NBS9131 : Entrepreneurial Strategy
- Offered for Year: 2025/26
- Module Leader(s): Dr Jungho Kim
- Owning School: Newcastle University Business School
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
- Capacity limit: 40 student places
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
The module focuses on the entrepreneurial strategy of new firms. It aims to:
• Enable students to understand the importance of entrepreneurial strategy, underlying mechanisms and challenges in new firms
• Provide the students with entrepreneurial strategy’s key concepts, components, and practical meanings
• Apply academic knowledge and theoretical framework to analyse real-world growing startups.
Outline Of Syllabus
The module covers the following key topics:
• Why entrepreneurial strategy matters to growing startups and entrepreneurial organisations
• Difference between regular growth of firms and scaleup (fast growth) of startups
• Determinants, consequences, stages, and modes of entrepreneurial growth
• Dimensions of entrepreneurial strategy: product/business expansion, financing, operations, and organisational change
• Resources, ecosystem, and other considerations
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 9 | 2:00 | 18:00 | Person-In-Person (PIP) lectures and interactive sessions |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 30:00 | 30:00 | Preparation of final group and individual reports |
| Guided Independent Study | Directed research and reading | 1 | 16:00 | 16:00 | Individual reading and research tasks to supplement lecture materials |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 2 | 2:00 | 4:00 | PIP workshops: team activity and group work |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Drop-in/surgery | 2 | 1:00 | 2:00 | PIP drop-in session, Q&As and discussion on assignment |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 30:00 | 30:00 | Study tasks relevant to the module focus |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
Lectures are designed to help students develop an understanding of both theoretical and practical knowledge and supplement student learning to provide knowledge and analytical skills.
In-class discussion and interaction activities enable students to develop their understanding through mutual learning and engagement.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Presentation | 2 | M | 20 | Group presentation: analysis of growing/scaling startup |
| Essay | 2 | M | 80 | Individual essay: comparative analysis of two startups (2000 words) |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case study | 2 | M | Presentation by each group on a selected case firm; feedback provided by the lecturer and peers |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
Essay assignment assesses a student’s ability to understand entrepreneurial growth and scaleup mechanisms of new firms, critically evaluate real-world startups, and compare them.
Group presentation after team discussions enables students to investigate the conceptual framework, identify and interpret key factors in the case analysis, collect and analyse relevant data, and develop teamwork.
RESIT INFORMATION: If students are eligible to a second attempt resit will be an assignment and the resit calculation will be based 100% on the submission.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- NBS9131's Timetable