GRA 8287 Green Entrepreneurship and Systems Innovation
GRA 8287 Green Entrepreneurship and Systems Innovation
This course, conducted in Stockholm at Norrsken House, focuses on how you can develop smart green, inclusive ideas and make business models for high sustainability impact. We will visit leading Swedish entrepreneurial networks, such as Norrsken, the “Impact Unicorn Factory” and meet leading impact entrepreneurs, business angels as well as venture investors. We will also learn more about green design thinking in practice, applied AI and “prompts that matter”, social entrepreneurship and impact investment, and how companies can approach green innovations from a systemic perspective. We delve into entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship, how new green ventures go from seed to growth stage - and from start-ups to scale-ups.
Upon completion, the student will be able to:
- Describe the main theories of innovation within a green economy framework
- Differentiate between success criteria for start-ups and various types of sustainability innovations
- Explain design thinking, perspective taking, and systems approaches as applied to green innovation
- Analyze the impact of learning curves and market-policy frameworks on green innovation
- Evaluate the psychology and team-dynamics of both intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial start-ups
- Green & Intelligent? Evaluate the use of AI in sustainability applications, prompting what matters
- Identify main trends in Nordic green innovation ecosystems, from start-ups to scale-ups
Upon completion, the student will be able to:
- Describe the main theories of innovation within a green economy framework
- Differentiate between success criteria for start-ups and various types of sustainability innovations
- Explain design thinking, perspective taking, and systems approaches as applied to green innovation
- Analyze the impact of learning curves and market-policy frameworks on green innovation
- Evaluate the psychology and team-dynamics of both intrapreneurial and entrepreneurial start-ups
- Green & Intelligent? Evaluate the use of AI in sustainability applications, prompting what matters
- Identify main trends in Nordic green innovation ecosystems, from start-ups to scale-ups
Upon completion, the student will be able to:
- Analyze the challenges and ethical considerations of entrepreneurs and start-ups, including social entrepreneurship
- Evaluate their team, listening, and communication skills in innovation processes
- Reflect on their own risk-willingness and personal profile as an innovator
- Theories of innovation in a Green Economy framework
- Funding of green innovations: trends and pitfalls
- How to run an innovation incubator for impact start-ups
- Entrepreneurship vs intrapreneurship: from seed to growth stage, start-ups to scale-ups
- The psychological, team challenges and shadow sides of entrepreneurs and start-ups; why do most start-ups fail?
- Social entrepreneurship and impact investment
- How the Nordic model connects to and drives the sustainability transformation
5 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload between 130 and 150 hours. The course is conducted through a total of 40 hours of lectures and other classroom activities. We expect active class participation and supportive behavior for fellow students. Each participant is held co-responsible for a learning environment that is open, challenging and respectful.
Candidates may be called in for an oral hearing as a verification/control of written assignments)
Attendance to all sessions in the course is compulsory. If you have to miss part(s) of the course you must ask in advance for leave of absence. More than 25% absence in a course will require retaking the entire course. It's the student's own responsibility to obtain any information provided in class that is not included on the course homepage/ It's learning or other course materials.
The course is a part of a full EMBA programme and examination in all courses must be passed in order to obtain the EMBA certificate.
In all BI Executive courses and programmes, there is a mutual requirement for the student and the course responsible regarding the involvement of the student's experience in the planning and implementation of courses, modules and programmes. This means that the student has the right and duty to get involved with their own knowledge and practice relevance, through the active sharing of their relevant experience and knowledge.
Course content includes:
- Theories of innovation in a Green Economy framework
- Funding of green innovations: trends and pitfalls
- How to run an innovation incubator for impact start-ups
- Entrepreneurship vs intrapreneurship: from seed to growth stage, start-ups to scale-ups
- The psychological, team challenges and shadow sides of entrepreneurs and start-ups; why do most start-ups fail?
- Social entrepreneurship and impact investment
- How the Nordic model connects to and drives the sustainability transformation
Granted admission to the EMBA programme. Please consult our student regulations.
Disclaimer
Changes in exam type can be made until the course starts. In addition, unforeseen events or external conditions may call for deviations in teaching and exams.
| Assessments |
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Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Submission PDF Weight: 40 Grouping: Group (2 - 6) Duration: 4 Week(s) Exam code: GRA 82873 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
Exam category: Submission Form of assessment: Submission PDF Weight: 60 Grouping: Individual Duration: 4 Week(s) Comment: Written individual assignment, counts 60% of the total grade Exam code: GRA 82874 Grading scale: ECTS Resit: Examination when next scheduled course |
All exams must be passed to get a grade in this course.
| Activity | Duration | Comment |
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Teaching | 32 Hour(s) | |
Prepare for teaching | 25 Hour(s) | |
Student's own work with learning resources | 63 Hour(s) | Self study, feedback activities/counselling and exam. |
A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 4 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 110 hours.
This examination is based on the students' experience from the modules, with describing these including personal reflections and links to theories from curriculum.