Master Seminar [WZ.IEZ-Z/dbfm/II2/MS] Semestr letni 2020/2021
Seminarium, grupa nr 6

Literature dependent on the focus of the thesis, collected by a student based on a comprehensive search of available sources.

1. Entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) – the process of starting-up a business, SMEs' development and environmental conditions, regional determinants of enterprise development

2. Sources of enterprise financing in the process of establishing and growing new ventures – market sources of financing and funding (informal investors, debt financing, equity capital, creative sources of financing); public sources of financing (loan funds, guarantee funds, grants, public aid for entrepreneurs)

3. SME support policy – the management of funds and measures of the European Union, evaluation of the impact of public support on the performance of SMEs, the management of institutions of business environment (technology and science parks, business incubators, innovation relay centers, industrial associations and chambers of commerce) and their impact on entrepreneurship and SME development

4. Industrial clusters – cooperation and competition among SMEs, the impact of clusters on the competitive advantage of enterprises

5. High-technology firms and companies operating in creative industries (culture, entertainment, media, engineering and design, software development); technology firms – the specificity and management issues

6. Technology transfer and diffusion in SMEs – knowledge absorption and performance

7. Regional and local development – the impact on SME development

8. Firm growth – determinants of firm growth, high-growth firms (gazelles) - specificity and management issues

9. Academic entrepreneurship – establishing and developing innovative enterprises by academics

10. SME internationalization – strategies, methods, conditions, firms "born global"

11. Information and consulting for SMEs – the processes, methods and performance outcomes

12. Change management and corporate restructuring (turnaround) - spin-off, outsourcing, lean management, reengineering

Teaching methods include:

- literature review

- discussion

- analysis of academic articles and monographs

The on-going work will be based on submitting individual chapters for the review of the seminar supervisor, who provides comments and recommendations.

POWTARZANIE SEMINARIUM - dr hab. Marta Gancarczyk