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IB9QL-10 Entrepreneurial Finance

Department
Warwick Business School
Level
Taught Postgraduate Level
Module leader
John Lyon
Credit value
10
Module duration
4 days
Assessment
100% coursework
Study location
University of Warwick main campus, Coventry

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Introductory description

This module has the aim of reviewing the financial, control and investment opportunities faced by rapidly growing companies in entrepreneurial settings.

Module aims

The main objective of study is to equip students with the knowledge to be able to consider and select financing vehicles which are appropriate to securing an organisations’ money requirements and to understand and analyse the issues in the institutional framework in which those decisions take place.

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

Sources of financing, including alternative sources of finance and debt for entrepreneurial businesses
Use of venture capital and private equity as asset classes
Public and private financing
Deal structuring, legals and entrepreneurial company valuation
Recent deals and financing cycles
Qualitative aspects of entrepreneurial finance, including decision-making in entrepreneurial business, team and board dynamics, board effectiveness during rapid growth to achieve enterprise value

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

  • Demonstrate a critical understanding of the nature of financing entrepreneurial ventures
  • Demonstrate a developed understanding of the finance needs, expectations and perceptions of smaller and rapidly growing businesses.
  • Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of planning for alternative forms of finance as market environments change
  • Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of what constitutes an attractive financing or investment proposition to an investor
  • Analyse and draw upon relevant published research.
  • Challenge the concepts and models presented on the course

Indicative reading list

Reading lists can be found in Talis

Research element

Analyse and draw upon relevant published research.

Subject specific skills

Develop a strategy for improving a new venture which could enhance or facilitate its financing
Evaluate the different types of available financing options.

Transferable skills

Demonstrate problem solving skills developed through analysing business problems in case studies.
Demonstrate oral communication skills developed through presentation of cases and their theoretical and practical implications.
Demonstrate written communication skills developed through the individual assignment
Demonstrate an awareness of practical managerial issues

Study time

Type Required
Lectures 27 sessions of 1 hour (27%)
Private study 45 hours (45%)
Assessment 28 hours (28%)
Total 100 hours

Private study description

Private Study and preparation for lectures

Costs

No further costs have been identified for this module.

You do not need to pass all assessment components to pass the module.

Assessment group A1
Weighting Study time Eligible for self-certification
Assessment component
Group Presentation 20% 6 hours No

Group work presentation 15 mins (10 mins presentation and 5 mins Q&A)
Reassessment component is the same
Assessment component
Individual Assignment 80% 22 hours Yes (extension)

Individual Assignment 2500 words
Reassessment component is the same
Feedback on assessment

Assessments are graded using standard University Postgraduate Marking Criteria and written feedback is provided. Feedback for
individual essays includes comments on a marksheet.

Courses

This module is Optional for:

  • TIBS-N1Q1 Postgraduate Business Administration (Executive) London
    • Year 2 of N1Q1 Business Administration (Executive) London
    • Year 3 of N1Q1 Business Administration (Executive) London
  • Year 2 of TIBS-N1Q4 Postgraduate Business Administration (Executive) London
  • Year 2 of TIBS-N1Q5 Postgraduate Business Administration (Executive) London
  • Year 1 of TIBS-N1P2 Postgraduate Taught Business Administration
  • TIBS-N1PW Postgraduate Taught Business Administration (Distance Learning)
    • Year 2 of N1PW Business Administration (Distance Learning)
    • Year 3 of N1PW Business Administration (Distance Learning)
  • Year 2 of TIBS-N1Q2 Postgraduate Taught Business Administration (Distance Learning)
  • Year 2 of TIBS-N1S5 Postgraduate Taught Business Administration (Distance Learning) (London)
  • Year 2 of TIBS-N1S4 Postgraduate Taught Business Administration (Distance Learning) (Warwick)
  • Year 2 of TIBS-N1Q3 Postgraduate Taught Business Administration (Executive)
  • Year 2 of TIBS-N1S2 Postgraduate Taught Business Administration (Executive) (London) Daytime
  • Year 2 of TIBS-N1S3 Postgraduate Taught Business Administration (Executive) (London) Evening
  • Year 2 of TIBS-N1S1 Postgraduate Taught Business Administration (Executive) (Warwick)