ENTREP 7049 - Entrepreneurship Research in Practice

This course explores the world of entrepreneurship theory and focuses on the skills needed to read scholarly research papers and write within academic standards. We will examine how to construct and write academic arguments based upon the published empirical evidence, or theoretical and conceptual research of others. The course will cover selecting a research topic, defining the research question(s), preparing and organising a thesis structure, ethical considerations, referencing styles and formatting and how specifically to prepare a critical analysis and review of the current literature. At the end of this course, you will - Know how to select and prepare a research topic; - Be able to design a literature search strategy based upon key concepts; - Be able to cite and reference materials correctly; - Understand the structure of a research thesis; - Be able to engage with scholarly sub-topics or current debates in the entrepreneurship literature and - Produce an academic literature review paper.