Corporate Entrepreneurship 7.5 credits

About the course

The course addresses entrepreneurial and innovative activities in established organizations, an area commonly referred to as corporate entrepreneurship (organisational entrepreneurship). The focus is on how organizations can develop structures and ways of working that enable entrepreneurial renewal across different types of operations. The course examines how organizations can be designed to stimulate entrepreneurial behaviour, including aspects such as structure, organizational culture, leadership, control systems, and incentives. Furthermore, the course covers corporate venturing, for example corporate incubators and accelerators, venture capital investments and acquisitions, as well as strategic collaborations in the form of networks, alliances, and joint ventures.

The course also explores the dynamics of leading and working in entrepreneurial organizations and in inter-organizational interfaces, with particular emphasis on how relationships, team processes, leadership, and various forms of diversity influence the ability to initiate and drive entrepreneurial initiatives. Finally, the course addresses how organizations can develop coherent systems to promote, organize, and integrate entrepreneurial and innovative activities.