Educational objectives
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILO)
ILO 1: KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
ILO 1.a The student acquires advanced knowledge and understanding of the models and tools of economic-business analysis for starting a new company, with particular focus on identifying new market opportunities, accessing and obtaining economic-financial resources, as well as technological and organizational skills for the development of the company;
ILO 1.b The student acquires advanced knowledge and understanding of the models and tools of economic-business analysis for the management of a new enterprise, from the financial and organisational point of view and with respect to the dynamics of growth and development;
ILO 1.c The student acquires advanced knowledge and understanding of the theories and tools for the economic analysis of business decisions;
ILO 1.d The student acquires knowledge and understanding of theories and tools for the economic analysis of the market, at the level of the individual enterprise and the supply system;
ILO 1.e The student acquires advanced knowledge and understanding of models for new product development and innovation management within enterprises;
ILO 1.f The student acquires advanced knowledge and understanding of business analysis tools and solutions for the development of innovations and organisational knowledge;
ILO 2: ABILITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
ILO 2.a Ability to acquire and select information that may be relevant from an entrepreneurial point of view, also in economic-productive contexts different from those studied;
ILO 2.b Ability to analyse the combination of market opportunities and resources of the enterprise and to identify entrepreneurial formulas, also with the elaboration of original, compatible and sustainable solutions and combinations;
ILO 2.c Ability to select business economics models, suitable for the appropriate analysis of a specific economic-social and productive context
ILO 2.d Ability to select the tools for the strategy and management of the enterprise, consistent with the enterprise economy models considered appropriate;
ILO 2.e Ability to assess the potential and sustainability of new business projects (business plan), from a multidisciplinary (economic, business and legal) perspective;
ILO 2.f Ability to evaluate the entrepreneurial potential associated with the development of an innovation by a company (learning area 2);
ILO 2.g Ability to propose and implement strategic and operational courses of action conducive to the creation of a new enterprise;
ILO 2.h Ability to acquire and select relevant information to frame cases of innovation (product, service, social, managerial organisational), also different from the studied contexts;
ILO 2.i Ability to propose and implement strategic and operational courses of action to foster the development of innovations by a company;
LO 2.l Ability to assess the potential of an innovation within existing companies compared to the creation of a new company (e.g., intrapreneurship, open innovation, etc.).
ILO 3: AUTONOMY OF JUDGEMENT
ILO 3.a Acquire the ability to analyse complex entrepreneurial problems, such as the elaboration and evaluation of an entrepreneurial project (business plan) or the development of a new product;
ILO 3.b Acquire the ability to make predictions, such as analysing the future consequences of entrepreneurial, managerial and operational choice;
ILO 3.c Autonomy of judgement is developed in the training activities carried out for the preparation of the thesis, as well as in the exercises that accompany the lectures and that involve group discussions and the comparison of individual analyses carried out by students in preparation for the lecture.
ILO 4: COMMUNICATION SKILLS
ILO 4.a Acquire the ability to describe and communicate in an intercultural context, in a clear and precise manner, problematic situations typical of the management of a new enterprise and the development of innovation, such as, for example, the conditions for the validation of a problem or solution, the prospects and risks associated with a business model or an innovation project. The development of communication competences assumes heterogeneous situations such as, for example, the presence of internal stakeholders (e.g. colleagues, managers, owners), or external stakeholders (e.g. potential investors, suppliers and other business partners) and the ability to sustain an adversarial process;
ILO 4.b The achievement of these objectives is assessed in the course of the training activities already mentioned, as well as in the discussion of the final thesis.
ILO 5: LEARNING SKILLS
ILO 5.a Acquire the ability to study independently, to prepare summaries;
ILO 5.b Acquire the ability to identify thematic connections and to establish relationships between different cases and contexts of analysis;
ILO 5.c Acquire the ability to frame a new problem systematically and to generate appropriate taxonomie;
ILO 5.d Acquire the ability to develop general models from the phenomena studied.
Additional educational objectives and learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding: The students grasp the
most important and practice-relevant knowledge of companies in the scale-up phase and the ongoing transition and the associated chances and challenges. The students have a systematic understanding of this content, are able to integrate this knowledge and are familiar with the current state of research and industry development on the subject.
Applying knowledge and understanding: Students are able to critically apply theoretical frameworks and practical tools to real-world scale-up challenges. They work in teams to analyse complex scaling scenarios, identify core issues, and develop context-specific solutions. They are able to motivate their choices, explain trade-offs, and communicate the rationale behind their solutions in a structured and compelling way, based on the learned frameworks and practice insights.
Making judgments: The students can deal with the complexity of the challenges in managing scale-ups. They can assess company strategies in a qualified manner and reflect on them critically, also ethically.
Communication skills: Students will be able to
communicate their knowledge of scale-ups to both lay and professional audiences. In doing so, they can logically and coherently weigh up, argue about, and explain their decisions.
Learning skills: Students know the most important
sources of reliable and up-to-date knowledge on
scale-ups. This enables them to learn
new things independently and to consider the transition from a startup to a more mature company less as threat and more as an opportunity. The knowledge acquired in the course is organized in such a flexible way that they are able to link new contents and trends in this field to the existing knowledge and thus comprehend and apply them.