Entrepreneurship and Innovation Courses for Second-Year MBA students: Spring Semester
Acquisition of Closely-held Enterprises (ENTRE 822) Q3 and (ENTRE 8106) Q4
(R. Billingsley & R. Conroy; F. Genovese)
- Guide students through the process that leads to successful acquisition of a business
- Provide students with the skills and information they need to search, value, and acquire their own business
Innovation (ENTRE 884) Q3
(E. Teisberg)
- Expose students to the issues and challenges of building and leading a sustainable small enterprise
- Expose students to the multidisciplinary management competencies needed to lead a small business
- Expose students who may consult with or invest in small businesses to the special challenges faced by small businesses
Management of Smaller Enterprises (ENTRE 823) Q4
(E. Hess)
- Expose students to the issues and challenges of building and leading a sustainable small enterprise
- Expose students to the multidisciplinary management competencies needed to lead a small business
- Expose students who may consult with or invest in small businesses to the special challenges faced by small businesses
Small Enterprise Finance (FIN 845) Q3
(W. Sihler)
- Provide students with experience in identifying and resolving financial problems typical to a small enterprise, such as long-term asset management, working-capital management, arranging funding, and extracting the owner/operator from the business gracefully
Social Responsibility and Entrepreneurship (ENTRE 8306) Q4
(M. Leeper)
- Provide students with the opportunity to discuss aspects to business practice outside of issues related to the bottom line
- Provide students with direct interaction with corporations, NGOs, and other organizations actively dealing with social responsibility
- Provide students with a model that brings together various components considered relative to bringing about change
Starting New Ventures (ENTRE 821) Q3
(S. Sarasvathy)
- Focuses solely on independent start-ups
- New venture issues, processes, and challenges
- For MBAs committed to venturing in the near term