3 Sept Issues in theory of entrepreneurship
o Baumol W. (2005). Microtheory of entrepreneurship: More exists than is recognized. In Vinig et al “The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Economics” p. 27--‐37. Elsevier.
o Thorbjorn & Swedberg (2009). Capitalist entrepreneurship: Making profit through unmaking of economic order, Capitalism and Society, 4, 2.
5 Sept Innovation concept and innovation management challenges
o Crossan, M.M. and M. Apaydin (2010).A multi--‐dimensional framework of organizational innovation, Journal of Management Studies, 47, p. 1154--‐1191.
o Birkinshaw, J., Bouquet, C. and Barsoux, J.L. (2011). The 5 myths of innovation, in:
MIT Sloan Management - Top 10 Lessons on the new business of innovation, p.1--‐8.
WEEK 37
10 Sept Entrepreneurial strategies (practicing the theory) o Drucker, P. (1985). Entrepreneurial Strategies, California Management Review, 2.
o Bhide A. (1994). How Entrepreneurs Craft Strategies that Work, Harvard Business Review, March--‐April.
o Sarasvathy, S. D. (2001). Causation and Effectuation: Toward a theoretical shift from economic inevitability to entrepreneurial contingency. Academy of Management Review, 26 (2): 243--‐288.
12 Sept Innovation dimensions and business models
o Sawhney, M. , Wolcott, R.C. and Arroniz, I. (2006). The 12 different ways for companies to innovate, in: MIT Sloan Management (2011). Top 10 Lessons on the
new business of Innovation, p.28--‐34
o Zott, C., R. Amit and L. Massa (2010). The business model: theoretical roots, recent developments and future research, Working paper, WP--862, IESE Business School.
WEEK 38
17 Sept Entrepreneurship as opportunity recognition process
o Eckhardt J.T., S. Shane (2003). Opportunities and entrepreneurship. Journal of Management, 29, 3, p. 333--‐349. At: http://jom.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/29/3/333
o Shane S. (2000). Prior knowledge and the discovery of entrepreneurial opportunities.