Course: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional Development

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Course title Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Regional Development
Course code KFP/PIR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Seknička Pavel, PhDr. Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Concept of enterprise 2. Business, firm and businessman 3. Ethical and legal aspects of business 4. Innovation theory 5. Regional economic systems 6. Determinants of competitiveness of regions 7. Industrial zones and clusters in regional development 8. Economics of territorial development 9. The Man and the space 10.Regional policy 11.Economic growth and regional development in the Czech Republic 12.Regions and Globalization

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 52 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to know the fundamentals of financial law and financial science, to get acquainted with different perspectives on entrepreneurship and business
Skills
understand the correlation between entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development, know the theoretical starting points and their application mainly in legal practice
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
understand the concept of entrepreneurship, meet different perspectives on entrepreneurship and enterprise (legal, sociological, psychological, ethical), understand the link between economic growth and regional development
Skills
to explain the concept of innovation, to focus on regional development issues
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
assessment methods
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Drucker, Peter Ferdinand. Inovace a podnikavost : praxe a principy. 1. vydání. Praha : Management Press, 1993. ISBN 80-85603-29-2.
  • Mládková, Ludmila. Management znalostí v praxi. 1. vyd. Praha : Professional Publishing, 2004. ISBN 80-86419-51-7.
  • Skokan K. Konkurenceschopnost, inovace a klastry v regionálním rozvoji. Repronis, Ostrava, 2004.


Study plans that include the course
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