Learning outcome 1

Explore and illustrate the range of venture types that might be considered entrepreneurial 

Scoping and defining entrepreneurship: 
  • What is entrepreneurship? Defining entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial activity and enterprise. 
  • The differences between serial entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs and owner managers. 
The typology of entrepreneurship: 
  • Lifestyle and growth firms. Entrepreneurship in a corporate or public sector context. 
  • Roles and characteristics of micro, small and medium-sized organisations. 
Social enterprise: 
  • Understanding social enterprise, social entrepreneurs and the growth of the social economy.