Entrepreneurship & Business Ventures

Department
  • Bachelor's program Management & Law
Course unit code
  • M&R-B-5-B_31-EBV-SE
Number of ECTS credits allocated
  • 4.0
Name of lecturer(s)
Mode of delivery
  • face-to-face
Recommended optional program components
  • none
Recommended or required reading
  • Barringer, B.R. & Ireland, R.D. (2019). Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New
    Ventures (6th ed.). Pearson
    Barrow, C., Barrow, P., & Brown R. (2018). The Business Plan Workbook. A Practical
    Guide to New Venture Creation and Development (9th ed.). Kogan Page.
    Brettel, M., Koch, L. T., Kollmann, T., & Witt, P. (2022). Book Series Entrepreneurship.
    Springer.
    Fueglistaller, U., Müller, C., Müller, S., & Volery, T. (2020) Entrepreneurship: Modelle -
    Umsetzung - Perspektiven Mit Fallbeispielen aus Deutschland, Österreich und der
    Schweiz (5. Aufl.). Springer Gabler
    Hausmaninger, H. (2011). The Austrian legal system (4. Aufl.). Manz.
Level of course unit
  • Bachelor
Year of study
  • Fall 2025
Semester when the course unit is delivered
  • 5
Language of instruction
  • English
Learning outcomes of the course unit
  • Students understand the importance of the entrepreneurial mindset for the development and survival of companies. They get to know key authors from the comparatively young field of entrepreneurship research and have an overview of current developments in this field. They are familiar with the typical requirements in the start-up and growth phase. Students are able to combine acquired knowledge from the fields of business administration and business law and have the competence to analyze and solve practical problems (e.g. creation of business model canvas, business plan, aspects of founding a company) across disciplines. The ability to think independently and in a networked manner is enhanced.
Course contents
  • - Entrepreneurship, content-related approach
    - Who is actually an “entrepreneur”?
    - The emergence of entrepreneurial activity: “Opportunity creation vs. discovery”
    - From the business idea to implementation and business modeling
    o Start-up phase
    o Growth phase
    - Application of interdisciplinary or interdisciplinary knowledge in the context of creating a business plan
    - Step-by-step development of the necessary steps for founding a company
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
  • The course comprises an interactive mix of lectures, discussions and individual and group work.
Work placement(s)
  • none

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