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Level 8 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice

Enterprise Typologies and Global Ecosystems

SMP807 · Entrepreneurship and Innovation — Week 1 of 16

CourseSMP807
Week1 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Enterprise Typologies and Global Ecosystems

  1. Corporate ventures versus independent start-ups
  2. Social enterprise governance structures
  3. High-growth scaling constraints
  4. Cross-border institutional frameworks
  5. 904 | How Governance Structures Shape Social Enterprises - Social Entrepreneurship Course
  6. 905 | What Legal Structure is Best for Your Social Enterprise? - Social Entrepreneurship Course
  7. CO:CUBED: helping corporates and starts-ups gain collaborative growth | LBS

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Critically analyse the nature, characteristics and challenges of establishing different kinds of enterprise.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: critically analyse the nature, characteristics and challenges of establishing different kinds of enterprise.

Study materials

Videos

  • 904 | How Governance Structures Shape Social Enterprises - Social Entrepreneurship Course · YouTube · YaleCourses · 8 min · for registered students
  • 905 | What Legal Structure is Best for Your Social Enterprise? - Social Entrepreneurship Course · YouTube · YaleCourses · 12 min · for registered students
  • CO:CUBED: helping corporates and starts-ups gain collaborative growth | LBS · YouTube · London Business School · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • International Business, ch. 11: Global Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship · PDF · Saylor Academy, textbook chapter; pp. 494–544 · for registered students
  • Culture, Institutions and the Wealth of Nations · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
  • G20/OECD Principles of Corporate Governance 2023 · PDF · Oecd, framework; 53 pages · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Enterprise Typologies and Global Ecosystems
  • Week 2: Entrepreneurial Profiling and Competency Evaluation
  • Week 3: Systemic Creativity and Innovation Ecosystems
  • Week 4: Appraisal of Innovative Management Concepts
  • Week 5: Leading Transformational Change and Innovation
  • Week 6: Venture Opportunity Identification and Analysis
  • Week 7: Operational and Market Feasibility Testing
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Financial Forecasting and Valuation Techniques
  • Week 10: Strategic Business Plan Synthesis
  • Week 11: Strategic Control and Governance Mechanisms
  • Week 12: Applying Entrepreneurship and Innovation in practice: case …
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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