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96877 - THE ECONOMICS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Academic Year 2021/2022

                
                        Docente:
                        Enrico Santarelli
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        SECS-P/02
                    
                        Language:
                        English
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Bologna
                        
                            Corso:
                            Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                            Law and Economics (cod. 9221)

                            Teaching resources on Virtuale

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student will: • achieve an in-depth knowledge of the theories of new firm formation and firm internal and external growth, of the relationship between choice of financial model and R&D investment in new entrepreneurial ventures, and of the most innovative sources of financing from a comparative perspective; • gain a good command of the use of quantitative methods for the analysis of entrepreneurship, with special reference to innovative entrepreneurship; • achieve the knowledge necessary to support the choice of investment strategies and the implementation of public policies aimed at fostering new entrepreneurship.

Course contents

The course is aimed at providing the fundamentals of teh economics of entrepreneurship, from the perspective of both new and small firms and policy mkers. At the end of the course students will gain an understanding of the determinants of the choice to enter into entrepreneurship and the impact of new firms on the economic system.

Readings/Bibliography

Simon C. Parker (2018). The Economics of Entrepreneurship. Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition.

Teaching methods

Lectures, class discussion, courseworks.

Assessment methods

Coursework (60%), final written exam (40%).

Grading criteria:

18-23: the student has sufficient preparation and analytical skills, spread however, over just few topics taught in the course, the overall jargon is correct

24-27: the student shows and adequate preparation at a technical level with some doubts over the topics. Good, yet not to articulate analytical skills with the use of a correct jargon

28-30: Great knowledge about most of the topics taught in the course, good critical and analytical skills, good usage of the specific jargon

30L: excellent and in depth knowledge of all the topics in the course, excellent critical and analytical skills, excellent usage of specific jargon.

Teaching tools

Teaching slides and additional material that will be made available to download from the 'virtuale' platform.

Office hours

See the website of Enrico Santarelli