Overall objectives:

1 - Understand the evolution of entrepreneurship as an area of research.
2 - Characterize the entrepreneur; assess the importance of the entrepreneurial environment.
3 - Characterize entrepreneurial activity in Portugal.
4 - Understand the various elements that make up the entrepreneurial process.
5 - Encourage students to search for, identify and evaluate business opportunities.
6 - Develop skills in the analysis and interpretation of case studies of entrepreneurship in the tourism sector.
7 - Develop skills in preparing and presenting a business plan.

Syllabus:

1 - Entrepreneurship
2 - The Entrepreneur.
3 - Entrepreneurial Activity.
4 - Entrepreneurial Process.
5 - Myths in Entrepreneurship.
6 - Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
7 - Business Opportunity.
8 - How to structure a business idea: The Business Model Canvas.
9 - Practical exercises on entrepreneurship.
9.1 - Entrepreneurship case studies in the tourism sector.
9.2 - Elaboration and presentation of a business plan.

Literature/Sources:

., Ramalho, J.; Carvalho, C.; Parreira, P.; Leite, E. & Salgueiro-Oliveira, A. , 2021 , Entrepreneurship in higher education: the key role of self-efficacy , s. ed.
Leite, E. et al. , 2017 , Decisões de Investimento , Ponte editora
Nielsen, S., Klyver, K.,Evald, M. and Bager, T. , 2012 , Entrepreneurship in Theory and Practice: Paradoxes in play , Cheltenham: Edward Elgar University of Southern Denmark
Osterwalder, A. and Pigneur, Y. , 2010 , Business Model Canvas , New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons
Sarkar, S. , 2014 , Empreendedorismo e Inovação , Lisboa: Escolar Editora

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20) The aim is to acquire and apply the knowledge foreseen in the objectives and syllabus contents. The evaluation of the Course Unit includes the completion of a frequency with a weight of 50% and a work with a weight of 50% in the classification of the Course. Both evaluation elements can be recovered at the appeal season. Student workers can recover 100% of the final grade in the exam at the time of appeal or in the special season.