
[2] Eric Ries,The Lean Startup,Crown Business,2011
[3] Steve Blank,The Four Steps to the Epiphany,Cafepress.com,2005
[4] Peter F. Drucker, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, HarperBusiness,2006
Other reading material:
Jeffry A. Timmons, Stephen Spinelli, Jr. New Venture Creation,2014
Kontny, Nathan. "The Scientist." A Medium Corporation, November 2015
McCracken, Harry. "How Facebook Keeps Scaling Its Culture." Fast Company, November 2015.
Timothy Keiningham, Lerzan Aksoy, Helen L. Bruce, Fabienne Cadet, Natasha Clennell, Ian R. Hodgkinson, Treasa Kearney,Customer experience driven business model innovation,Journal of Business Research,2019
Tseng Kamm, Lucia. "How to Apply Entrepreneurial Tools to Corporations—Easily!" (PDF - 1.1MB) MIT Thesis, June 2015.
Kiefer, C. Monograph: "Notes on the Practice of Corporate Entrepreneurship" (PDF), 2016, pp. 56–59.
Wilson, Fred. "Winner Takes Most." AVC. October 18, 2015. VC Fred Wilson ponders
Fleming, L. "Breakthroughs and the Long Tail of Innovation." MIT Sloan Management Review 49, no. 1 (2007): 69-74.
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