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Digital Entrepreneurship

Offered by Prof. Dr. Katharina Hölzle, Dr. Robert Rose, Valeska Maul, Nina Bachmann

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Week I — Principles of Digital Entrepreneurship Research

The first session, 'Introduction to Entrepreneurship Research,' gives you an overview of entrepreneurship and digital entrepreneurship in particular. We will discuss aspects of the entrepreneurial process, types of entrepreneurship, what digital innovation is, and how entrepreneurship can help us address today's grand challenges. In the second session, 'Scientific Principles in Entrepreneurship Research,' you will learn about the 'tools of the trade' in management and entrepreneurship research. That is, how to assess a paper, which research designs should I know of, and where and how can I retrieve reliable scientific evidence.

Course Overview & Timeline

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Welcome to Week I

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1A | Introduction & Welcome

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1B | Digital Entrepreneurship Framework

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1C | Approaching Digital Entrepreneurship

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2A | Science at Stake​

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2A | Science at Stake

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2B | Finding, Reading, and Understanding Entrepreneurship Research

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2B | Finding, Reading, and Understanding Entrepreneurship Research​

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2C | Research Designs and Process

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2C | Research Designs and Process

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2D | Coffee Talk with Norris Krueger

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2D | Reflection on Coffee with Experts - Katharina Hölzle & Norris Krueger

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Assignment Week I: Principles of Digital Entrepreneurship Research

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Learning Material for Week I

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Week II — Looking at the Digital Entrepreneurship Journey

In the session 'Entrepreneurial Process & Tools', we will give you a very brief overview on entrepreneurial tools. Throughout the session, we put these tools into context, and show you at which point in the entrepreneurial process ventures can apply them. For the session 'Entrepreneurial Mindset,' we will discuss the individual ABCs of entrepreneurship, that is, the [a]ffect, [b]ehavior, and [c]ognition of individuals. For each of these facets, entrepreneurship research offers insights on what makes for successful entrepreneurial activities and which role digital technologies play for such.

Welcome to Week II

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3A | Entrepreneurial Process & Tools I

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3A | Entrepreneurial Process & Tools I

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3B | Entrepreneurial Process & Tools II

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3B | Entrepreneurial Process & Tools II

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3C | Entrepreneurial Process & Tools III

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3C | Entrepreneurial Process & Tools III

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3D | Coffee Talk with Robin Tech

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3D | Reflection on Coffee with Experts - Katharina Hölzle & Robin Tech

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3E | Reading Assignment - 1. Paper (Felin et al.)

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3E | 1. Paper Talk (Felin et al.)

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3E | Reading Assignment - 1. Paper (Felin et al.)

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4A | The Entrepreneurial Mindset

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4A | The Entrepreneurial Mindset

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4B | Intrapreneurship

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4B | Intrapreneurship

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4C | Entrepreneurship Education

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4C | Entrepreneurship Education

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4D | Coffee Talk with Frank Pawlitschek

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4D | Reflection on Coffee with Experts - Katharina Hölzle & Frank Pawlitschek

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4E | Reading Assignment - 2. Paper (Shane & Venkataraman)

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4E | 2. Paper Talk (Shane & Venkataraman)

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4E | Reading Assignment - 2. Paper (Shane & Venkataraman)

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Assignment Week II: Looking at the Digital Entrepreneurship Journey

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Week III — Beyond the Digital Entrepreneurship Monomyth

Whether it may be in teams or between teams, in start-ups or organizations, face-to-face or virtual – entrepreneurship is very much a matter of how people can work together towards a common goal. Our fifth session, 'Collaboration in Entrepreneurship,' gives you an overview of the means and modes of collaboration in digital entrepreneurship. In our session 'Female Entrepreneurship,' we take a closer look at what role demographic diversity plays for successful venturing. The majority of anecdotal knowledge we are frequently exposed to regarding successful entrepreneurs revolves around male, white, and young high potentials, who took their chance and built unicorn ventures from their garages. On the one hand, there are prominent success stories that match just this pattern, resulting in a 'universal start-up monomyth' (Ethan Mollick, 2020). On the other hand, most founders are much more diverse.

Welcome to Week III

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5A | Entrepreneurial Teams

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5A | Entrepreneurial Teams

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5B | Team Diversity

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5B | Team Diversity

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5C | Virtual Teamwork

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5C | Virtual Teamwork

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5D | Coffee Talk with Annie Kerguenne

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5D | Reflection on Coffee with Experts - Katharina Hölzle & Annie Kerguenne

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6A | Bias in Entrepreneurship

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6A | Bias in Entrepreneurship

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6B | Funding Female Venturing

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6B | Funding Female Venturing

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6C | Cyberfeminist Perspectives

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6C | Cyberfeminist Perspectives

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6D | Coffee Talk with Rea Eldem

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6D | Reflection on Coffee with Experts - Katharina Hölzle & Rea Eldem

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Assignment Week III: Beyond the Digital Entrepreneurship Monomyth

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Learning Material for Week III

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Week IV — Digital Entrepreneurship in Perspective

Our seventh session, 'Entrepreneurial Ecosystems,' will show you that entrepreneurs and startups do not work in isolation. In fact, every entrepreneurial actor relies on complex and interdependent relationships with other startups, organizations, or institutions. This can involve questions of funding, supply chains, or platforms entrepreneurs rely upon. The emerging patterns among these actors can be described as entrepreneurial ecosystems. For our final session, 'Impact Entrepreneurship,' we will talk about how entrepreneurial endeavors can not only impact the industry but society as a whole. Entrepreneurial efforts have been put forth as a driving force to find solutions for today's economical, ethical, social, and environmental grand challenges. 'Impact entrepreneurship,' as well as its antecedents, conditions, and consequences, is a phenomenon still relatively new to entrepreneurship research and practice, and at the same time, increasingly relevant.

Welcome to Week IV

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7A | Entrepreneurship in the Plural

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7A | Entrepreneuship in the Plural

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7B | Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Elements and Dynamics

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7B | Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Elements and Dynamics

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7C | Entrepreneurship Policy

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7C | Entrepreneurship Policy

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7D | Coffee Talk with Erdinç Koç

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7D | Reflection on Coffee with Experts - Katharina Hölzle & Erdinç Koç

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8A | Entrepreneurial Impact

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8A | Entrepreneurial Impact

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8B | Balancing for Impact

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8B | Balancing for Impact

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8C | Impact of Impact Entrepreneurship

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8C | Impact of Impact Entrepreneurship

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8D | Coffee Talk with Christoph Schmitz

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8D | Reflection on Coffee with Experts - Katharina Hölzle & Christoph Schmitz

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Assignment Week IV: Digital Entrepreneurship in Perspective

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Learning Material for Week IV

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