Europe course

Entrepreneurship Across Markets

How people identify opportunities, build organizations, and operate across European environments.

Course code: BUS 325

Credits: 3

Sessions: A2 and A3

Academic area: Entrepreneurship

What students study

Questions this course explores.

The final syllabus confirms assignments and assessment details.

01
Compare how culture, institutions, and markets shape organizational choices across Europe.
02
Examine entrepreneurship in companies, nonprofits, family businesses, and social enterprises.
03
Use route observations and professional encounters in comparative analysis.

Preliminary syllabus

Course outline.

A typical syllabus examines how entrepreneurs identify opportunities, establish organizations, and make decisions across European markets.

The final syllabus will confirm faculty, schedule, readings, assignments, and grading.

The shared Introduction to the European Union component accounts for 20% of this course’s grade. It is included in the course’s existing credits.

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01

Opportunity in context

Examine how local needs and customer demand create opportunities for entrepreneurs.
02

Entrepreneurial ecosystems

Map the institutions, markets, capital, networks, and cultural expectations that shape new activity.
03

Entrepreneurship across organizational forms

Study companies, nonprofits, family businesses, social enterprises, and other organizational forms.
04

Resources, trust, and networks

Consider how relationships, ownership, local knowledge, and access to resources affect decisions.
05

Comparing European cities

Use field evidence to explain meaningful differences without treating Europe as one uniform market.
06

Context-aware strategy

Develop an entrepreneurial response grounded in the conditions observed along the route.

Typical coursework

Organization-visit case notes
Local ecosystem map
Comparative city memo
Final context-aware entrepreneurship analysis or presentation

Learning across Europe

Gather examples across the route.

Class questions, faculty-led discussion, and written work help students compare what they observe.

Compare how entrepreneurs respond to differences in markets, public policy, and culture across European cities.

Connect professional encounters with coursework about opportunity, organization, ownership, and operations.

Session and credit fit

How this course fits A2 and A3.

This can be a standalone 3-credit course in A2 or A3.

For 6 credits, pair this morning course with Cross-Cultural Communication, Cross-Cultural Management, or Introduction to the European Union (EUR 324 or BUS 324). Courses within each block meet at the same time.

Current programs

Summit Prague + Europe, Summer 2027

Summer 2027 · A2 and A3

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Summit Barcelona + Europe, Summer 2027

Summer 2027 · A2 and A3

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Summit Prague + Europe, Summer 2028

Summer 2028 · A2 and A3

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