Information Package / Course Catalogue
Knowledge-Based Entrepreneurship
Course Code: EF418
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

Entrepreneurial mindset is necessary not only for the creation of a business but also for increasing the competitiveness of existing businesses throughout the business life. Therefore, the development of entrepreneurial perspective and behaviors are among the core competencies for business life. In this framework, this course is designed to develop students' entrepreneurial skills and capacities.

Course Content

Leadership characteristics, leadership and motivation, team building. Entrepreneur and entrepreneurship concepts, factors affecting entrepreneurship, development of entrepreneurship in the historical process, international / national examples. Innovation sources, processes, management, creativity, creativity stages and techniques, relationship between entrepreneurship and innovation and creativity process, entrepreneurship / innovation / creativity effect in sustainable development.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Students learn the basic concepts and processes of entrepreneurship and practical knowledge to recognize entrepreneurial opportunities by developing innovative and creative skills.
2.They gain the necessary equipment to have the knowledge and competencies to establish their own business, to reveal their entrepreneurial characteristics and to develop them.
3.To be able to create a business idea and learn the financing sources of inoavation
4.Understanding the definitions and processes of R&D, innovation and entrepreneurship,
5.Learning and applying innovation methods
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Hüseyin Yılmaz, 21. Yüzyıl İşletmelerinde Bilgiye Dayalı Girişimcilik, Nobel, 2024
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Concept and Development of Entrepreneurship - Characteristics of Entrepreneur
Week 2 - Theoretical
Entrepreneurship as a shaper of the high-performance economy
Week 3 - Theoretical
Knowledge economy
Week 4 - Theoretical
Organizational learning
Week 5 - Theoretical
Learning organization model
Week 6 - Theoretical
Intellectual capital
Week 7 - Theoretical
Knowledge application and knowledge management
Week 8 - Theoretical
Knowledge application and knowledge management
Week 9 - Theoretical
Value creation in knowledge-based organizations
Week 10 - Theoretical
Entrepreneurship ecosystem
Week 11 - Theoretical
Science and technology parks
Week 12 - Theoretical
University spin-off company as a model of knowledge-based entrepreneurship
Week 13 - Theoretical
Startup companies
Week 14 - Theoretical
Innovation as a critical function of knowledge-based entrepreneurship
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Attending Lectures1%10
Assignment1%10
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Individual Work152030
Midterm Examination19110
Final Examination114115
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
OÇ-1
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
3
OÇ-2
4
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-3
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
OÇ-4
5
5
5
5
3
5
5
5
5
OÇ-5
5
4
4
5
2
3
5
3
5
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026