Master's specialisationInnovation and Entrepreneurship
You will come to understand how and why organisations innovate and what challenges entrepreneurs face when starting their business in a changing environment.
Something for you?
- This specialisation focuses on innovation and entrepreneurial behaviour of individuals and firms and their interrelations in the context of their business ecosystems
- You will learn about the interfunctional processes to identify and implement ideas for innovation, to manage innovation and business development projects, to develop a business plan and to analyse business models.
- This Master's specialisation takes a multidisciplinary view on responsible organisation including social, economic, psychological, technical and environmental perspectives focusing on digitalization and sustainability challenges.
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- Main language
- English
- Study duration
- 1 year (60 EC)
- Start
- September
- Contact hours
- 5-10
- Programme format
- Full time
- Degree
- Master of Science, specialisation of Business Administration
- Faculty
- Nijmegen School of Management
- CROHO code
- 60644
- Accreditation
- AACSB, NVAO
What will you learn
In the Master's specialisation in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, you will learn to understand how and why organisations innovate and what kind of people are needed in the company to accomplish this. It enables you to understand the challenges that innovative entrepreneurs face in their businesses, whether a start-up, large organisation, or SME. It deals with the commercialisation of new ideas, high-tech innovations, business development, and tapping into new markets. You will learn how an entrepreneurial orientation helps organisations to position themselves in a business ecosystem. We will help you develop a creative mindset and innovative and entrepreneurial capabilities.
Study programme
Future career opportunities
As academically well-trained, and practice-minded young professionals who are qualified for positions in a broad range of business functions:
- Project leader: managing the project team developing an idea into a product/service or operations improvement.
- Innovation manager: managing the portfolio of innovation projects
- Product manager: taking responsibility of a product/service in the development and operations
- Innovator: pursue an idea and develop it into a new product/service or operations improvement
- Business consultant: guide firms or entrepreneurs in developing new products/services or production process improvements
- Entrepreneurs: starting your own business
- Researcher in the field of innovation management or entrepreneurship
- PhD-candidate in the field of innovation management or entrepreneurship
Research
To indicate the type of research in this specialisation, a few examples:
- How organisations can grow through innovation processes?
- What kind of people are needed in the company to accomplish innovation processes?
- How to set up an innovation process in an established firm?
- What are consumer perceptions of service innovations?
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If you are going to follow this Master's programme, you will pay an annual tuition fee. There are different tuition rates. The amount depends on your personal situation.
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