Presentation
Entrenpreneurship and Innovation: The Development of a Minor for an Undergraduate Business Program
MBAA International Conference
(2021)
Abstract
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to review the rationale for developing a new entrepreneurship and innovation minor at the University. Business leaders value innovative and entrepreneurial acumen in their employees. Many students today will start businesses in the future. A competitive review of all higher education institutions in the state revealed that 14 of them offer entrepreneurship and innovation programs as majors, minors, concentrations, and/or certificates. Since there is not an entrepreneurship or innovation program at the University, there is a gap in the academic offerings. After a review of the marketplace and an analysis of programs at in-state colleges and universities, the authors developed a new entrepreneurship and innovation minor for the University. This paper discusses the need from both a business and university perspective for the addition of a new entrepreneurship and innovation minor at the University. While it will be located in the Business Administration department, the minor is designed for both business and non-business majors. This paper addresses these questions: What is the overall rationale for this minor? What is the business need for it? What is the university need for it? What are the University minor requirements? What new courses are needed and what are their respective course descriptions?
Keywords
- Entrepreneurship,
- innovation,
- minor,
- University
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring March 25, 2021
Location
Virtual
Comments
Peer reviewed paper which was published in conference proceedings.
Citation Information
Mary Henderson and Megan Kalina. "Entrenpreneurship and Innovation: The Development of a Minor for an Undergraduate Business Program" MBAA International Conference (2021) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mary-henderson/1/