Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship reflects the burgeoning of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which account for a disproportionately large share of net job creation and Canada’s economic development, and contribute to the national trade balance when firms expand overseas. Outcomes that are not just related to the creation of new firms – an entrepreneurial orientation can be equally applied to large corporations and public and non-profit sectors where new ideas trigger programs and processes that benefit society as a whole. Entrepreneurship is therefore central to developing effective public policy and educating those engaged in commercialization of technology. All topics are inter-disciplinary in nature, including: the entrepreneurial process and cognition, opportunity recognition, emergence of new firms, intrapreneurship, social entrepreneurship, SME policy and new venture financing.
Field Courses
MGT8104 THEORETICAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH (3 units)
Foundation theories of entrepreneurship are examined, including risk and uncertainty, rationales for enterprise growth, innovation process, opportunity recognition, market behaviour, financing new and growing ventures, and entrepreneurship as a social construction.
MGT8105 ENTREPRENEURSHIP RESEARCH (3 units)
This course focuses on selected topics associated with entrepreneurship research, including internationalization processes, entrepreneurial cognition, feminist entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial marketing, financing enterprise growth, public policy issues and entrepreneurship support, science-based, social and environmental entrepreneurship.
One course chosen from another field (3 units)
Contact
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