NBS9131 : Entrepreneurial Strategy
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- 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 aims to:
- Enable students to understand the importance of entrepreneurial growth and scaleup in new firms, the difference between starting and growing a new firm, and challenges coming from the growth and scaleup
- Provide students with concepts of entrepreneurial growth, underlying mechanisms and related changes, strategies and modes, comparison among industry and business types, and their practical meaning
- Apply academic knowledge and theoretical framework to the analysis of real-world growing startups
Outline Of Syllabus
The module intents to cover the following key themes:
- The importance of growth and scaleup in new firms
- Difference between growth and scaleup
- The life cycle and stages of entrepreneurial growth
- Strategies and modes of entrepreneurial growth
- Unicorns or alternatives: external vs. internal financing
- Expansion: scale, scope, and regions
- External networking, partnership, and ecosystem
- Impact of industry growth and ecosystem
- Change in founding and top management teams and governance
- Capital and investment management in new firms
- Exit and change modes
- Global trends in entrepreneurial growth and scaleup
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.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- NBS9131's Timetable