Entrepreneurship Case Studies / Year /
Semester
4th / 7th
Course Code
Course Type / Elective
Level of Course / Undergraduate
Year of Study / 4th
Term / Spring
ECTS Credits / 5 credits
Name of Instructor / Konstantinos Fouskas, Lecturer
E-mail /
Office Hours / Will be announced in week 1
In-Classroom Study / 4 hours per week
Out-of-Classroom Study / 4 hours per week
Prerequisites / -
Language / English, Case Studies in English
Aim / The Entrepreneurship Case Studies course introduces students to the concept of entrepreneurship through the presentation of actual case studies from the international business environment. Emphasis will be given to innovative entrepreneurship cases (such as social networks and electronic business) and new forms of entrepreneurial focus such as corporate social responsibility.
The aim of this course is the encouragement and development of youngentrepreneurship.
CourseContents / Initially, the issue of entrepreneurship and its dimensions innational and international level will be presented. Following, before each lecture a Case Study will be given to students, will be discussed in class and in collaboration with the instructor useful conclusions in entrepreneurship are drawn.
Teaching /
  • Lectures (13 weeks X 3 hours).
  • Preparationanddiscussionofentrepreneurialcasestudies. Casestudiesareassignedtostudentswhopreparethemanddiscuss them in class.
  • Semester assignment where an analysis of entrepreneurship of international firms will be analyzed.

Assessment /
  • Groupassignment (30% of grade = 3 points)
  • Group discussions of case studies (50% of grade = 5 points)
  • Written final exam (20% of grade = 2 points)
  • Total 10 points
  • Assessments are subject to change according to number of students

RecommendedReading /
  1. Weekly case studies
  2. Burns, P. and Dewhurst, J. (1996) Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 2nd Edition, Macmillan Press Ltd., Basingstoke.
  3. Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Peter F. Drucker, Harper Paperbacks
  4. Harvard Business Review on Entrepreneurship, Harvard Business School Press
  5. Essentials of Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, Norman M. Scarborough, Prentice Hall
  6. Entrepreneurship, William D. Bygrave, Andrew Zacharakis, Wiley
  7. Entrepreneurship, Hisrich R. & Peters M., 5th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2002
  8. Entrepreneusrhip: Theory, Process, Practice, Kuratko Donald & Hodgetts Richard, 6th ed., Thomson South-Western, 2004
  9. Understanding the Small Business Sector, Storey, D.J. Thomson Learning, London.

Course Schedule
1. Week / Course introduction
2. Week / Introduction to entrepreneurship
3. Week / Entrepreneurship in Greece
4. Week / Global Entrepreneurship
5. Week / Entrepreneurial Decisions
6. Week / Mid term presentations
7. Week / Managing success and failure
8. Week / Corporate communication
9. Week / Social Entrepreneurship
10.Week / Green Entrepreneurship
11.Week / Web Entrepreneurship
12-13.Week / Assignment Presentations