Course Co-ordinator: Professor M D Hughes

Pre-requisite(s): MS 30xx International Business.

Comparative entrepreneurship and economic development; role of the entrepreneur; entrepreneurial environments; entrepreneurship in the new EU states; gender and entrepreneurship; cultural dimensions of entrepreneurship; ethnic minority business and finance; the role of social capital; internationalisation and small business development; new venture capital; micro-finance.

2 one-hour lectures per week (Friday 1300-1500), and 8 one-hour presentation sessions over the duration of the course.

1st Attempt: 1 three-hour examination (60%); continuous assessment (20%) consisting of a graded written assignment (2,500 words) and a tutorial presentation (20%). The material for the tutorial presentations will be the set of powerpoint slides and notes used to deliver the oral presentation, and will be made available for external examiner review.

Resit: None.