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Technological Entrepreneurship

Technological Entrepreneurship

Code	11132
Year	1
Semester	S1
ECTS Credits	6
Workload	TP(60H)
Scientific area	Management
Entry requirements	Not applicable
Learning outcomes	Transmit knowledge about entrepreneurship and business creation process, to develop in forming a series of skills and attitudes that foster entrepreneurship, targeting the creation of new businesses, as well as generating new business and projects in companies / institutions exist.
Syllabus	1 – Introduction to the entrepreneurial perspective - Explain entrepreneurship and discuss its importance - Analyze the impact of entrepreneurship on economies an societies 2 – From the idea to the opportunity - Creativity and the Business idea - Feasibility analysis - Legal Issues and protecting the idea 3 – From the opportunity to the business plan - The business plan: creating and starting the venture - Industry and competitors - Competitive strategy 4 – The market an the marketing plan - The importance of the customer - Market research - Marketing for start-ups technological 5 – Planning the new venture - Organizational Plan - Operations an production planning - Planning of human resources - Strategic management for new ventures - Financial Planning 6 – Launching and growth of the new venture
Main Bibliography	- Byers, Thomas, Dorf, Richard and Nelson Andrew: Technology Ventures, 3ª Edição Mcgraw-Hill, 2011 - Hisrich, Robert; Peters, Michael and Shepherd Dean: Entrepreneurship 8ª Edição Mcgraw-hill 2010 - Mariotti Steve and Glackin Caroline; Entrepreneurship, 2ª Edição Prentice-hall. 2010 - Katz, Jerome and Green, Richard; Entrepreneurial Small Business, 3ª Edition Mcgraw-Hill, 2011. - Madeira, M.J. e outros (2016): Manual de Empreendedorismo Social: Da Ideia aos Planos de Negócio, Projeto IDEARIA, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã. ISBN: 978-989-20-6523-6. - Smallbone, David, Leitão João, Raposo Mário, Welter Frederick; The theory and Practice of Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar Editor, 2010. - Soumodip Sarkar; Empreendedorismo e Inovação; 3ª Edição, Escolar Editora, 2014.
Language	Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.