INTBUS 7503 - International Entrepreneurship and Innovation (M)

North Terrace Campus - Trimester 1 - 2024

This course analyses how international opportunity identification and exploitation are often critical to the firm's long term growth and survival and often results in the firm seeking to exploit those opportunities by entering overseas markets. The course focuses on the development of skills to identify and evaluate international business opportunities by ventures that aspire to become international or extend the scope of existing international operations. Specific topics include understanding entrepreneurship and innovation as a process; opportunity identification competencies; cross-border expansion opportunities and challenges that entrepreneurs' face such as, for example, market entry, resourcing international operations (e.g. exporting), forming alliances, managing growth, and cross-border financing in different regions of the world. The course thereby provides students with the opportunity to focus on specific issues facing small to medium sized enterprises, some of which are also family run firms. Students develop an understanding of the constraints and advantages in developing a new venture and managing the additional burden of internationalization, which for some new ventures is rapid or accelerated.

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Course Details

Course Code	INTBUS 7503
Course	International Entrepreneurship and Innovation (M)
Coordinating Unit	Management
Term	Trimester 1
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	North Terrace Campus
Units	3
Contact	Up to 36 hours per Trimester
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Assumed Knowledge	COMMGMT 7104, ECON 7200, ACCTNG 7025, INTBUS 7500, COMMERCE 7039, COMMGMT 7006
Assessment	Exam/assignments/tests/tutorial work as prescribed at first lecture

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Dr Olga Muzychenko

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from Course Planner.

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Describe the economic importance and concepts of international entrepreneurship in theory and practice, and how entrepreneurship relates to innovation in a globalised environment.
2	Identify the attitudes, values, characteristics, behaviours, and processes associated with successful international entrepreneurship and describe the role of the entrepreneur in creating value with international activity.
3	Describe and analyse the ways in which entrepreneurs identify opportunity internationally, communicate value, manage risk and access funding.
4	Evaluate challenges in application of international entrepreneurial activities arising from domestic and international legal, social, political, economic, ethical, and cultural issues and design appropriate responses to these challenges for entrepreneurial value creation.
5	Identify new international business opportunities for value creation.
6	Design ways to acquire knowledge, partnerships, and networks and build alliances for creating value internationally.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

University Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Attribute 1: Deep discipline knowledge and intellectual breadth Graduates have comprehensive knowledge and understanding of their subject area, the ability to engage with different traditions of thought, and the ability to apply their knowledge in practice including in multi-disciplinary or multi-professional contexts.	1,2,3,4,5,6
Attribute 2: Creative and critical thinking, and problem solving Graduates are effective problems-solvers, able to apply critical, creative and evidence-based thinking to conceive innovative responses to future challenges.	1,2,3,4,5,6
Attribute 3: Teamwork and communication skills Graduates convey ideas and information effectively to a range of audiences for a variety of purposes and contribute in a positive and collaborative manner to achieving common goals.	3,6
Attribute 4: Professionalism and leadership readiness Graduates engage in professional behaviour and have the potential to be entrepreneurial and take leadership roles in their chosen occupations or careers and communities.	1,2,3,4,5,6
Attribute 5: Intercultural and ethical competency Graduates are responsible and effective global citizens whose personal values and practices are consistent with their roles as responsible members of society.	4,6
Attribute 8: Self-awareness and emotional intelligence Graduates are self-aware and reflective; they are flexible and resilient and have the capacity to accept and give constructive feedback; they act with integrity and take responsibility for their actions.	2

Learning Resources

Required Resources

Required resources are available on MyUni.

Although no textbook is required, the following book is recommended:
https://www.amazon.com/International-Entrepreneurship-Second-Antonella-Zucchella/dp/1802204857

The book is also available via the university library.

Recommended Resources

Online Learning

Canvas, the Learning Management System, is the center of online learning for this course. The course content (text, video and discussions) includes links to relevant online resources outside of Canvas.
Learning & Teaching Activities

Learning & Teaching Modes

The course is delivered via 36 hours of face-to-face interactive seminars.
Activities include, but are not limited to, group discussions, group project work, case studies, and individual and group presentations.

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

The University expects full-time students (i.e. those taking 12 units per semester) to devote a total of 48 hours per week to their
studies. This means that you are expected to commit approximately 9 hours for a three-unit course or 13 hours for a four-unit course, of private study outside of your regular classes.

Learning Activities Summary

Seminar* 1: Course overview. International entrepreneurship, innovation and their connection: Theory and concepts.

Seminar 2: What international entrepreneurs do and how they lead. International entrepreneurship personal development plan.

Seminar 3: International opportunity identification for entrepreneurial ventures (part 1).

Seminar 4: International opportunity identification for entrepreneurial ventures (part 2).

Seminar 5: Partnerships, alliances and access to resources in international entrepreneurship.

Seminar 6: Market entry via franchising.

Seminar 7: International expansion of innovation-based ventures.

Seminar 8: Scaling up internationalisation.

Seminar 9: International Entrepreneurship Personal Development Plan presentations.

Seminar 10: Internationalisation plan progress check-in

Seminar 11: Group work to prepare comments and questions for an assigned internationalisation plan.

Seminar 12: Presentations of internationalisation plans.

*Each seminar is 3 hours long

The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:

Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

International entrepreneurship personal development plan (25%) and presentation (5%)

Individual case study report (30%)

Individual class participation (10%)

Group project: Internationalisation plan and presentation (25%). Feedback on assigned internationalisation plan (5%)

For specific due dates, please see the MyUni course site.

Assessment Detail

International entrepreneurship personal development
plan (25%) and presentation (5%)

Individual case study report (30%)

Individual class participation (10%)

Group project: Internationalisation plan and
presentation (25%). Feedback on assigned internationalisation plan (5%)

More information is available on MyUni course site

Submission

All text-based assignments, including PowerPoint presentations, must be submitted via the MyUni course site.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.

Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.

Final results for this course will be made available through Access Adelaide.

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