PhD course
DR430E Foundations and Future Perspectives in
Entrepreneurship Research
ECTS credits: 7.5
Level of course: Ph.D. course
Type of course:
Elective for students in business or other social science disciplines studying entrepreneurship
and innovation for their PhD.
The course is offered as part of Norsi research school.
Duration: 13-17 March 2017
Location: Bodø.
Language: English.
Faculty:
Nord University Business School, Norway, is the institutional course organizer, in
cooperation with NTNU.
Faculty:
Associate Professor Lise Aaboen, NTNU
Professor Gry Agnete Alsos, Nord University Business School
Professor Lars Kolvereid, Nord University Business School
Associate Professor Steffen Korsgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark
Professor Hans Landstrøm, Lund University, Sweden
Professor Einar Rasmussen, Nord University Business School
Professor Johan Wiklund, Syracuse University, USA
Administrative coordinator:
Grete Ingemann Knudsen, Nord University Business School
Deadlines
15 February 2017
1 Mars 2017
30 May 2017
Registration deadline
Delivery of draft paper (4-5 pages)
Delivery of full course paper
Content
The theme for the course is perspectives on entrepreneurship at the individual and corporate
level. Students will become familiar with the foundations of entrepreneurship research as well
as with current debates and knowledge gaps in the field of entrepreneurship. The course is
designed to provide students with an opportunity to become familiar with different aspects of
entrepreneurship research and to discuss this in relation to their own research projects.
During the course students participate in plenary sessions, smaller group sessions where they
present and receive feedback on their own work, and contribute to the discussion of their peer
students’ work. The plenary sessions will include questions and dialogue and there will be
good opportunities for informal discussions among participants and faculty.
Themes covered in the course include:
• Foundations of entrepreneurship research
• Contextualizing entrepreneurship research
• Individual level entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurial intentions
• Firm level entrepreneurship
• The development of dynamic capabilities in entrepreneurial firms
• Academic entrepreneurship
• Financing of new and technology-based firms
• Publishing entrepreneurship research
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the students will be able to:
Knowledge
• Overview knowledge about entrepreneurship at individual and firm level, as well as
the foundations for entrepreneurship literature and the role of context
• Overview knowledge about relevant theories and current debates in entrepreneurship
literature
• Understand knowledge gaps and central debates related to entrepreneurship
• Understand the most relevant core concept(s) for own Ph.D. work
Skills
• Critically discuss, evaluate and position own research with the various theoretical
perspectives related to entrepreneurship and relate them to own Ph.D. work.
• Apply one or more research streams to a research topic of relevance for the Ph.D.
student’s own work
General competence
• Reflect on and consider theoretical problems in a general sense in research
• Communicate (in writing and orally) problems, analyses, and results to colleagues,
including contributing in academic debates in conferences
Organization and learning activities
This is an intensive course of one week with individual study required prior to and after the
meeting. The course integrates lectures by experts in the field and discussions of the course
literature by the participants. Students are supposed to present and participate in exercises
individually and in groups.
Course fee:
The course is free for Norsi Ping and Norsi Pims students.
Other candidates should pay a course fee of: 1000,- NOK
Course syllabus
Examination
Active participation in the form of presentations and discussions (written and oral) on selected
articles during the course week is compulsory. The individual draft research paper delivered
before, and the full paper delivered after the course week will be evaluated by the grades
‘passed’ or ‘non-passed’.
Literature
Collection of articles – will be provided.