ISTANBUL OKAN UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE / COURSE CATALOGUE
| Business Administration (English) | |||||
| Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 | ||
General course introduction information
| Course Code: | FNS406 | ||||||||
| Course Name: | Entrepreneurship Finance | ||||||||
| Course Semester: | Spring | ||||||||
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| Language of instruction: | TR | ||||||||
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| Does the Course Require Work Experience?: | No | ||||||||
| Type of course: | Common Pool | ||||||||
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| Mode of Delivery: | Face to face | ||||||||
| Course Coordinator : | Dr.Öğr.Üyesi TURGAY MÜNYAS | ||||||||
| Course Lecturer(s): |
Dr.Öğr.Üyesi TURGAY MÜNYAS |
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Course Objective and Content
| Course Objectives: | The objective of this course is to introduce the topics of business evaluation; capital structure; sources of funding; investment valuation; analysis, prioritization and selection of investment projects; real options; working capital management; cash flow management; venture capital funds; term sheets; due diligence; initial public offerings; mergers and acquisitions; growth management. |
| Course Content: | Business evaluation; capital structure; sources of funding; investment valuation; analysis, prioritization and selection of investment projects; real options; working capital management; cash flow management; venture capital funds; term sheets; due diligence; initial public offerings; mergers and acquisitions; growth management. |
Learning Outcomes
The students who have succeeded in this course;
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Lesson Plan
| Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
| 1) | • Describe the course. • Welcome and course introduction • Define the entrepreneurial process and the entrepreneur. • Explain the sources of the entrepreneurial opportunities. • Define the principles of entrepreneurial opportunities.• • Explain syllabus • Who is an entrepreneur? • Entrepreneurial traits and characteristics • Six principles of entrepreneurial finance. | none |
| 2) | • Recognize the role of entrepreneurial finance. • Identify the successful venture life cycle. • Explain financing through the venture life cycle • Discuss life cycle approach for teaching entrepreneurial finance • Venture Life Cycles: Development stage • Venture Life Cycles: Startup stage • Venture Life Cycles: Survival stage • Venture Life Cycles: Rapid-Growth stage • Venture Life Cycles: Early maturity stage • Seed financing • First-round financing • Second-round financing • Mezzanine financing • Liquidity stage financing • Seasoned financing | Review the syllabus. Read, in Leach and Melicher, chapter 1, p.3-41 |
| 3) | • Recognize the development of business idea • Identify the sound business model • Analyze the best practices of successful entrepreneurial ventures • Explain time-to-market and other timing implications • Process for identifying business opportunities. • Sound business model components 1: The business model must generate revenues • Sound business model components 2: The business model must make profits. • Sound business model components 3: The business model must produce free cash flows • Best marketing practices. • Best financing practices • Best production or operating practices. | Read, in Leach and Melicher, chapter 2, p.41-89 Review the lecture notes. |
Sources
| Course Notes / Textbooks: | Entrepreneurial Finance J. Chris Leach and Ronald W. Melicher, 5th ed., Cengage Learning, 2015 ISBN-13: 978-1-285-42575-7 |
| References: | Principles of Corporate Finance Richard A. Brealey, Stewart C. Myers and Franklin Alen, 10th ed., McGraw-Hill Irwin, 2011 ISBN 978-0-07-353073-5 Girişimcilik Finansmanı Gülüzar Kurt Gümüş ve Ceyda Yerdelen Kaygın, Gazi Kitabevi, Ankara, 2021, ISBN 9786258494976 |
Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship
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| 1) Explain the essential body of knowledge in the area of business administration, including evolution of the discipline, the state-of-the-art concepts, scientific methodology, theories and models | |||||||||
| 2) Employ the appropriate tools and analytical techniques to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data in the related areas, interpret results and propose solutions | |||||||||
| 3) Recognize the importance of technological development, especially in information technologies, and utilize them in business administration | |||||||||
| 4) Evaluate the body of knowledge in the dynamic business world and business functional areas to asses needs, manage and lead change by using critical and innovative thinking | |||||||||
| 5) Discover and create entrepreneurial opportunities and expertise to successfully establish and develop their own ventures | |||||||||
| 6) Fulfill their responsibility in teamwork and projects in businesses, and act as a leader | |||||||||
| 7) Communicate in written and oral English with people from diverse backgrounds, and have the English proficiency to follow and interpret the global dynamics in the areas of business administration | |||||||||
| 8) Recognize individual and multi-cultural diversity, and can emphatically interact with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds in social and professional settings | |||||||||
| 9) Identify standards of personal, professional, social and business ethics, evaluate the ethical implications of various practices in the related areas, and be aware the importance of ethical behavior in adding value to the society | |||||||||
| 10) Recognize interrelationship among business and other disciplines, and relate knowledge from diverse areas to formulate novel solutions in the area of business administration | |||||||||
Course - Learning Outcome Relationship
| No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
| Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution | |
| 1) | Explain the essential body of knowledge in the area of business administration, including evolution of the discipline, the state-of-the-art concepts, scientific methodology, theories and models | |
| 2) | Employ the appropriate tools and analytical techniques to collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data in the related areas, interpret results and propose solutions | |
| 3) | Recognize the importance of technological development, especially in information technologies, and utilize them in business administration | |
| 4) | Evaluate the body of knowledge in the dynamic business world and business functional areas to asses needs, manage and lead change by using critical and innovative thinking | |
| 5) | Discover and create entrepreneurial opportunities and expertise to successfully establish and develop their own ventures | |
| 6) | Fulfill their responsibility in teamwork and projects in businesses, and act as a leader | |
| 7) | Communicate in written and oral English with people from diverse backgrounds, and have the English proficiency to follow and interpret the global dynamics in the areas of business administration | |
| 8) | Recognize individual and multi-cultural diversity, and can emphatically interact with individuals from diverse cultural backgrounds in social and professional settings | |
| 9) | Identify standards of personal, professional, social and business ethics, evaluate the ethical implications of various practices in the related areas, and be aware the importance of ethical behavior in adding value to the society | |
| 10) | Recognize interrelationship among business and other disciplines, and relate knowledge from diverse areas to formulate novel solutions in the area of business administration |
Learning Activity and Teaching Methods
| Brainstorming/ Six tihnking hats | |
| Individual study and homework | |
| Lesson | |
| Homework | |
| Project preparation |
Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria
| Oral Examination | |
| Homework | |
| Application | |
| Observation | |
| Individual Project | |
| Group project |
Assessment & Grading
| Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
| Midterms | 1 | % 40 |
| Final | 1 | % 60 |
| total | % 100 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
| PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
| total | % 100 | |
Workload and ECTS Credit Grading
| Activities | Number of Activities | Workload |
| Course Hours | 16 | 48 |
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 64 |
| Project | 1 | 12 |
| Homework Assignments | 4 | 8 |
| Quizzes | 2 | 1 |
| Midterms | 1 | 15 |
| Final | 1 | 22 |
| Total Workload | 170 | |