Course Catalog 2006-2007

TITA-3206 VENTURE-TO-CAPITAL (V2C) STRATEGIES: BRIDGING THE KNOWLEDGE GAP, 4 cr
Venture-to-Capital (V2C) Strategies: Bridging the Knowledge Gap

Courses persons responsible
Hannu Jungman
Marko Seppä

Lecturetimes and places
Per V: Friday 10 - 13, F PIENI SALI 1

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture - - - - 3 h/week -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
The mission of this course is to give basic understanding of the strategy alternatives available for knowledge-intensive ventures to become �investable� in the eyes of the VC industry.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Knowledge of the development of the venture capital industry and the special characteristics of business knowledge in the knowledge society       
2. Knowledge of the different V2C actors       
3. Knowledge of the ways of action / business models of different V2C actors  Completion of the market gaps with new V2C business models    
4. The path that has led to knowledge being the most important asset of an organisation       

Requirements for completing the course
1) Lectures, 2) final exam from the lectures and literature, 3) personal assignment, 4) team exercise

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • The final grade is based on the examination (60%), team exercise (25%) and personal assignment (15%); Students should master the core contents of the course contents

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Lecture slides           Yes  English 
    Other literature           Yes  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TITA-2100 TITA-2100 Information Economics 3 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Additional information about prerequisites
    or similar knowledge

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
    - In compiling exercise, group or laboratory work
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 25 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 75 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 36
    Assignments 38

    Study materials Hours
    Reading package (collection of articles) 30

    Other scaledHours
    Exam/midterm exam 3
    Total sum 107

    Correspondence of content
    2920870 Venture-to-capital (V2C) strategies: Bridging the knowledge gap

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    Last modified 09.05.2006
    Modified byIlona Ilvonen