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Entrepreneurship and Business Creation

Code 13967
Year 1
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 7,5
Workload TP(30H)
Scientific area Management
Entry requirements No requirements.
Mode of delivery face to face
Work placements no
Learning outcomes The Entrepreneurship and Business Creation curricular unit has as objectives:
i) Understand and analyse the main concepts, theories and approaches of entrepreneurship;
ii) Identify and characterize the various factors (internal and external) that affect the entrepreneurial process.
It is intended that students acquire the following skills: knowledge of the main theories of entrepreneurship, show critical and communication skills, reveal autonomy and ability to articulate and analyze the different concepts, contexts and tools to support and analyze in terms of theoretical, methodological and empirical consistency.
Syllabus I – Strategic Entrepreneurship
II – Entrepreneurship and Gender Approach
III - Institutional Entrepreneurship
IV - Entrepreneurship Education
V – Minority Entrepreneurship
Main Bibliography Abdelsalam, R., Al-Haddad, S., & Zeqiri, J. (2020). Influence of work–family conflict on the emergence of nascent mumpreneurs community in Jordan. Journal of Enterprising Communities, 15(3), 414–431.
Acs, Z. J., Autio, E., & Szerb, L. (2014). National Systems of Entrepreneurship: Measurement issues and policy implications. Research Policy, 43(3), 476–494.
Fayolle, A., & Gailly, B. (2015). The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Attitudes and Intention: Hysteresis and Persistence. Journal of Small Business Management, 53(1), 75–93.
Da Rin, M., & Hellmann, T. (2020). Fundamentals of Entrepreneurial Finance, Oxford University, Press New York, NY.
Grégoire, DA., Binder, JK., & Rauch, A. (2019). Navigating the validity tradeoffs of entrepreneurship research experiments: A systematic review and best-practice suggestions. Journal of Business Venturing, 34(2), 284-310.
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria The teaching methodologies applied in the CU will be:
-Proposal and systematization of contents
-Discussion of texts, preparation of reports and formulation of problems
-Tutorial orientation / Self-oriented learning

The final evaluation of the student will be composed of three individual evaluation elements in the following proportions:
- Critical review of 1 article, with delivery of written report and presentation in class (30%)
- 1 Research paper with presentation in class (55%)
- 1 Comment on the research work of another colleague with written report (15%)

Presentation and systematization of contents will provide the bases and topics for framing the self-learning, as well as the discussion of texts, the elaboration of reports and formulation of problems, translated in the critical recension, research work and critical commentary (review) of works of colleagues.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2026-01-16

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