BRC 3501 - Eps And New Ventures in China

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Babson College

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4.00 credits BRC3501 Entrepreneurship and New Ventures in China 4-cr General Credit Donna Kelley (Note: This course is a variation of EPS3501, 02, and 03 and as such satisfies the pre-requisite EPS350x and in meeting the Entrepreneurship concentration requirement of EPS350x.) This four-credit entrepreneurship elective is part of the 16-credit Russia-China program. The course will introduce students to the nature and process of assessing and shaping entrepreneurial opportunities in China. It will build on the Liberal Arts China elective, enabling students to apply their understanding about China's cultural, political, social and economic environment to understand drivers of entrepreneurship and to identify and assess entrepreneurial opportunities. Near the end of the 1970s, entrepreneurship was introduced as a supplement to China's socialist economy, and the government has increasingly acknowledged the key economic role played by the private sector. This provides a relevant and unique context through which to study entrepreneurial activity. We will examine the distinct qualities of entrepreneurship, and the factors that influence new venture creation in this diverse and rapidly changing economy. We will accomplish this, not just through discussions, readings and cases, but also through immersion in the culture and direct contact with Chinese entrepreneurs. We will visit entrepreneurial firms and to other entities involved with entrepreneurship, such as investors and government officials. Students will maintain a journal reflecting on their visits and experiences from an entrepreneurship perspective. They will write a paper analyzing an entrepreneur and their own entrepreneurial capacity. They will work in teams to conduct a qualitative assessment of customers and write a feasibility plan for a entrepreneurial opportunity in China. Prerequisites: OEM & MCE Co-requisites: BRC3502, BRC3601 and BRC3602 Concentration mandatory course for Entrepreneurship, equivalent to EPS 3501

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4.00

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www.babson.edu

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(781) 235-1200

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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