Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management

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The Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management course aims to introduce students to the world of start-ups, SMEs (small-and medium-sized enterprises) and corporate venturing. The goal of the course is to acquaint students with concepts and theories that are relevant in the process of setting up and managing an own business. Besides, we will illustrate how entrepreneurial behaviour in large companies can positively influence multiple individual and firm-level performance variables. At the same time, the course will offer the students a ‘learning-by doing' environment in which they can practice certain fundamentals of the entrepreneurial process such as value creation, opportunity recognition and creativity. Finally, this course aims to bridge theory and practice illustrating how the theories in this course are applied in their specific business context. This course however is not a step-by-step guide for starting your own business.