5232 - ORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS AND ENTERPRENEURSHIP
CLEA - CLAPI - CLAPI - CLEFIN - CLELI - CLEACC - DES - CLEMIT - DIEM - CLSG
Course taught in English
Go to class group/s: 31
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.