Courses

Entrepreneurship

General

Course Contents

  1. Introduction to Entrepreneurship.
  2. Characteristics of Entrepreneurship in the EU and in Greece.
  3. Research, Innovation, Development & Entrepreneurship.
  4. Social economy and Entrepreneurship.
  5. Entrepreneurship and gender.
  6. Entrepreneurship and vulnerable social groups.
  7. Youth Entrepreneurship.
  8. Planning the Business.
  9. Entrepreneurship Education, Training and Consulting.
  10. Financial means to support Entrepreneurship.
  11. Entrepreneurship support structures.
  12. Entrepreneurship Networks.
  13. Business Opportunities and Ideas, Business Excellence.

Educational Goals

The general aim of the course is to enable students to understand the social and economic reality of entrepreneurship and to provide the necessary knowledge for the planning, development and support of business ideas. Particularly:  To get to know sufficiently, through the lectures and exercises, the characteristics of entrepreneurship in Greece and the EU. To understand the process through which a business idea can be transformed into a business operation. To have the ability to distinguish between necessity and opportunity entrepreneurship, as well as entrepreneurship according to the characteristics of the candidate entrepreneurs (young, female, vulnerable social groups, etc.) and their particularities., to be able to investigate, gather, record and analyze information and data related to business planning. To acquire the skills of applying knowledge to specific business activities and branches, through case studies through practical exercises.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

  • They know: the concept and characteristics of entrepreneurship, as well as entrepreneurship of specific population groups and in important sectors and industries.
  • They distinguish opportunity entrepreneurship from necessity entrepreneurship, as well as the advantages/disadvantages, prospects and dynamics of each.
  • They investigate and choose the corresponding consulting, training and generally support structures for entrepreneurship.
  • They apply their knowledge at all stages of planning a business idea to specific business practice.
  • Acquire the necessary skills to implement and develop a business idea.
  • Develop the necessary knowledge acquisition skills in entrepreneurship for further studies at postgraduate level.

General Skills

  • Independent work.
  • Decision making.
  • Project planning and management.
  • Production of new research ideas.
  • Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues.

Teaching Methods

  • In the classroom, face to face.

Use of ICT means

  • Basic software (windows, word, power point, the web, etc.).
  • Support of learning process through the electronic platform / e-class.

Teaching Organization

ActivitySemester workload
Lectures26
Practice works13
Assignment (Essay writing)20
Independent Study66
Total125

Students Evaluation

Written final exams (60%) that may include:

  • Judgemental questions.
  • Short answer questions.
  • Application exercises.
  • True/False and multiple choice questions.
  • Composite theoratical questions.

In each question, corresponding evaluation points are specified.
Optional assignment (Essay writing and presentation) corresponds to 40% of the final grade.

Recommended Bibliography

  1. Σαρρή Κ., Τριχοπούλου Α., Επιχειρηματικότητα και Κοινωνική Οικονομία. Η Οπτική του Φύλου. Εκδ. ΤΖΙΟΛΑ, 2018.
  2. Deakins David, Freel Mark, Επιχειρηματικότητα, Εκδ. Κριτική, 2007.

Related Research Journals

  1. Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied Research.
  2. Spoudai Journal of Economics and Business.