Entrepreneurship

Code	13440
Year	3
Semester	S2
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Biomedical Sciences
Entry requirements	NA
Mode of delivery	Presence
Work placements	Not applicable
Learning outcomes	To develop students' entrepreneurial behaviors based on factors of technological innovation, stimulating attitudes of initiative and calculated risk taking so that they can act as agents of change in organizations or towards creating their own business. It is expected that students will be able to develop or improve products, processes and / or business methods that allow the economic exploitation of their knowledge and ideas. The main competences and knowledge to be acquired by the student within the scope of the curricular unit are: to know the main concepts of entrepreneurship and innovation; realizing the strategic, marketing and operational planning of the business; carry out an investment project and analyze its economic and financial viability; elaborate the business plan; design and pitch.
Syllabus	PART I - The entrepreneurial activity 1 – The importance of the entrepreneurial activity 2 – Entrepreneurship and entrepreneur: concepts and fundamentals 3 - Entrepreneurial intentions 4 - International entrepreneurship PART II - From idea to opportunity 5 - Creativity and business idea 6 – Opportunities identification and analysis 7 - Competitive Strategies 8 - Legal issues and protection of the idea PART III – From opportunity to the business plan 9 - The business plan 10 - Marketing Plan 11 - Organizational and financial plans 12 - From business plan to start-up funding
Main Bibliography	- Hisrich, Robert; Peters, Michael and Shepherd Dean: Entrepreneurship 8ª Edição Mcgraw-hill, 2010. - Bjerke Björn, Understanding entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar editor, 2007. - Katz, Jerome and Green, Richard; Entrepreneurial Small Business, 3ª Edition Mcgraw-Hill, 2011. - Mariotti Steve and Glackin Caroline; Entrepreneurship, 2ª Edição Prentice-hall. 2010. - Mogollon, Ricardo; Fuentes Fuentes, Maria del Mar; Ariza, Lázaro Rodriguez; Creácion de Empresas Aproximación al Estado del Arte; Editora Juruá Brasil, 2009. - Scott Shane, Academic Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar editor, 2004. - Raposo Mário, Smallbone, David, Balaton Karoly na Hortoványi Lilla, Entrepreneurship Growth and Economic Development. Edward Elgar Editor, 2011 - Soumodip Sarkar; Empreendedorismo e Inovação; 2ª Edição, Escolar Editora, 2010.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria	For the purposes of teaching-learning classification and also for evaluation under examination, the following individual and group evaluation elements will be considered: - 1 Test: 20% - Work (Business plan) - 80% (60% written; 5% presentation) Test: 100% All elements are evaluated on a scale of 0 to 20. Please note: FREQUENCY granting in addition to complying with the general knowledge assessment rules in force at UBI (minimum grade of 6 ) also requires group work to be performed. Note: Any changes to this evaluation system should be agreed with the students
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.