For students:

Economics of new ventures and innovation (5 cr)

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Code:
26043
Field:
Industrial Organization
Targets:
Master’s students Research Master's students PhD students
Organiser:
Hanken Shool of Economics
Instructor:
Ari Hyytinen
Period:
Period 1
Format:
Lecture
Method:
Contact teaching
Venue:
Hanken campus
Enrollment:
Sisu How to enroll?

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Content

This course aims to provide students with an overview of how new ventures and innovations come about, how the two are linked, as well as the strategic choices and risks that (would-be) entrepreneurs and innovators face. We also consider the financing of innovative and entrepreneurial endeavours, and the implications that entry and innovative activities have at micro- and macroeconomic level (e.g., in terms of job creation, R&D, and creative destruction).

Doctoral students can also take this course. 

Teaching

  • Course Sisu page
  • Schedule: TBA in August
  • Study materials: can be found in Moodle (to be added to the list couple of days before the course starts)
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      • Most teachers post the course key as a message in Sisu or send it by email couple of days before the course begins.
    • To be able to use all the features of the Moodle course workspace you must log in with your Hanken user ID (that is generated after the study rights have been granted)
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Please register for the course in the Hanken Sisu with your Hanken username. Further instructions can be found here.

University-specific instructions

Aalto University Students
  • Code: no equivalent code
  • Target groups: MSc / rMSc / PhD
  • Credit points: 5
  • Credit transfer: please apply for inclusion
Hanken Students

  • Code: 26043

  • Target groups: MSc / rMSc / PhD

  • Credit points: 5

University of Helsinki Students
  • Code: ECOM-442
  • Target groups: MSc / rMSc / PhD students: please contact your supervisor/program director to be sure that the course credit can be counted towards your degree
  • Credit points: 5
  • Credit transfer: apply for substitution in Sisu
FDPE Students Students
  • Please contact your supervisor/program director to be sure that the course credit can be counted towards your degree
  • Credit transfer: please apply for credit transfer according to your home university’s procedures

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, you will be able to:

  • analyse dynamic markets (characterized, e.g., by a high degree of new entry and firm turnover) and R&D-intensive industries from a microeconomic perspective
  • identify strategic choices and risks that entrepreneurs and innovators and their financiers face
  • evaluate entrepreneurial decision-making and public policies targeted at innovative new ventures