Syllabus: Global Entrepreneurship  ENTR.670.201  
[Schedule]      [Course Materials   [Grading]      [Glossary of Terms]
 

Jack M Wilson, PhD,  [Jack M. Wilson]
Distinguished Professor of Higher Education, Emerging Technologies, and Innovation:

Email: jack_wilson@uml.edu

Office: Pasteur 414

Phone: 978.934.2540 

( I do not accept messages on this phone.  Please leave messages by email)

Web link: www.jackmwilson.net

Course Link: http://www.jackmwilson.net/GlobalE/JMW-GlobalE-syllabus.htm

Case Study Collection: http://www.jackmwilson.net/Cases/index.htm

 

Course Times: 3:30-6:20 pm on Mondays and also Tuesday October 13  - [Schedule]
Location:  Pasteur 213
Office Hours: 2:00-3:30 Mondays and Tuesdays and by appointment -appointment preferred.

Course Calendar

 

Wk.

Start Date

Tentative
Case Study

Assignment Topic

1

14-Sept

Pulichino-Tong

Introduction to Global Entrepreneurship

An overview of the global context (Wilson: Chapter1)

International Entrepreneurship and International Business (Text: Chapter 1)

Group Formation and Project Assignments

2

21-Sept

Harris MacNeill -Champ (KC)

GEM Report

Global Variations in Entrepreneurial Activities (Text: Chapter 2)

Intro to some Global Entrepreneurs (Wilson)

3

28-Sept

Virgin-Richard Branson (ML)

Global Entrepreneurship Strategy (Text: Chapter 3)

4

5-Oct

TravelMyth-Greece  (BO)

Business Models and the Lean Launchpad

Global Business Planning (Chapter 4)

5

13-Oct

 On Line Class

Global Opportunities (Chapter 5)

6

19-Oct

Microsoft (BD)
Apple-Supply Chain  (ZZ)

Market Options : Exporting (Chapter 6)  and take home mid-term exam due

7

26-Oct

MuhammedYunus-Microcredit (RK)

Global Economics and Finance (Chapter 7)

8

2-Nov

d-Light  (LZ)

Cross-Cultural Customs and Communication Styles (Chapter 8)

9

9-Nov

"Desh" Gururaj Deshpande (FD)

International Entrepreneurship Education and development (Chapter 9)
Forms of Global Entrepreneurship-Franchising (Chapter 10)

10

16-Nov

Baidu  (MH)

Alternate Modes of Entry for Entrepreneurial Firms (Chapter 11)

11

23-Nov

Tata Industries (TB)
Red Bull-Dietrich Mateschitz

Europe (Chapter 12)

http://www.economist.com/node/21559618

12

30-Nov

Mercado Libre  (DV)

Latin America (Chapter 13)

 13

7-Dec

Alibaba  (MSs)

China (Chapter 14)    Final Exam is due on Sunday December 13 at 11:59 pm.


Other possible cases:      PR-Slides-Ireland   Kilfrost   ILinc Corporation  Theranos   [Other Case List] 

 

Course Description - Catalog: Global Entrepreneurship. This course is an elective in the Manning School of Business graduate programs in the MBA and MS in Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship (MSITE).

Course Overview: This course discusses the challenge of global entrepreneurship and the opportunities for it in a world in which the economic and cultural context is rapidly changing. It begins with an overview of these changes and a description of the particular challenges in the rapidly growing and changing major markets of the Eurozone, China, India, Eastern Europe, Japan, the Middle East, Latin America and other smaller but significant market areas. It will discuss different approaches to global entrepreneurship, the influences of macro forces, such as economic trends, cultural issues, political and regulatory environments, and other issues. It will assume a knowledge of the basic issues in domestic entrepreneurship such as: opportunity recognition, team building, fundraising, marketing, financing, organizational governance, ethical and regulatory issues, and social and environmental issues, but the course will show how these issues might be different in the different political, economic, regulatory, cultural, and religious environments.

Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of the course, you should be able to:

(1)    Understand and appreciate importance of global entrepreneurship in 21st Century

(2)    Learn how to think ‘globally’ and identify opportunities and challenges as they contemplate entrepreneurial ventures

(3)    Be aware of the challenges of operating in cross national and cultural environments.

(4)    Be cognizant of the ethical and legal challenges of operating in a multinational fashion.

(5)    Understand similarities and differences of entrepreneurship between Developed, Emerging and Transitioning Economies.

(6)    Use frameworks, concepts, and methodologies to explore and potentially exploit global opportunities.

(7)    Be familiar with the effects of these global and multinational environments on the activities and concepts associated with launching and running a new venture, such as marketing, financing, global and ethical issues, political, legal and regulatory issues, social and environmental issues, and issues involving rapidly changing technology and infrastructure.

 

Prerequisites for the Course

There are no pre-requisites for this course other than graduate standing.

 

Course Materials:

Text: Global Entrepreneurship, Shawn Carraher, Dianne Welsh ISBN-13: 978-0757562112 2nd Edition. 

The world is always changing and thus much of the information in this, or any, text is outdated.  The course materials online are far more up to date than the text itself.  I recommend that you start by reviewing the course materials and then read the text with the course slides as a guide.

Course materials will be posted on a website at http://www.jackmwilson.net/GlobalE

Supplemental Readings:

1.    The 2012 Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI): Perspectives from the Americas  http://eagle.gmu.edu/newsroom/files/GEDI.pdf

2.    GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP MONITOR 2013 GLOBAL  REPORT http://www.gemconsortium.org/docs/download/3106

3.    GEM: Special Report on Entrepreneurial Employee Activity http://www.gemconsortium.org/docs/download/2890

4.    Global Entrepreneurship: The Contrasting Cases of China and India
http://www.hbs.edu/centennial/businesssummit/global-business/global-entrepreneurship-the-contrasting-cases-of-china-and-india.html

5.    Video: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLh7_63USak

 

 

 

 
  How You Will Be Graded:  Your final course grade will be based on the following:

Requirement

% Total Grade

Midterm exam

30

Final Exam

30

Class Case Presentation

20

Class Participation

20

Total:

100%

   
 Numeric Grade:  Letter Grade:  

94-100

A

90-93

A-

87-89

B+

84-86

B

80-83

B-

77-79

C+

74-76

C

70-73

C-

67-69

D+

64-66

D

0-63

F

 
Academic Integrity Policy: UMass Lowell students are expected to be honest and to respect ethical standards in meeting academic assignments and requirements. A student who cheats on an examination or assignment is subject to administrative dismissal. Please visit the Academic Integrity Web site for specific details regarding this policy.

Course Grading:  The grading in this course will consist of

1.    Class participation (20%).

2.    Mid-term exam (30%)

3.    Final exam (30%),

4.    An oral presentation to the class presenting a case study of global entrepreneurship as listed in the schedule. (20%).

Tests: You will be expected to take a midterm and final as laid out in the schedule and syllabus for the course.  As per our discussion in the first class, and at your request, we will change the exams from a multiple choice format to open response written take home exams.  The tests will be made available to you one week before they are due.

Class Case Presentation:  Each student will present one of the case studies listed in the syllabus (or another similar case study selected by mutual agreement).  You should review these cases and decide which one you might like to present.  As an alternative, you may request to present a different case that illustrates points being covered in the related material.  If the instructor agrees, then that case will replace the case on the syllabus.  Although the syllabus provides some guidance for the case, the student is expected to research the case and then present that case to the class and lead the class in discussion of the case. Approximately 30 minutes will be devoted to each case with about half the time devoted to the case presentation and half to the discussion.  The student is expected to turn in the slides (PowerPoint, Prezi, etc.) used during the class presentation after the presentation and discussion is complete. 

Student Disability Services: UMass Lowell students requiring academic accommodations should contact Student Disability Services for assistance.