6 ECTS credits
174 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1023166BNR for all students in the 2nd semester at a (B) Bachelor - advanced level.

Semester
2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Faculty
Faculty of Social Sciences & SolvayBusinessSchool
Department
Business Technology and Operations
Educational team
Kevin De Moortel (course titular)
Emiel De Buyser
Activities and contact hours
26 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
122 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Entrepreneurship facilitates change in many facets of society. As technology is ubiquitous in modern and knowledge-based societies, technology entrepreneurship contributes significantly to national and global economic wealth and growth. However, to make such contributions, a careful understanding is needed of the business concepts that surround technology entrepreneurs and high-technology startups. In this context, this course introduces the fundamentals on business ecosystem thinking, entrepreneurial strategy and finance, and key aspects of technology management, like intellectual property and technology transfer.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Slides, Available through Canvas
Additional info

Teaching methods

This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load.

HOC: 26 hours

  • The instructor and students interact in collective contact-dependent moments and (actively) engage with the learning materials.
  • On occasion, the course invites guest lecturers. Presence to these guest lectures is highly recommended.

WPO: 26 hours

  • Interactive sessions focused on the application of the learning materials to real life examples and cases.
  • On occasion, the course adopts a case-based approach in which students are expected to read and prepare a business case. Presence to these business case sessions is highly recommended.

ZELF (self): 91 hours (exam) + 31 hours (assignment)

  • Independent study to keep up with the course material during the semester and run through background information: 2 hour/HOC, 2 hour/WPO (52 hours).
  • Preparation of exam (39 hours).
  • Preparation of assignment (31 hours).
Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student can:

  • understand the complexity of business ecosystem dynamics surrounding the technology entrepreneur and high-tech start-ups.
  • understand the methodological approach towards developing an entrepreneurial strategy.
  • understand key concepts of technology management and their relation to entrepreneurship.
  • understand the logics of entrepreneurial high-tech finance and calculate key variables in cap tables of funding rounds.
  • identify, relate, and apply the learning materials and concepts in/to real-life cases and examples in an individual and group context.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Written Exam with a relative weight of 80 which comprises 80% of the final mark.

    Note: Combination of case-based open questions and multiple choice. Closed book exam.
  • Group Assignment with a relative weight of 20 which comprises 20% of the final mark.

    Note: Group assignment focused on the application of the learning materials to real life examples and cases. Assignment instructions available through Canvas.

Additional info regarding evaluation

The written exam counts for 80% of the student's individual score and consists of an open question part (50% of the individual score) and a multiple choice part (30% of the individual score). The multiple choice part is quoted using positive scoring through higher pass mark (Hogere Cesuur). No points are subtracted for wrong answers. However, obtaining point by guessing is taken into account in the end result through higher success limits (cesuur). For example: the success limit for a multiple choice exam with 40 four-choice-questions is 25. In this case, you will need to answer 25 out of 40 questions correctly to obtain 10/20. The specific limits for this course's exam are announced in the exam instructions. Your exam strategy is straightforward: do your best for the entire exam, do an educated guess for multiple choice questions that you don't know or know partially, without concerns on loosing points for wrong answers.

The assignment counts for 20% of the student's individual score.

The use of generative AI for the assignment is limited and is specified in the assignment instructions. Every use of generative AI needs to be recognized and referenced in a suitable manner.  

Assignment results obtained during the first session will be transferred to the second exam session, regardless of the mark. Participation to the assignment in first session is mandatory; not participating results in an "absence" mark on the entire course in the first session and in a "zero" mark on the assignment part in the second session. There is no retake possible for the assignments.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Business Economics: Business and Technology