2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Environment and Society Department of Technology and Innovation Management Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
Entrepreneurship and Business Development I
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Technology and Innovation Management
- Instructor(s)
- Shintaro Sengoku
- Class Format
- Lecture/Exercise (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 11-12 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- TIM.D516
- Number of credits
- 0.50.50
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- Sep 1, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Business development can be seen as the process of realising business opportunities, while entrepreneurship is the human activity of realising business opportunities. These are complementary and essential professional competences. In other words, they should be applied not only to venture start-ups, but also to all business activities of a novel nature, scientific research and technological development.
Based on the aforementioned premise, this course develops the basic knowledge and competencies to take the initiative in implementing knowledge of technology and innovation management through classroom lectures and exercises on business development and entrepreneurship.
Course description and aims
By completing this course, students will acquire the following competences:
1) Understand entrepreneurship, business development and related concepts,
2) Understand the fundamentals of innovation management,
3) Understand and apply basic problem-solving methodologies,
4) Understands and can apply the concepts, frameworks and tools for strategic planning,
5) Be able to independently prepare a business plan in a standard format,
6) Be able to develop action plans for implementation.
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)
The lectures are theory- and practice-oriented, delivered by teachers with experience working in venture capital and in start-ups.
Keywords
Business development, entrepreneurship, innovation management, venture enterprise, organisational design, business value assessment, industry-academia collaboration
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In the early part of the course, an overview of entrepreneurship and business development as a point of demonstration is presented to deepen understanding of its significance and utility. In the middle part of the course, students learn the concepts, thinking frameworks and tools required for business development planning and how to handle them. In the final part of the course, students learn about the structure and relationship between profit planning and capital policy and their formulation methods. Each lecture is broadly divided into a classroom lecture and an exercise part, with an exercise assignment in each session.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction: Entrepreneurship and innovation |
A case study of the entrepreneurship concept, its development history and implications for innovation. |
| Class 2 | Strategy development |
How to utilise strategic planning tools and frameworks |
| Class 3 | Business model design |
Business model planning based on the Business Model Canvas (BMC) |
| Class 4 | Revenue, profit and cashflow plans |
Logic and methodology for formulating a proforma |
| Class 5 | Business models |
Methods of market and income approaches for valuation |
| Class 6 | Capitalisation strategy |
Developing funding plans for a start-up |
| Class 7 | Practical business plan development by an external expert |
Reflection on the content of the lecture |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To increase the effectiveness of learning, students should refer to the relevant sections of the textbook and handouts and spend approximately 100 minutes each on preparation and review (including assignments) for the content of each class.
Textbook(s)
Distributed before or after each class
Reference books, course materials, etc.
To be recommended in the first class
Evaluation methods and criteria
Evaluation is based on participation and contribution to the lecture, performance in the exercises and the final assignment. Details will be explained in the first lecture.
Related courses
- TIM.D517 ： Entrepreneurship and Business Development II
- TIM.A401 ： Methodology of Corporate Management and Finance I
- TIM.A402 ： Methodology of Corporate Management and Finance II
Prerequisites
None
Other
The lecture plans are a model case. The actual course content should be confirmed on the LMS and at the initial guidance for each academic year.