ESADE Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Master in Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Managing ideas, creating innovation.


Why an MSc programme at ESADE?

- One-year programme taught entirely in English
- Ranked 12th worldwide by the Financial Times
- Top-ranked business school
- Multicultural environment
- Job opportunities thanks to access to top recruiters
- Optional three-semester combined programme with our CEMS MIM, ranked 2nd worldwide by the Financial Times
- Located in the cosmopolitan city of Barcelona

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DESCRIPTION
Intake: 25
Length: 1 academic year (September 2012-September 2013)
Language of instruction: English
Professional internships: 3 months in a Spanish or foreign company
Campus: ESADE Barcelona (Sant Cugat)
Admission period: From mid November 2011 to late June 2012
Admission requirements: Graduates in Business Management. The MSc in Innovation and Entrepreneurship is also designed for engineering, scientific and technical graduates
Admission process: Online application form + sending of documentation + GMAT or ESADE Admission Test + interview
Fees: ¤ 23,840
SYLLABUS

Mid August - Mid September 2011

Management Immersion Programme

Prerequisite for students with NO previous training in Management.
The objective of this programme is to provide students who have no former business training with the necessary tools to understand how organisations work. This intensive programme has a workload of 24 ECTS and will be delivered over a five-week starting on August 16th and finishing on September 16th (approx. 6 class-hours per day).
  • Introduction to Management
  • Business Strategy
  • Economics
  • Operation Management
  • Managerial Finance
  • Cost Accounting
  • Marketing Management
  • Organisational Behaviour

September 2011 - December 2011

The Foundations of Entrepreneurship and Innovation

5 core courses:
  • The Innovation Management Scenario: systems, models and processes
  • Exploring the opportunity: Technology and Markets
  • Creating Value through Business Models
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Business in Society

January 2012

Professional and Personal Development

January is dedicated solely to student's preparedness for the business world through improving in critical change areas such areas as self-assessment and coaching.

International Study Tours
Intensive weeks abroad provide the opportunity for students to experience different cultures first hand, reflect on how situations inspire them and the chance to apply knowledge gained during the first term.


Management Skills & Competencies

  • Coaching in Organizations
  • Corporate Writing Skills
  • Inter-Personal Communication Seminar
  • Introduction to Business Information Technology
  • Negotiation Techniques

Presentation Skills
  • Cross-Cultural Communication
  • Spanish Recent History: Current Political and Social Issues
  • Team Building

Professional Career Planning
Specialists in Human Resources will be on hand to offer advice and guidance including counseling on maximizing your networking opportunities, career management skills (interviews, CV preparation, salary negotiation, career strategy etc.). In addition, events and activities will be held designed to bring you into direct contact with the business world such as the ESADE Talent Career Forum, and presentations by organizations visiting ESADE.

February 2012 - April 2012

Tracks and Electives

You can choose from among a wide range of elective courses to select those that best meet your needs and professional interests.
During this module you have to take:
  • 2 electives from your chosen track: Entrepreneurship, Innovation Management or Corporate Innovation and Intrapreneurship
  • 2 free electives
  • 1 project elective

Entrepreneur Track 

  • Live as an Entrepreneur
  • Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Global Entrepreneurship
  • New Product Development and Service Innovation 
Innovation Management Track 
  • Open Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship
  • Knowledge and Innovation Networks
  • Implementing Innovation: processes, tools and organizational structures.
  • Managing Innovation
  • Managing Science: from Business to Science
  • New product development and Service Innovation
  • Innovation Policy
  • Measuring Innovation

 Corporate Innovation and Intrapreneurship Track 

  • Open Innovation and Corporate Entrepreneurship
  • Knowledge and Innovation Networks
  • Implementing Innovation: Processes, Tools and Organizational Structures
  • Managing Innovation
  • New Product Development and Service Innovation
  • Measuring Innovation

 Courses open to all tracks

  • Dealing with IPR (Intellectual Property Rights
  • Innovation Project Management
  • Marketing for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Clean-tech Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Life Sciences (Bio-Tech. Medical Devices, etc.), Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • Social Entrepreneurship
  • Legal Issues in Entrepreneurship: Ownership and Governance
  • Public Funding of Innovation and New Venture Creation
  • Economics of Innovation

May 2012 - September 2012

The Research project

This is a key element of the Master of Science in Innovation and Entrepreneurship program. This module with its challenging workload, places great emphasis on personal initiative and disciplined study. The student may choose the field or theme they wish to research from the following:
  • Through the creation of a business project: The project is concentrated on fostering entrepreneurship concurrent with socially responsible business behaviors.
     
  • Through an In-Company Business Project: In a Spanish or international company; some students will gain international work experience but all will have the invaluable opportunity to put acquired theory into practice.
     
  • Through the completion of a thesis: This clearly demonstrates your analytical and in-depth research abilities, writing communication skills and presentation techniques where applicable.
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