Finance for innovative entrepreneurial activities

Type of course:

Digital learning, Lesson

Language:

Duration:

20 minutes

Workload:

2 hours

Proficiency:

Beginner

Target:

Professionals, Workers

Innovation and entrepreneurship are complex processes. This nugget provides a basic description of the actors, in particular financial investors, supporting innovation in order to understand their role and their characteristics, a set of guidelines to identify the most appropriate investor based on characteristics of the new venture and the entrepreneurial team and a framework to understand how investors decide whether and how much to invest in a company.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this nugget the learner is able to discuss the role of financial actors in making an innovative new venture or project grow in the manufacturing sector.
At the end of this nugget the learner is able to identify the most appropriate investor to address when developing a new manufacturing venture or project, based on characteristics of the venture/project and of the entrepreneurial team.
At the end of this nugget the learner is able to distinguish the criteria investors use when deciding whether and how much to invest in new manufacturing companies.