MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation

This module is concerned with the critical choices that organisations face in order to survive and gain sustainable competitive advantage in an international environment with rapid economic, regulatory and technological changes. To understand and critically evaluate these choices and their strategic dimension requires analysis of the environment in which multinational enterprises operate as well as the creation of know-how value at a business and corporate level.

The aim of the module is to introduce you to the process of conceptualising and preparing for the launch of an entrepreneurial project or venture. Specific skills that you will develop throughout this module include market research and analysis, sales forecasting, the development of financial statements, and an integrated view of all aspects of the complexities of operations.

In this module you will learn how to combine creativity and innovation to solve problems, to develop innovations, and to start successful businesses. You will be introduced to design thinking and human centred design approach. Classical and contemporary innovation concepts will also be given to provide a solid foundation for your understanding.

In this module, you will learn about entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship and how the power of entrepreneurial behaviour can benefit a range of economic, social and environmental challenges. The module is designed to be practical covering many activities related with ideas and skills development. In this module, you will be guided by Lancaster University’s Enterprise Centre to nurture your entrepreneurial skills.

The module will provide foundations to develop entrepreneurial mind-set in the context of corporate level. In this regard, it entails various entrepreneurial activities on multiple levels including the individual, team, or organizational level. This module is a theory-led and practice-oriented. It provides you with knowledge useful for anyone aiming at working (or researching) in the field of corporate innovation and entrepreneurship or at pursuing an entrepreneurial career.

This module gives you the skills to develop, launch and manage an entrepreneurial project. Working with other students you will be challenged to solve entrepreneurial and innovation problems as ewll as developing your own ideas.

In this module, you will learn how to work entrepreneurially and professionally in family firms in order to achieve long-term growth and performance. The module combines formal lectures, talks from international guests, and a bi-weekly Case Study Lab where you will interact with family business leaders and consultants to address real family business cases.

You undertake a sustained piece of independent research which you then write up for your dissertation. The Research Project is the culmination of your studies and allows you to develop a project around your own interests. You can choose between a company project, a business plan or a research project. You will have an academic supervisor or entrepreneur in residence to guide and advise you on the development of your work.

This module aims to provide a broad overview of qualitative and quantitative approaches as used in management research, together with an understanding of the different research paradigms. This module prepares you for the independent research you will undertake for your final research project.

Most organisations invest vast amounts of resources in defining and redefining their identity. Occasionally, however, organisations lose their sense of identity and purpose. This module seeks to explore the influence of leadership on an organisation’s purpose. Purposes are seen to be focused on an orientation that provides value within the organisation and beyond. Students will be engaged in critically and reflectively examining the purpose and role(s) of values, leadership responsibilities, and stakeholders, sustainability and ethics.