Corporate Entrepreneurship

Course aim

The aim of this course is to help students understand and implement the process of corporate venturing or corporate entrepreneurship as an approach for corporate renewal. Corporate venturing can be defined as the starting of a new business venture from within an existing venture.

Course content

The nature and importance of corporate venturing for business renewal and growth; modes of corporate venturing; sourcing ideas and recognising opportunities for corporate venturing; marshalling human and financial resources and organising to support corporate venturing; planning and managing the corporate venturing process including exit strategies for the corporate venture; managing the impact of corporate venturing on the organisation.

Textbook(s)

Morris, M. H., & Kuratko, D. F 2002, Corporate entrepreneurship: entrepreneurial development within organizations, South-Western, Mason, Ohio

Mason, H., & Rohner, T 2002, The Venture Imperative: a New Model for Corporate Innovation, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, Mass

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Presentation, Report

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.