Lerninhalte
The aim of this seminar is to prepare students for writing an empirical master-thesis in family business & entrepreneurship research. The content of this seminar allows students to get an overview regarding current research questions in the area of empirical family business research and entrepreneurship and to work in-depth on one the topics of this research realm. The content focus within the area of empirical family business research and entrepreneurship research may take varying forms depending on the semester – see the syllabus for the focus of the current semester. Regarding methods the students will be familiarized with the fundamental econometric methods which area applied in the area of empirical family business & entrepreneurship research.
Lern- und Qualifikationsziele
The students will to apply statistical software (STATA) and will be familiarized to work with the empirical research databases such as Worldscope, Datastream, CRSP, WRDS, Amadeus or Compustat. Moreover, the course teaches the students to understand and apply methods in line with the current state of research and provides access to current research topics in the area of empirical family business and entrepreneurship research.
Notwendige Voraussetzungen
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Inhaltliche Voraussetzungen
It is helpful for participants to have visited the lecture CC 502. No previous knowledge on quantitative empirical methods is required.
Lehr- und Lernformen | Lehre | Selbststudium |
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Seminar | 2 SWS | 15 SWS |
ECTS-Leistungspunkte | 6 |
Benotung | Ja |
Gesamtarbeitsaufwand | 180h |
Sprache | Deutsch, Englisch |
Prüfungsform und -umfang | Participation (1/3), oral presentation (1/3), written (empirical) assignment (1/3, scope depends on the assigned topic) |
Zulassungsbeschränkt | Ja |
Informationen zur Anmeldung | www.bwl.uni-mannheim.de/en/woywode/teaching |
Durchführende Lehrkraft | Kai Frömsdorf |
Häufigkeit des Angebots | Frühlings-/Sommersemester & Herbst-/Wintersemester |
Dauer des Moduls | 1 Semester |
Verwendbarkeit | M.Sc. MMM, M.Sc. WiPäd |
Vorleistungen | – |
Programmspezifische Kompetenzziele | CG 1, CG 4 |