COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: ENTREPRENEURSHIP PERSPECTIVES

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
BUS 809	B	1	3	0	0	3	10

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Alba Kruja
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Elective
Classroom and Meeting Time:
Course Description:	This course is designed to provide advanced, relevant and useful research perspectives of the entrepreneurship study field. Research on entrepreneurship is characterized by broad connections to all functional areas within Business Administration, such as marketing, management, accounting and finance as well as other fields within social sciences. Presenting a number of fundamental perspectives which can be used as research platform in the process of knowledge increase and understanding for entrepreneurship is another purpose of this course.
Course Objectives:	This course aims to provide students advanced perspectives and specialized skills & techniques to be used through the entrepreneurship research. The purpose is to stimulate participants to integrate relevant research perspectives and approaches within the field of entrepreneurship with their ongoing research work.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction: Entrepreneurship as a Research Field
2	Research Perspectives & Methodologies of Entrepreneurship Study Field
3	Entrepreneurship Research & Other Fields within Social Sciences
4	Literature Examination-1
5	Literature Examination-2
6	Literature Examination-3
7	The Research Framework
8	Preparing & Distributing the Questionnaires
9	Data Gathering
10	Data Processing & Analysis-1
11	Data Processing & Analysis-2
12	Model Analysis
13	Research Conclusions
14	Research Publication & Presentation

Prerequisite(s):
Textbook:	Acs, Zoltan J., Audretch, David D. (Eds.), Handbook of Entrepreneurship Research, Springer, 2010. Basu A., Casson M., Wadeson N., Yeung B. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Entrepreneurship, Oxford University Press, 2008. Kyro P. (Ed.), Handbook of Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Research, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.
Other References:
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Achieving an advanced knowledge on relevant and useful research perspectives within the entrepreneurship field.
2	Achieving advanced knowledge of connecting Entrepreneurship research to all functional areas within Business Administration.
3	Achieving advanced knowledge of connecting Entrepreneurship research to other fields within social science.
4	Presenting advanced perspectives to be used as research platform in the process to increase knowledge and understanding for entrepreneurship.
5	Emphasizing the ongoing debates on recent research perspectives and methodologies of entrepreneurship study field.

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Doctorate (PhD) in Business Administration Program
1	The students are expected to gain the skills of understanding, analyzing, explaining and using the fundamental concepts of Business Administration.	5
2	Skills of understanding the requirements for designing a business unit or environment.	5
3	They gain knowledge about management and organization.	5
4	They gain knowledge about marketing and production.	5
5	They gain knowledge about accounting and finance.	3
6	They learn how to benefit from mathematical and statistical methods used in business management.	3
7	Learning the communication skills by acquiring the professional terminology of business administration.	5
8	Learning and adopting the ethical, social and legal (laws and regulations) responsibilities needed in the field of business administration and management.	5
9	Ability to effectively use technological devices (IT systems) and modern techniques in managing a business environment successfully.	3
10	Gain the theoretical knowledge of both classical and modern theories necessary to manage a business.	5
11	Acquiring an open minded-attitude through continuous learning and practice and participation.	5

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Term Paper	1	100
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	2	32
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	5	80
Mid-terms			0
Assignments			0
Final examination			0
Other	1	138	138
Total Work Load:			250
Total Work Load/25(h):			10
ECTS Credit of the Course:			10