This intensive 1-week long summer school will bring together students from several countries and cultural backgrounds, educational levels (BSc, Msc, PhD) and study programmes to work in interdisciplinary multilevel groups to explore the core themes of the European Entrepreneurship Summer School. This summer school is research oriented. We will study contemporary entrepreneurship research, theories, methods and results of research, while focussing on some of the central research questions of entrepreneurship research: What is the role of individual characteristics? Can entrepreneurship be learned? To what extent are different forms like high tech, international, social, or corporate entrepreneurship comparable? How is entrepreneurship different in several fields such as energy, health, water, manufacturing industry, information technology, psychology, languages? How to organize entrepreneurship in start ups, SME%E2%80%99s and larger corporate entrepreneurial companies? How does entrepreneurship differ on national levels? What is the role of informal (grey) forms of entrepreneurship? Role of institutions? Which methods of research are used in entrepreneurship research? How to do process research of entrepreneurship? How to do (policy) evaluation research in this field? Which of these questions or even others will be tackled during the week differs each year. It depends on the input of lecturers and students and it is also based on special topics which are relevant in the host universities region. During the week, we will engage in highly interactive sessions exploring entrepreneurship research and applying them to practical cases and group projects, which are aimed at doing research to develop an entrepreneurial solution to a practical problem, using a theoretically and methodologically solid approach. In addition to the lectures and project, we will have ample opportunity to share and draw on each other%E2%80%99s culturally specific experience and knowledge. The programme will culminate in a final presentation by each group. This summer school also shows typical social-cultural and economic aspects of the host country and region. In the North of the Netherlands significant health, energy, water, and ICT sectors are important. Furthermore, social entrepreneurship plays a growing role. Recently, mild earthquakes due to gas production have been disturbing social and economic aspects in the North-Eastern part of the province of Groningen. Attempts are being made to revive this region by (social) entrepreneurship support and policy. During some excursions you will visit interesting entrepreneurship support institutions.
Course leaderProf. Aard Groen, University of Groningen
Target groupBSc, MSc, PhD
Fee infoEUR 500: Fee (500) for students of partner universities. The fee includes:Housing Lectures and course materials Field visits Five lunches Coffee-breaks (tea, coffee, snack) Gala dinner on the last evening of the programme A city tour + informal welcoming drinks on Sunday 23rd of August. EUR 750: Fee (750) for third parties.The fee includes:Housing Lectures and course materials Field visits Five lunches Coffee-breaks (tea, coffee, snack) Gala dinner on the last evening of the programme A city tour + informal welcoming drinks on Sunday 23rd of August.
ScholarshipsA number of scholarships of 400 will be available. For more information, kindly contact entrepreneurship@rug.nl.
: Broerstraat 5 Groningen
Postal code: 9721 CP
City: Groningen
Country: Netherlands
Website: http://rug.nl/summerschools
E-mail: summerschools@rug.nl
Phone: 0031 6 28216256
