Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

Master of Science

Submodules

Lecture "Entrepreneurship and market development"

Lecture "Globalisation of competition"

Lecture "Evolutionary Economics"

Sub-module 1: Entrepreneurship and market development

At the centre of this lecture is the innovative entrepreneur, who - at least in market economies - can be seen as the central moving force of economic development. The causes and effects of the founding of new companies and entrepreneurial activity on markets are therefore initially analysed. This includes a detailed analysis of the innovation phenomenon as well as an examination of other competitive parameters relevant to the evolution of markets. This is followed by an examination of the relationship between the dynamics of corporate behaviour and economic development and structural change. Finally, the question is posed as to how targeted economic policy interventions are possible at all against the background of such an evolutionary competitive economy - for example to increase the start-up and innovation dynamics of the system.

Lecturer: Dr Marc Grünhagen, MBA

Effort: 4 LP

Dates: Thursday, 10:00 - 12:00 (weekly)

Start of event: 30.10.2025

Room: Lecture theatre 21

Sub-module 2: Globalisation of competition

The aim of this lecture is to examine the causes and effects of the increasing globalisation of competition between companies and competition between jurisdictions. Here, considerations of spatial economics play just as much a role as more recent theories of international trade and the migration of human and physical capital. Special emphasis is placed on the analysis of corporate internationalisation and the direct investment phenomenon as an increasingly important form of derivative company formation. Finally, the increasing competition between locations for business start-ups and relocations is analysed in this context.

 

Lecturer: Dr Marc Grünhagen, MBA

Effort: 4 LP

Dates: Thursday, 12:00 - 14:00 (weekly)

Start of event: 30.10.2025

Room: Lecture theatre 21

Module 3: Evolutionary economics

The development of economies is one of the central questions of economic theory. The aim of the course is to show various indicators, structures and patterns of economic development within existing theoretical explanatory approaches and to provide an assessment of the current state of economic development, but also to find indications of possible future courses of economic development. The focus is on the view of economic development as a dynamic, evolutionary process. In addition to considering the "hard" determinants of economic growth, such as productivity growth and changes in the working population, this perspective also requires consideration of the institutional framework conditions of growth processes and behavioural science explanatory approaches.

 

Lecturer: Prof. Dr Hans Frambach

Effort: 3 LP

Dates: Thursday, 08:00 - 10:00 (weekly)

Start of event: 10.10.2024

Room: Lecture theatre 21