Doctoral Introduction to Entrepreneurship 1 J

Academic unit or major

Entrepreneurship courses

Instructor(s)

Nobuhiko Seki

Class Format

Lecture (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

3-4 Wed

Class

J

Course Code

ENT.V601

Number of credits

100

Course offered

2024

Offered quarter

3Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 17, 2025

Language

Japanese

※ Courses with parentheses in the course number have different subject codes depending on the student's year of admission.

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This course focuses on entrepreneurship in its broadest sense, including startups, and explores the social frameworks that constitute entrepreneurship from an interdisciplinary perspective.
The aim of this course is to deepen students' interdisciplinary understanding of the social sciences (economics, political science, geopolitics, marketing, management, etc.) as complex systems that form and sustain entrepreneurship. Through this, students will understand the importance of entrepreneurship and the framework of society.

Course description and aims

Understanding the importance of interdisciplinary thinking within complex systems
Understanding the social systems that constitute entrepreneurship
Understanding the importance of disruptive innovation and commercialization, along with the role of marketing and management born from logical thinking
Understanding the emergence of unknown ethical issues in a society where AI coexists

Student learning outcomes

実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)

This course is taught by an instructor who utilizes their practical experience and research accomplishments in areas such as entrepreneurship, project development, consulting in international projects, graduate education, and regional studies to educate students on entrepreneurship from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Introduction to Entrepreneurship (2006-2010)
Introduction to Communication Networks – "How We Cohabit with Computers? - Technological Singularity, AI, IoT, and the Internet" (2016)

Keywords

Entrepreneurial spirit, interdisciplinary thinking, R＞G, authoritative distribution of value, logical thinking, project management, team building, scientific value creation, AI, ethics, data science

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Lectures
Group discussions
Thought exercises using case studies

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

N/A

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty)
Das Kapital by Karl Marx)
Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graebe
The Entrepreneurial State by Mariana Mazzucato
The Savage Mind by Claude Lévi-Strauss
Mind and Nature by Gregory Bateson
UN Charter (UN)
Money Creation in the Modern Economy (Bank of England)

Evaluation methods and criteria

Attendance and participation: 30%
Mini reports: 30%
Final report: 30%
Preparation and review activities: 10%

Related courses

• IEE.B402 ： Advanced Macroeconomics

Prerequisites

N/A