FEUP IET Innovation and Technological Entrepreneurship

Business Creation and Development Course

Objectives, Skills and Learning Outcomes

• This course is intended to further develop acquired knowledge and will therefore make intensive use of case study analysis in combination with a more academic approach through traditional classes. The case study analysis will be done in a group setting. There will be 2 cases, one being focused on strategy and commercialization and the other one on the financing of a new technology based company.

Program

• Strategy: value chain analysis, sector analysis, competition analysis, market analysis, mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property and partnerships;
• Financial concepts for project appraisal: risk, cost of capital, net present value, internal rate of return, payback period, sensitivity analysis and scenario analysis.

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