5232 - ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS AND ENTERPRENEURSHIP

The course offers an advanced treatment of the theme of the development of enterpreneurship within and around firms, through organizational networks, in the context of innovative activities; integrating organizational and strategic aspects. The course employes active teaching methods; in particular it recommends the prior reading of one leading article (including case studies) per session.

Part I. Enterpreneurship and network organization

• Nature of enterpreneurship and its link with networks
• Forms of network organization for enterpreneurship within the firm (the disaggregation  of corporations, cellular forms, internal hybrids,  project based firm, management by communities)
• Forms of enterpreneurial networks  between firms (Regional networks and constellations, consortia, joint ventures, capital ventures, interfirm projects)
• The organizational embeddedness of start-ups

Part II. Business policies and strategies for enterpreneurship

• Stategy and enterpreneurship
• Enterpreneurship in large firms (Internal corporate ventures, spin-offs)
• Parental advantage and M&A
• Stategy, accounting and control in start-ups

Attending students
Student evaluation: class participation (50%) and final work (case analysis, 50%) for each part of the course.

Non attending students
Oral exam.

• Set of articles (in English) to be released at the beginning of lessons.