. Gender and (international) entrepreneurship

Assignment 1 (Individual 25%) This assignment has three parts, A, B and C,

 

 

PART A: Case study

Each student in the group will develop a case study on an international entrepreneur from a country of their choice with a specific focus (see list below which will allocated to the members of each group – that is if a group has 5 members each will do a case study on a different international entrepreneur with a specific focus eg technology). (Therefore if you are assigned technology entrepreneurship, you will find an international entrepreneur who is a technology entrepreneur also). Information gathered on the entrepreneur and their firm should be entered on the research template provided (this is available on Blackboard) and submitted with the case study. 1000 words maximum excluding references.

    

    Template Guidelines:

 

1.Complete the template as fully as possible.

2.Include references, online sources of information etc.

 

The template will not count to the word count

 

 

B. PART B (THEMES)

Student will then prepare and submit a second part for this assignment, where they are required to identify the main International Entrepreneurship themes emerging from the case study, and how the focal international entrepreneur and their firm confirm/disconfirm the relevant International Entrepreneurship literature, 500 words maximum excluding references

 

(A+B Total 1500 words)

 

 

 

 

Indicative topics include:

 

1.Gender and (international) entrepreneurship

2.Family and (International) entrepreneurship

3.Financing (International entrepreneurship)

4.Technology entrepreneurship

5.Social (International) entrepreneurship

6.Habitual/Serial (Entrepreneurship)

7.Ethnicity & (International) entrepreneurship

 

 

Due date: Individual written pieces (Part A & B) should be submitted to in Week 10     

                    through UK Turnitin  on BBL. The presentations will take place in class

                    time in Week 11.

 

Feedback: General feedback from assignments will be provided in class (Week 11/12). Results including individual written feedback will be available Week 12 and will be e mailed in Blackboard.

                     In addition students may make appointments for further individual feedback.

 

Students should display competence in K1, K2, K3, K4, I3, I4, P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, T1,T2, T3 and T4.

 

 

C.Group presentation (15%) Part of Assignment 1 – The group members will exchange cases and present a short summary of how the cases collectively are similar/dissimilar and how they confirm/disconfirm the extant literature on your allocated topic. This presentation should be approx. 35-40 minutes duration and no more than 10 slides. There will be discussion and synthesis of the presentations at the end of this session, the aim of which is to facilitate peer-to-peer learning.

 

 

Recommended Reading

 

Required

Carter, S., & Jones-Evans, D. (2012) Enterprise and Small business: Principles, Practice & Policy, 2nd Ed, Prentice-Hall. London

 

Hisrich, R.D. (2013) International Entrepreneurship: Starting, Developing, and Managing a Global Venture, 2nd Ed, Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks.

 

Evers, N., Cunningham, J., & Hoholm, T. (2014) Technology Entrepreneurship: Bringing Innovation to the Marketplace, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

 

Recommended

 

Burns, P., (2014) New Venture Creation: A Framework for Entrepreneurial Start-ups, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

 

Evers, N., Cunningham, J., & Hoholm, T. (2014) Technology Entrepreneurship: Bringing Innovation to the Market, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

 

Gabrielsson, M., & Kirpalani, VH., (2012) Handbook of research on born globals, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham (Available as an ebook in Ulster library).

 

Gandhi, N., (2011) Born Globals, Hothive, Evesham (Available on iTunes)

 

Read, S. (2011) Effectual Entrepreneurship, Routledge, London (Available as an ebook in Ulster library)

 

Journals  (which may be accessed using Athens) include:

 

Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice

Journal of International entrepreneurship

International Business Review

Journal of International Business Studies

Journal of International Marketing

Journal of World Business

Harvard Business Review

International Small Business Journal

 

Changes in the international environment are rapid and often unexpected; keeping up to date is imperative. There is a wealth of international entrepreneurship information online. On-line resources include: (you will find relevant material on International Entrepreneurship on some entrepreneurship sites)

http://www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurship/resources/  Harvard Business School resources

http://www.babson.edu/entrep/fer/index.html Frontiers of Entrepreneurial Research Journal, useful links

http://www.prenhall.com/scarbzim/html/resource.html Advice for Small Businesses and entrepreneurs

http://www.internationalentrepreneurship.com  International Entrepreneurship (requires free sign up)

http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/ces/resources/international.html Stanford

http://www.gemconsortium.org/  GEM Report – largest report on entrepreneurship

www.ie-scholars.net International Entrepreneurship Scholars resources

 

 

 

You should aim to produce work which:

• Demonstrates evidence of reading a wide range of appropriate supplementary sources (including appropriate referencing);

• Has a logical structure, including clarity and consistency of discussion

 

 

      Ideas & layout

 

 

Profile of firm

Ref.

Description

Response

1.1

 

Company age

 

1.2

 

Size (no. of employees/sales turnover)

 

1.3

 

Industry sector

Main offerings (try and get on-line brochures, materials etc)

 

1.4

 

Main Markets

Domestic/International

B2B B2C

 

1.5

 

If international, no. of markets

Percentage of sales as exports

 

 

Demographic profile of Entrepreneur

(Check and see if the entrepreneurs profile is on firm’s website or if he/she has a personal site.  Do an on-line ‘person’ search and media search)

 

Ref.

Description

Response

2.1

 

Age, gender, education, marital status, etc

 

2.2

 

Prior work experience/s

Worked for/owned another business?

 

 

2.3

 

Personal  interests, specialist training, etc.

 

2.4

 

Other relevant/interesting information

 

 

 

Motivation to start business

 

Ref.

Description

Response

3.1

 

What factor/s motivated entrepreneur to start up

 

3.2

 

What levels of support did he/she get from:

Family & friends

Spouse/partner

Government agencies

Financial institutions (banks etc.) 

 

3.3

 

What start-up barriers did they face?

(eg lack of finance/management expertise, etc

 

3.4

 

How did they overcome these barriers?

 

 

3.5

 

What challenges do they currently face?

 

 

 

 

Future Plans

 

Ref.

Description

Response

4.1

 

How has business changed/grown

 

 

4.2

 

What future plans do they have for the business

Expand/maintain/divest

 

4.3

 

What future ambitions do they have for themselves

 

4.4

 

What do they consider to be the secret/s of their success

 

 

4.5

 

What advice would they give other potential entrepreneurs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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