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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits ECN3676 Competitiveness Challenges of the New Europe "Competitiveness Challenges of the New Europe," course will explore an in-depth look at the EU and its institutions, and focus on recent challenges to its competitiveness. While this course has a strong analytical bent, discussion of day to day issues in lives of Europeans as well as operational and strategic issues of companies conducting business in Europe are at its core. We will meet for two consecutive Fridays to study EU institutions and policy-making in the EU. Our sessions will focus on analysis of benefits of trade and consequences of EC and EMU for companies in the EU. We will also review major works of art positioned in the art history of Milan in order to be prepared to discuss these during our visit in Italy. While in Europe, students will continue to explore the EU under the guidance of professors at Bocconi University. Special emphasis will be placed on the study of consequences of the EU on businesses that are present in the EU markets. Classes will consist of lecture and discussion, with significant student participation. We will visit several Italian companies, and students will be asked to apply principles introduced in the classroom at Babson as well as at Bocconi to these visitations. Prereq: (ECN2300 or IME2311) and (MCE2312 or IME2321)
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits ECN3677 Regional Economies: Prospects and Tensions in Latin America's Southern Cone 3 credit Advanced Liberal Arts This course provides an introduction to the Latin American business environment, with special focus on Mercosur nations, Uruguay and Argentina. There will be two oncampus meetings followed by a week in Montevideo, Uruguay and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Students explore the emerging power of the Southern Cone economies through extensive country site visits and classroom sessions at host institutions, Universidad ORT (Uruguay) and Universidad San Andres (Argentina). In Uruguay, we examine the country's economic stability and recent prominence in world pulp and paper production. Additional themes include environmental and water rights debates, regional mining and infrastructure investment projects, and review of SouthSouth trade initiatives. In Argentina, we examine the country's emergence from the volatile swings of agricultural commodity booms, international debt, and financial turbulence. Additional themes explore ebusiness, entrepreneurship, the "Tango" as a cultural reflection of early economic development, concluding with an appraisal of the region's prospects in the face of the adversity of the impending global slowdown. _____________________________________________________
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits ENG3602 Practicum in Peer Consulting and Writing (Advanced Liberal Arts) Students learn to act as peer consultants in writing and work on improving their own writing, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills. They accomplish these objectives by addressing their writing problems; writing extensively; developing criteria to evaluate the writings of others; studying various writing processes and theories of composition; examining pedagogical approaches to teaching writing; reading extensively about, and becoming acquainted with, the dynamics of peer tutoring; and working in the Writing Center as peer consultant trainees. Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS) and instructor permission
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits ENG3604 Writing Poetry (Advanced Liberal Arts) A poet is a maker, an architect of words, spaces, and ideas and seeks expression through the use of various poetic techniques. This course challenges students to make original poetry through the study of contemporary American poetry and poetics. In addition to exploring the creative process through the crafting of poems, students read the poetry and essays of a wide variety of modern poets, work collaboratively to respond to peers' poems, attend poetry readings, and pursue independent study in an area of their own choice. Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS)
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits ENG3605 Writing Fiction (Advanced Liberal Arts) A course in the art and craft of telling a story. Through discussion, critique, and practice, we'll pursue the following questions (among others): What are the limits of imagination What does your voice sound like How do we recognize truth in fiction What should art accomplish Students will write and edit their own fiction and critique the work of their peers and of published writers. Heavy writing, heavy reading, lots of experimentation, no limits. Prerequisites: 3 Intermediate Liberal Arts Courses (CVA, LVA, HSS) This course is typically offered in the following semester: Spring
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits EPS1210 THE ULTIMATE ENTREPRENEURIAL CHALLENGE (Free Elective) Formerly EPS3510 and EPS3579 This highly competitive course, patterned after the Donald Trump TV show, "The Apprentice," involves intense TEAM competition and problem solving of "real world businesses." Students will be divided into teams and compete for ten weeks to determine the ultimate winner. Subjects include marketing, negotiation, management, finance and "out of the box thinking." The assignments will be based on actual Business and case studies with the entrepreneurs, or their representatives involved in that particular case present in class to judge the students on their solutions. Details It will be open to both graduate and undergraduate students who possess "out of the box thinking" abilities and are creative and want to be successful entrepreneurs. The class will utilize the case method and some advice from experts in that field. The class will utilize teams that will be in direct competition with each other. Answers to solutions will be discussed in class. The students will have "one on one" time provided with the professor. Subjects to be covered: 1. Starting and Growing a Business 2. Creating the Entrepreneurial Team 3. Obtaining Capital 4. Selecting the Right Management Style for Yourself 5. Negotiations 6. Ethics 7. Eureka Ranch Creativity 8. Financial Analysis and Tax Planning 9. Guerrilla Marketing 10. Succession 11. Harvesting 12. Real Business Computer Simulation Event Prerequisites: FME1001 or (MIS1000 and MOB1000)
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits EPS3501 Entrepreneurship and New Ventures (General Credit) EPS3501 and EPS3503 are equivalent courses. Students can take only ONE of these courses. This course is currently under revision and is expected to be implemented with the fall offering. The first course description is for the proposed revised course. There is a slim possibility that the revised course will not be available for Fall 2009 in which case the existing course (see second course description) will be delivered. Proposed Fall 2009 Course Description Course concentrates on identifying and evaluating opportunities for new businesses. There are two primary course objectives: 1. To investigate the concepts, tools, and practices of entrepreneurship. We will concentrate on: - Identifying new venture opportunities (versus ideas), - Evaluating the viability of a new venture, " Understanding key industry factors " Understanding how market and competitive factors influence/shape opportunities " Understand how to determine customer needs - Opportunity shaping 2. To identify and exercise entrepreneurial skills through classroom debate and assignments. Upon your completion of Entrepreneurship & New Ventures you will: - Be superior opportunity assessors and shapers, - Understand the integration of people and process in entrepreneurship, - Have a better understanding of your personal entrepreneurial capacity. Case studies are used as the primary tool for discussion, and are augmented with readings, guest speakers, videos, and software simulations. Each student will write a detailed feasibility report analyzing the viability of a new venture. Prerequisites: OEM and MCE
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits EPS3502 Entrepreneurship and New Ventures (ACE) (General Credit) EPS3501, EPS3502 and EPS3503 are equivalent courses. Students can take only ONE of these courses. This course is only for the students accepted into the ACE program. Course concentrates on starting and growing new businesses. There are three primary course objectives: 1. To investigate the components, tools, and practices of entrepreneurship. We will concentrate on: - identifying new venture opportunities, - evaluating the viability of a new business concept, - writing a business plan, and developing an investor presentation - building a team that possesses the attributes necessary for success, - obtaining appropriate financing, - creating an entrepreneurial culture that increases the odds of success, and - creating liquidity for shareholders. 2. To identify and exercise entrepreneurial skills through classroom debate and assignments. 3. To introduce students to a variety of entrepreneurs. Case studies are used as the primary tool for discussion, and are augmented with readings, guest speakers, videos, and software simulations. Student teams will write a business plan for a new venture. Prerequisite: FME1000 OR MIS1000 AND MOB1000 This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Fall and Spring
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits EPS3503 New Technology Ventures (General Credit) EPS3501, EPS3502 and EPS3503 are equivalent courses. Students can take only ONE of these courses. Creating a new venture that has technology as a basis for its products or services presents special challenges. On one hand is the "push" of new technology, as evidenced by the plethora of scientific invention and technological innovation. On the other hand is the "pull" of the market as it presents new entrepreneurial opportunities. Other key challenges present themselves in areas of intellectual property protection, team building and funding opportunities. In this course we will explore entrepreneurship in technology industries in depth with the hope of penetrating the popular veneer, and uncovering the guts of starting a growing new technology ventures. Of course, there is a lot about new technology venturing that is common to all new venture creation, and also the qualities entrepreneurs demonstrate are valuable in a wide spectrum of life's activities. A unique aspect of this course is its desire to include students from both Babson as well as the F.W. Olin College of Engineering. Particular value from this intermingling will be evidenced in the true interdisciplinary nature of the course field project teams that are formed, and the ability for students to begin to develop networks of relationships outside their individual domains of business or engineering. Primary Course Objectives: 1. To investigate the components, tools, and practices of technology entrepreneurship: identifying new venture opportunities, evaluating the viability of a new business concept, calibrating risk of successful technology development, protecting intellectual property, building a team that possesses the attributes necessary fro success, obtaining appropriate financing, writing a business plan, and developing an investor presentation, creating an entrepreneurial culture that increases the odds of success, and creating liquidity for shareholders. 2. To identify and exercise entrepreneurial skills through classrooms debate and assignments. 3. To introduce students to a variety of technology entrepreneurs. Case studies are used as tools for discussion, and are augmented with readings and guest speakers. The core project for this course will be the development of a technology based business plan. Students will form teams to explore a business opportunity, and develop a business plan and investor presentation. Prerequisites: IME 2 or (OEM and MCE)
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4.00 Credits
4.00 credits EPS3511 Financing Entrepeneurial Ventures and the Business Plan (General Credit) Course covers various aspects of financing an entrepreneurial venture. Major topics include attracting seed and growth capital from sources such as venture capital, investment banking, government, and commercial banks. Among the issues discussed are valuing a company, going public, selling out, acquisitions, bankruptcy, different legal forms of organization, partnerships, and taxes. Prerequsite: IME 2 or (MCE and OEM) This course is typically offered in the following semesters: Spring
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