Postgraduate Course: Technology Commercialisation and the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (CMSE11306)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | A response to a demand by post-graduate students for exposure to the theory and practice surrounding technology commercialisation as well as a response to a gap in the offerings of the Business School practical knowledge of how to move innovations from the lab bench to the marketplace. |
| Course description |
The primary goal of the class is to provide conceptual and experiential learning opportunities for students around areas of technology commercialisation by startups.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 9,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 15,
Summative Assessment Hours 73,
Other Study Hours 50,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Independent prepartory reading for lectures and seminar series
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
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Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Assessment will be based on individual and group written assignments and an oral presentation.
65% of the grade will be based on work associated with a group project involving a feasibility assignment of the market potential of a university-developed technology. This will involve production of a group report which includes an analysis of the technical feasibility of the technology itself, potential markets, and the overall commercialisation environment: the word limit will be 4,500 words. The report will be worth 55% of the overall mark (in line with School policy, 10% of this grade will be based on peer evaluation). A group presentation of the results will be worth 10% of the grade. Both the group feasibility project and presentation will be due in the last week of class.
An individual essay assignment due on Week 6 will ask students to analyse the resources found within their local entrepreneurial ecosystem and explain how this will affect the growth strategy of a technology commercialisation venture. This assignment will have a word limit of 2,000 words and be worth 35% of their final grade. |
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Learning Outcomes
| Understand and critically discuss frameworks to conceptualise the process of moving an innovation from discovery to market;
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Benjamin Spigel
Tel: (0131 6)51 5552
Email: Ben.Spigel@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Yvonne Sanderson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5333
Email: Yvonne.Sanderson@ed.ac.uk |
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