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SCHOOL |
OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES |
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ACADEMIC UNIT |
AGRICULTURE |
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LEVEL OF STUDIES |
UNDERGRADUATE |
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COURSE CODE |
AGE0701 |
SEMESTER |
7 | ||
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COURSE TITLE |
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Agriculture | ||||
| INDEPENDENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES |
WEEKLY TEACHING HOURS |
CREDITS | |||
| Lectures | 3 | ||||
| Lab / Op. Exercises | 0 | ||||
| Exercises | 0 | ||||
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TOTAL HOURS |
3 | 5 | |||
| COURSE TYPE | Specialized Course of Agricultural Economics | ||||
| PREREQUISITE COURSES | None | ||||
| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION and EXAMINATIONS | Greek | ||||
| IS THE COURSE OFFERED TO ERASMUS STUDENTS | In English | ||||
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COURSE WEBSITE (URL) |
https://
eclass.uowm.gr/courses/AGE0701/
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2. LEARNING OUTCOMES
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Learning Outcomes |
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Description of Course: The course attempt to provide the proper knowledge to the students in order to made them capable to apprehend the innovation: • as a change of productive process, • as an evolution of management operations • and as an invention of ameliorated and absolutely new products. The course aim to underpin the entrepreneurial trend of students, scrutinizing the entrepreneurship: • as personal necessity • as function of firms • and as cognitive process especially in the agricultural sector. The experiential and the heuristic cognitive process constitute the core for the conveyance of principles as for the solution of entrepreneurial problems and the comprehension of innovational characteristics. The students are taught how the technological progress and the managerial options can ameliorate the competitiveness for the ventures and the markets developing comparative advantages that can offer robustness to the firms and prosperity to the society. According to the aforementioned, the aims of course as for the capabilities of students are: -to apprehend the concept and the role of entrepreneurship and innovation for the persons, the firms, the markets and the social welfare -to understand how the research of markets takes place in practice, in order to be recorded the preferences and the attitudes of consumers for the products -to understand the role of New Technologies (Network, Digital Markets, Communications) for the entrepreneurial process -to identify innovative management strategies -to comprehend the value of business plans -to learn how to compile a business plan and how to look for subsidies and pecuniary resources |
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General Competences |
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• Production of free, creative and inducive thinking • Production of innovative and entrepreneurial spirit through the experiential and heuristic cognitive process • Decision-making and background for business plans, especially for the agri-food sector • Exploitation of New Technologies and digital markets • Deductive and inductive reasoning for the entrepreneurial, innovative and promotive variables • Participation in the evolution, the development and the social prosperity • Background for postgraduate studies |
3. SYLLABUS
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The content of course includes: • The concepts of entrepreneurship and innovation. • Copyrights. • Uncertainty and entrepreneurial risk. • Strategic options and decision making. • Business plans. • New Technologies and digital markets. • Benchmarking. • Development, sustainability and welfare. • Financing Sources. • Politics. |
4. TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION
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DELIVERY |
Face-to-face or/and distance education (compliant to the circumstances) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY |
Lectures using new technologies and upload of lectures to e-class. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION |
• Individual research: 50%. • Final exams: 50% |
5. SUGGESTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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1. Deakins, D., and Freel, M., 2017. Entrepreneurship and Small Enterprises. Publisher: Critiki, Athens, ISBN: 978-618-5131-27-2 2. Bessant, J., and Tidd, J., 2011. Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 3. Maravegias, N. 2012. Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Publisher: Themelio, Athens, ISBN: 960-310-364-0. 4. Karagiannis, I, and Bakouros, I., 2010. Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Publisher: Sofia, Thessaloniki, ISBN: 978-960-6706-33-2 5. White M.A., and Bruton G.D., 2010. The Strategic Administration of Technology and Innovation. Publisher: Critiki, Athens, ISBN: 978-960-218-6749 6. Piperopoulos, P.G.. 2008. Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Clusters. Publisher: Stamoulis. Athens. |
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